Victorian Paper Dolls Price Guide. Below are some examples of Victorian paper dolls including a rare boxed paper doll with six outfits and accessories and some Victorian African American mechanical paper dolls.
Rare boxed paper doll with six outfits and accessories, French circa 1850
The double sided printed and hand coloured lady standing in her undergarments and with wooden stand, six beautiful dresses including two in cream with green foliage and flower pattern, a pink dress with roses, green winter coat with fur scarf and muff, yellow gown and another in pale blue, two holding fans, eleven separate elaborate hairstyles, some with bonnets and feathers, and nine various capes and scarfs, all contained in the original green and gold box with picture depicting three ladies with a child at her dressing table playing with her doll, (dolls feet and base repaired/replaced, some stains to blue dress, damage to box lid), doll 26cm (10in) tall. Sold for £1,000 at Bonhams
Victorian African American Paper Dolls. Includes four German African American mechanical paper dolls. All are dressed. A very nice group.
Condition (Excellent). Sold For: $200 at Dan Morphy Auctions
1850-70s lithographed paper over wood stand-up Victorian children figures – all in different costumes, 8 1/2″ H. Sold For: $225 at Stony Ridge Auction
VICTORIAN PAPER DOLLS, TWO SETS, comprising Raphael Tuck “Courtly Beatrice” and “American Beauties”, two original envelopes. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 8 1/2″ and 10″ H. Sold For: $110 at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
VICTORIAN PAPER DOLLS circa 1894; 14 pieces; Tuck. ‘Artistic series 500-A-E’. Probably Brundage. Includes two changeable heads and six torsos with frocks. Four additional bonnets included. Doll is approx. 6 inches x 13 inches. Very scarce. Sold For: $100 at Jackson’s Auction
Four wood frames of various paper dolls including Victorian die-cut figures and paper dolls, frames 10″ x 34″. Sold For: $425 at Pook & Pook, Inc. with Noel Barrett
Felt Dolls Unknown Makers