FYI Price Report - Madame Alexander Dolls

The Alexander Doll Company was founded 80 years ago by Madame Beatrice Alexander Behrman. Her dolls are highly sought after, but luckily there is a huge variety to choose from in all price ranges!

MADAME ALEXANDER WENDY ANN COMPOSITION DOLL
SOLD - $3,696
(This doll even had condition issues - WOW!)

Madame Alexander Cissy Doll
SOLD - $750

Madame Alexander Dionne Quints 8" Toddler Set
SOLD - $655.99
(These dolls had some condition issues - including replacement clothing...)

Madame Alexander 8" Storybook Doll, Clown Baby with Dog
SOLD - $364.89

1997 Madame Alexander 21" Jackie Kennedy Doll Outfit Set
SOLD - $299.95

Madame Alexander WICKED STEPMOTHER Snow White #688
SOLD - $160.00

Please Note:

All sold prices featured here are taken from eBay items that have ended in the last 2 weeks - while prices could be different on other venues, live auctions or in brick and mortar antique malls and stores, we feel that with the huge amount of traffic eBay brings to the antiques and collectibles market that it is a great way to gauge the general value - and demand for - a particular item.

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Madame Alexander 2007 Collector's Dolls Price Guide
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Linda Crowsey's MADAME ALEXANDER: 2007 COLLECTOR'S DOLLS PRICE GUIDE #32 is an updated collector's price guide no Madame Alexander doll collector should miss. It packs in an A-Z listing of the dolls and their latest values.

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Watches Warman's Companion Price Guide
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Watches are more than devices useful for monitoring the time you have left in a day, assessing where the day went or when you need to be someplace. They look good, they help keep life organized and they can be some of the most impressive collectibles or heirlooms you will ever find. Within the pages of this time keeper's must-have, you will discover more than 1,000 color photos of wristwatches and pocket watches, detailed descriptions and up-to-date pricing for famous makers such as Elgin, Longines, Omega, Hamilton, Rolex and Bulova.

Toys And Prices 2009 16th Edition Price Guide
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Get details about your collectible post-World War II toys from the same place dealers and auctioneers turn to for reliable pricing and details, reflective of current trends in the toy-collecting hobby, plus, a compilation of new toys to come out in the last year and 2,000+ photos to aid in achieving identification accuracy. Toys & Prices 2008 delivers 95,000 values for 32,000 toys including: Action Figures, Western Toys, Sci-Fi, Battery-Operated Toys, Hot Wheels and Model Kits.

Antique Trader Radio & Television Price Guide
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The world of antiques and collectibles continues to celebrate the Golden Age of radios and the heyday of television. Antique Trader Radio & Television Price Guide provides accurate and updated pricing information from trusted auction and dealer sources, while leading collectors on a journey of entertainment history with 1,000 full-color photos.

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Whether collector, cowboy or active shooter, this comprehensive reference is the guide enthusiasts need to bring the past alive with precision instructions and 600+ full-size photographs. Antique Firearms Assembly/Disassembly offers historic information and complete step-by-step details for popular antique and hard-to-find firearms manufactured around the mid 1800s and into the early 1900s.

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I imagine there are a lot of you out there that pass up great old pieces of furniture because of condition issues, but with the help of this book you can literally transform what used to be trash into treasure! There are instructions on preparing furniture for painting, painting techniques, what supplies and materials to use, and patterns to help you give that less than perfect piece a breath of new life!

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Patterns & Motifs:
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Fresh & Fabulous Painted Furniture
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