Complete Felicity AG Collection

[junipermorgan19]

Has anyone seen/heard of any interest in a complete original Felicity Merriman American Girl collection - furniture, accessories, books, outfits, extras?  It's time for my collection to find a new home and I'm trying to figure out how to do that.  Would selling things individually be better, or as a whole collection?  Since it's all gently used I'm also trying to figure out potential pricing...I've only ever sold one thing on eBay before and it was years and years ago!

[kensgiftshop]

Don't know anything about AG or how big your collection is, but selling by piece might be better.

As far as pricing, you'll have to do some research and see what they are selling for.

[kathiec]

@junipermorgan19 

Selling large doll collections can be problematic for a couple reasons. The most obvious is the cost of shipping the entire collection. The less obvious is that you exclude a large segment of collectors when you sell an entire collection. A lot of established collectors will already have many of the items in the collection. They're looking to complete their own collection, not start from scratch. So the main interest you'll get for a full collection will be from dealers looking to part it out for resale. And since dealers are looking to make a profit they typically are looking to buy at about 50% of market value.

So you'll maximize what you can make if you sell the items separately. Or you may want to put them in lots of similar items -- a group of clothes or a set of furniture, for example.

As for pricing, condition and completeness are everything. The dolls that bring premium prices are the ones in mint condition, with the original box. The best way to get an idea of pricing is to search eBay sold listings. Here's a broad search on 'Felicity Merriman' to get you started.