Куклы American Character

Куклы American Character выпускались в Америке в середине 20 века, с 1918 по 1968 год. Они выпускались и виниловые, и из твёрдого пластика. Из разных материалов выпускались куклы Mama Dolls, Campell Kids, и Toodles. Из твёрдого пластика - Sweet Sue, Betsy McCall, и Tiny Tears. Из винила - куклы Tressy, Hedda Get-Bedda, Toni, Ricky Jr. и оригинальные куклы Whimsies.

Сегодня их можно купить у коллекционеров на вторичном рынке.

Слева - American Character Sweet Sue Doll Bride 31" выпуска 1956.

Ранние куклы промаркированы "PETITE", или "A petite doll." Более поздние могут быть с маркировкой "AM CHAR or "AMER CHAR DOLL". Более поздние пластиковые и виниловые куклы маркировались надписью "American Character" в круге, обычно сзади на голове. Может быть указано "American Charactetr Doll Corp", иногда - с датой. А некоторые куклы, например Tiny Tears, могут быть вообще без маркировки или просто с номером. Поэтому определить может быть очень сложно.

В 1950-х годах эти куклы продавались хорошо, а уже в 1960-х рынок заполнила Барби, и вытеснила  кукол American Character с рынка, поэтому производство было прекращено в 1968 году. Хотя в ассортименте была кукла-подросток Tressy.

American Character Dolls

American Character Dolls is a doll company from the heyday of American doll manufacturing - the mid 20th Century. The company produced many "better quality" dolls and had its dolls frequently knocked off by competitors (although the company wasn't above doing a little knocking-off of their own). The dolls from American Character spanned composition and hard plastic dolls, and also produced some vinyl dolls toward the end of the company's lifespan.

Слева - American Character LITTLE RICKY I Love Lucy BABY DOLL.

Dolls Produced by American Character:

Composition dolls produced by American Character include Mama Dolls, Campell Kids, and Toodles. During the hard-plastic era, Sweet Sue, Betsy McCall, and Tiny Tears were amont their most popuar dolls. Vinyl dolls included the fashion doll Tressy, Hedda Get-Bedda, Toni, Ricky Jr. and and the fun and original Whimsies.

American Character dolls produced dolls from 1918 until 1968.

As mentioned, since American Character dolls produced dolls for 50 years during the early to mid-20th Century, they produced composition dolls, hard plastic dolls and vinyl dolls.

Слева - кукла из твёрдого пластика и резины с мягким телом.

Prices and Secondary Market for American Character Dolls

Prices for Amercian Character dolls aren't bringing what they used to, even from three or four short years ago. Today, it takes a completely mint and original doll to break the $200 mark. The most active collecting for American Character dolls is of the Betsy McCall hard plastic doll from the 1950s.

Marks on American Character Dolls

The very early marks on American Character composition dolls can be quite confusing...early American Character composition dolls are makred "PETITE" or "A petite doll." Later dolls can be marked, more conventionally, "AM CHAR or "AMER CHAR DOLL". The later hard plastic and vinyl dolls are marked "American Character" in a circle, usually on the back of the head, sometimes with the copyright date, or "American Charactetr Doll Corp". Some dolls, including the Tiny Tears dolls, can not be marked at all or marked simply with a patent number.

What Happened To American Character Dolls?

Overseas production and Barbie happened to American Character Dolls. After a successful run manufacturing and selling American Character Dolls all the way through the 1950s, Barbie dolls took off in the early 1960s. Although American Character Dolls came out with their own teenage fashion doll Tressy (with hair that grew from the top of her head!) she couldn't successfully compete with Barbie. That, as well as competition from doll companies that successfully manufactured their dolls cheaper overseas, caused American Character Dolls to shut their doors in 1968.

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