What Raggedy Ann dolls are worth money?

The Raggedy Ann character was copyrighted in 1915 by Johnny Gruelle, a commercial artist. Gruelle knew he had a money maker and quickly licensed P.F. Volland to make dolls of Ann and her brother Andy. Today Volland dolls are worth up to $3,000 and can be recognized by a cardboard heart inside you can actually feel.

What color is Raggedy Ann’s hair?

Approx. 18 inches tall, she is made of tea-dyed muslin, her nose is appliqued with a stitched mouth and lashes, her eyes are black buttons. Her hair is a lavender yarn with a matching bow.

What is the value of a Raggedy Ann and Andy doll?

Raggedy Ann and Andy Dolls They can be worth $500 or more. Johnny Gruelle creator of the dolls preferred cartooning to dolls. Before his death in 1938 he wrote some Raggedy Ann and Andy books, worth in the range of $50 to a $100 today.

How do I know what year my Raggedy Ann doll is?

Any Raggedy Ann doll from 1918 up until 1960 may be considered an antique. While there are no tags or labels to tell you what year your doll was made, there are other ways to determine a Raggedy Ann doll’s value. One way to value your doll is to scour online sites or doll collector books for clues.

What does a Raggedy Ann doll look like?

Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) that appeared in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and a triangle nose.

What is the most expensive Raggedy Ann doll?

Perhaps the most expensive of the early dolls, occasionally found today, is Beloved Belindy, a plump black doll wearing a headscarf. She appeals not only to Raggedy Ann enthusiasts but to the collectors of black dolls as well.

What does Raggedy Ann look like?

Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and a triangle nose. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories.

Is Raggedy Ann and Annabelle the same?

Annabelle is an allegedly haunted Raggedy Ann doll, housed in the (now closed) occult museum of the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. A character based on the doll is a reoccurring antagonist in the Conjuring Universe.

How old is the Raggedy Ann doll?

Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and a triangle nose. Gruelle received US Patent D47789 for his Raggedy Ann doll on September 7, 1915. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories.

Are Raggedy Ann and Andy siblings?

Gruelle averaged one new book each year for twenty years. The books and dolls have remained popular for the past century. Raggedy Ann entered the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. Her brother Raggedy Andy joined her in 2007.

Who made Raggedy Ann doll?

Johnny Gruelle
Raggedy Ann/Creators
Gruelle came up with the idea for Raggedy Ann when his daughter Marcella found an old faceless doll in the attic which had belonged to her Aunt. Gruelle painted a face on the doll and named her Raggedy Ann. In 1917, aged only 14, Marcella died from diphtheria following exposure to a contaminated vaccination needle.