I never knew a plastic kewpie doll could be so valuable. Some do collect them the way others collect stamps. I don’t know if there are many stamp collectors anymore.
Lee, one could practically off the mortgage with the 1959 Barbie in original box. That was the first Barbie. The “Math class is tough” Barbie is one of the most sought after dolls. Some time ago, I dated a doll collector. She had dolls collected from all over the world, some of them very old, but her favorite was Barbie. The problem was she herself wasn’t much of a doll. lol
Re: “I don’t know if there are many stamp collectors anymore.”
I don’t either, but there doesn’t seem to be as much interest in stamp collecting as there used to be. That and collecting baseball cards used to be something of a rite of passage back in the day. I think the internet changed a lot of things.