Price guide to paper character dolls. Character dolls have often been enjoyed by children and paper character dolls are no exception. Paper dolls can represent real people such as the Shirley Temple paper doll or fictional characters such as Pinocchio or Tom Thumb.
Signed Shirley Temple paper doll with paper dresses. Signed on multiple items
Sold for $600 at Emanon Auctions and Estate Sales in 2018
1956 Vintage Paper Dolls by Whittman
Jane Allyson and possible Elizabeth Taylor, folder does have a tear
Sold for $20 at Denise Ryan Auctions in 2018
PINOCCHIO DOLL CUT OUTS” LARGE FORMAT PAPERDOLL BOOK 11×16.75″ unused Whitman book No. 935. ©1939 WDP. Cardboard cover has punch-outs of Pinocchio and Figaro on front, back has Jiminy Cricket, Figaro in bed and his feeding dish. There are six paper pages of full color outfits and accessories plus three small example illustrations of Pinocchio and Jiminy in different outfits. Pinocchio cut-outs include his face w/long nose plus outfits depicting him as donkey boy while Jiminy cut-outs include him on a seahorse and holding “Official Conscience” medal. Pages very lightly aged and tiny trace of margin wear. Bottom right corner has some creasing and book is VF overall w/no loose perforations. Still a high grade example of this rare book.
Sold for $166 at Hake’s Americana & Collectibles in 2018
McLoughlin Bros. Paper Dolls of Tom Thumb and Mrs. Tom
[Tom Thumb] McLoughlin Bros. Paper Dolls of Tom Thumb and Mrs. Tom Thumb. New York, ca. 1867. Die-cut color lithographed paper dolls retained in original pictorial sleeves. Scarce.
Sold for $650 at Potter & Potter Auctions in 2017
VINTAGE LITTLE AUDREY LIFE SIZE PAPER DOLL
Box measures about 36″ by 14″, impressive size and graphics. Very Good-Excellent. May have some possible restoration.
Sold for $30 at Milestone Auctions in 2017
Large collection of Lettie Lane paper dolls, early 1900’s, includes males, females, and children, with various clothes
Sold for $35 at Stephenson’s Auction in 2017
