Beautiful Madame Alexander
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Madame Alexander Baby Cuddles - 14 Inch Sale Price: $24.22  |
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Pretend play utilizes fantasy and imagination to help children learn about the world. As beautiful as they are, Play Alexander dolls are designed for a lifetime of play. This charming collection features dolls with cuddly fabric bodies with vinyl faces, hands and feet... |
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"The most beautiful dolls ..." are made by Madame Alexander: Little Dolls Vol. 1 Sale Price: $24.00 |
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Madame Alexander: The World's Most Beautiful Dolls 1984 |
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Madame Alexander Presents the World's Most Beautiful Dolls for 1986 |
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Illustrated with color photographs. Includes doll of Madame Alexander herself, as well as Storyland, International, Little Women, Beautiful Baby, Classics, Fine Art, Opera, Portrait, Gone with the Wind, and First Ladies dolls. |
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Madame Alexander Presents The World's Most Beautiful Dolls for 1987 |
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More of a booklet or catalog of 31 pages filled with beautiful photographs of Madame Alexander dolls.. |
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Madame Alexander My Little Girl Style Me Pretty African-American, 14 Inch Sale Price: $26.24 |
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The dolls in this collection capture all the charm of little girls. Each doll features a soft fabric body, vinyl arms and legs, and rooted hair for styling. Doll comes with hair accessories for fashion fun and a beautifully detailed outfit that can be removed for washing... |
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The World's Most Beautiful Dolls for 1985 by Madame Alexander |
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The World's Most Beautiful Dolls for 1983 by Madame Alexander Sale Price: $18.95 |
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The Most Beautiful Dolls... Are Made By Madame Alexander |
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A Beautiful Pink Party Dress with Sparkles Designed for 18 Inch Doll Like the American Girl Dolls Sale Price: $14.00 |
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A Beautiful Pink Party Dress with Sparkles Designed for 18 Inch Doll Like the American Girl Dolls |
The Madame Alexander Doll Company made baby dolls throughout all the years. These dolls were often purchased by mothers for their children to play with while collecting the more elaborate expensive dolls for display. The Baby Dolls line have been primarily play dolls and have not increased in value as the other Madame Alexander dolls made in the same year. Of course there were exceptions, one of which was “Little Genius and Littlest Kitten.” Nonetheless, Madame Alexander could not have created any sort of doll that was not unique from all the rest.
Some of the beautiful play Baby Dolls created by the Madame Alexander Doll Company in the 1950Â’s and 1960Â’s included:
• Kathleen Toddler, 23”, produced in 1959 with rigid vinyl. The original dress was a cute little pink and white polka dot with white collar, white trim around the short sleeves with a sideways look from her eyes, just precious little baby doll. Mint in the box value today: $125.00 to $300.00
• Binnie, #1820, 18” produced in 1964, cute little blonde with blue eyes, fat cheeks, wearing a blue dress with white trim around collar, sleeves and bottom of dress and red appliqués around bottom of skirt and collar, just adorable little baby doll. Mint in box value today: $175.00 to $475.00
Creation of Brenda Starr
The Brenda Starr line of Madame Alexander Dolls was of a beautiful newspaper reporter in a comic strip. She was produced only in 1964 by the Madame Alexander Doll Company.
Brenda Starr stood 12 inches tall, had red rooted hair, blue sleep eyes, and pierced ears. She had vinyl arms and head, legs jointed at the knees, high heel feet, and a rigid plastic body. Window box sets were also created. These box sets included Brenda Starr dressed, with hairpieces, curlers, comb, etc. There were boxed outfits created and sold separately. The wardrobe available for Brenda Starr was dresses, evening gowns, beach wear, rain coat sets, and lingerie. Madame Alexander also created basic dolls wearing a chemise for sale.
The Brenda Starr doll became Yolanda in 1965. Yolanda has blonde hair and green eyes. She is shown in the 1965 catalog wearing a turquoise satin formal with sequin trim, as a bride in a ruffled lace grown, and also in a pink bouffant pleated tulle gown.
Some of the Brenda Starr doll line includes:
• #1030, Yolanda Bride, 12”, created in 1965. Mint in the box value is anywhere from $225.00 to $450.00
• Brenda Starr, 12” produced in 1964 in rainy day outfit, mint in the box value of $150.00 to $325.00
• #975, Brenda Starr, 12” Sheath dress with extra wig, comb set, mint in box value $175.00 to $475.00
• #900 Brenda Starr, 12” created in 1964, basic dolls, clothes sold separately, mint in box value $125.00 to $275.00
• Brenda Star, 12” produced in 1964 in the original organdy ball gown, mint in the box value $225.00 to $475.00
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© 2007 Connie Limon All Rights Reserved
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