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Cabbage Patch Craze Here
The Cabbage Patch Kids craze again is sweeping the country just in time for the holidays, and Rappahannock County afo> is being brushed by the phenomenon.
Cabbage Patch Kids, registered and manufactured by COLECO, are dolls that normally retail between $29 and $36 "if you can get them,” says Frances Foster Short, a former Rappahannock resident who sells Cabbage Patch Kids when she has some to sell. t
The problem is few people can get them, and stores that should have the dolls have long lists of back orders instead. Thus, the reality of supply and demand—-and what that does to prices—has become the rule of the day.
At an auction in Page County last Sunday, with Rappahannock residents reportedly attending, four Cabbage Patch Kids sold—for $97.60 each. Higher prices have been reported, but not confirmed.
According to Short, the current craze extends to other dolls, too, particularly Barbie dolls, manufactured by Mattel, with the date of manufacture and “Barbie” stamped on the doll’s rear.
How widespread is the doll-collecting craze? According to Short, even actor John Wayne was an avid collector. Dolls rank number two in collector popularity, second only to trains, according to a recent report.
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