<p>Check out these prices for some of the original dolls! </p>
<p>[How</a> Much Is An Original American Girl Doll Worth](<a href=“http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/how-much-is-an-original-american-girl-doll-worth]How”>How Much Is An Original American Girl Doll Worth?)</p>
<p>I know many of us must have dolls, books, accessories in our attics from our D’s who were among the first to get AG dolls - still have them or have they departed??!</p>
<p>We have three, including two Mollys, and just about every piece of clothing and accessory items that were available back then. The three Ds who had these aren’t moms yet, so saving for future granddaughters. :)</p>
<p>D has 2 or 3, including Samantha, and some cool outfits and accessories. She would never part with them - yet. </p>
<p>Hmmm… I’m starting to think my basement might be valuable. Stuffed with AG stuff, Thomas the Tank Engine table, tracks and trains, Legos and Playmobile up the wazoo. By the time I have grandkids it might be smarter to sell the toys and buy them college credits.</p>
<p>We have the the first 6 plus a couple of create your own dolls. Now what about all of those beanie babies?</p>
<p>I saved d’s American Girls and S’s Thomas stuff. I could be sitting on a fortune! 
Oil, black gold, texas tea… I may have enough to put in a cee-ment pond.</p>
<p>We have an absolutely embarrassing number of AG dolls and outfits. Two daughters and for years it was a very convenient item for the grandparents to give for Christmas (I ordered and wrapped and they reimbursed.) Each outfit is in a ziplock bag with all the pieces.</p>
<p>Well, this is rather timely. I’ve been cleaning closets and came across a container full of DD’s American Girl stuff. Unfortunately it’s all mixed together. I have no idea what items go with what dolls. I’m wishing I saved a catalog. The dolls are all in a trunk elsewhere. We won’t be selling them I suppose. I would like to save them for any future granddaughters. The AG company used to have a warehouse sale every summer. The profits went to a museum in Madison. A friend, myself, and our daughters worked the sale for a few summers. This allowed one early admission to the “goodies.” We bought dolls for 1/2 price, beds, accessories, etc.</p>
<p>I consider my D’s American Girl dolls THEIRS - I would never sell them, doubt they would.</p>
<p>But I am nowhere as attached to the AG Dolls as I am to the Brio set, the Legos, Little Tykes humongous playhouse and tons of accessories, and a few other prized toys. Those, I would never part with!</p>
<p>I gave away the Little Tykes playhouse, fire truck & minivan.
No room.
I still have the Playmobile though.</p>
<p>Wow, I have tuition money in BHG’s closet!!!</p>
<p>We sold all of the AG stuff several years ago. They wanted to keep other old toys more and the AG stuff was rather large and would have taken up several bins. They had just announced that they were discontinuing Samantha so all of the her stuff went for the most money. </p>
<p>We still have too many old toys and D1 looks around on Craig’s List and wants to get more!</p>
<p>D1 says she was deprived. I never knew about AG until she was past 10, then I said she was too old. She does have my vintage Barbies. </p>
<p>She was more into beanie babies. I have at least 2-3 underbed storage containers full of them.</p>
<p>My d’s loved AG, especially D1. She coveted the catalog and has most of the Felicity items.( xmas and birthdays for years) My mum made her matching clothes for her and the doll. Back then you could buy patterns from AG. I have all the items packed away for grand daughters. Mt d2 may sell hers but I am sure d1 would never part with it.</p>
<p>I was sad when the company was sold to Mattel- the items became too commercialized switching from the historical dolls. We took the girls to Chicago to the store in feb 2002- you would have thought we took them to Disney they were so excited. Lots of fond memories!</p>
<p>We have an original Samantha in excellent condition…plus every single outfit made for her (until 2009 when she was retired), plus all of her furniture, and her full set of books, and TONS of smaller accessories. Everything is spotless! </p>
<p>I don’t think I could convince my kid to sell!</p>
<p>ETA…we also have Bitty Baby…the original baby doll from the Pleasant Company. Very nice baby doll…also with a ton of clothes. However we never got the Pleasant Co furniture for that doll. She does have a wooden cradle and high chair from a craft show.</p>
<p>I forgot about Bitty Baby! We have her too.</p>
<p>Kit was my d’s fave, though she had most of the others as well, plus all the books, clothes, some furniture and even some paper dolls. </p>
<p>I loved those books and d spent her 8th bday in nyc shopping the store and seeing the musical.</p>
<p>I forgot about Bitty Baby too! D2 has one. I always thought that was a perfect “baby doll”.</p>
<p>We have four originals with lots of accessories packed away with tissue and love - Samantha, Molly, Felicity, and Addy. D also had a girl of her own - same hair color, same eyes. We have desks, beds, books, and lots of clothes. I saw the Buzz Feed article in my Facebook feed earlier today and for a fleeting moment thought I could sell all these goodies and fund a nice IRA contribution!</p>
<p>I had seen this article earlier in the week and think it presents an interesting view of the cultural shift the company has taken. It summarizes why lots of us are hanging on to these treasures for our future granddaughters.
[Even</a> more terrible things are happening to the American Girl doll brand than you thought](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/05/01/even-more-terrible-things-are-happening-to-the-american-girl-doll-brand-than-you-thought/]Even”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/05/01/even-more-terrible-things-are-happening-to-the-american-girl-doll-brand-than-you-thought/)</p>
<p>Samantha, Molly, Kirsten and a make your own doll here, plus outfits, furniture etc - all jumbled together and not in great shape because my girls actually PLAYED WITH THEM. (I have Barbie issues…)</p>
<p>We still have the Legos, the Brio trains, a buttugly dollhouse and a few other things in storage, but I got rid of the Playmobil, mailed my son a box with all of the vintage action figures (again not in good condition) and lots of other Valuable Stuff. Books are a real problem here.</p>
<p>No girls, so this is one thing I don’t have tucked away in the basement. The Brio and playmobile is packed away. Legos? Forget it, those have to be in reach because my 22, 20, 18, & 50yo children still build with them! And the arsenal of nerf weapons is bigger then ever (shoot, I keep my own in the kitchen for self defense). The little tykes is thankfully long gone.</p>
<p>It’s nice to know we’re not the only family with American Girl dolls, Beanie Babies, Playmobiles, etc., in our basement. </p>
<p>I loved the American Girl doll stories. When my daughter was in 4th grade, for a school project she created her own historical American Girl and wrote a story, doing historical research. I’m biased, of course, but it was really good. Reading that Washington Post story saddened me. What a shame.</p>