Pleasant Company Yardsale Finds!

This past weekend we went to yardsales that were included in the World's Longest Yardsale, that goes 624 miles from Ohio to Alabama. I am always on the lookout for American Girl Items (and even American Girl dolls!), because I have heard of lots of people finding American Girl stuff for really cheap at yardsales. I went to yardsales in the World's Longest Yardsale last year, and didn't have much luck. (but I did find a few doll-sized things.)

Well...with the help of my mom and my sister Hope, this year we found some Pleasant Company/ American Girl items!!

We found 7 American Girl books: Addy's World, Great Girl Food, Meet Felcity, Puzzle Crazy, Best That I Can Be, A Kaya Mystery: The Silent Stranger, and Molly Takes Flight. The paperback books were $.50 cents and hardbacks were $1.00! Some of these books I have never heard of before!

 

 

Some Felicity Pamphlets were hidden in the Meet Felicity book, and some stickers were hidden in a book too.

 

 

American Girl Buttons (I think they were called Grin Pins), were $.50 cents for two!

 

 

American Girl Doll-sized towel was $.50 cents!

 

 

Cheerleader skirt and 1 pom-pom and Samantha's Hat and Muff were $1.00 each!

 

Samantha's Hat and Muff are from 1989!

 

 

Jacket and Hat from the Pleasant company "First Day" outfit, was $1.00!

 

 

The Jacket and Hat are from 1996!

 

 

 Doll Hair cape, was .50 cents!

 

 

 

 

There isn't a Pleasant Company tag on this one, so I think that it is a Non-American Girl outfit. It was 1.00, and I think it is cute! :)

 

 

Bitty Bear was .50 cents! I almost passed her up thinking that it was just a ordinary bear but...

 

 

...the tag said Pleasant Company! :)

 

Now this was the biggest surprise of all that we found...

 

A Mini Kit, Mini Felcity, and Mini Samantha which were 1.50 for all 3! I was looking through a bag of Webkinz they had and then I saw blond hair and picked up Mini Kit! I showed Hope and we quickly searched some more, and out came Mini Felcity and Mini Samantha! I was so surprised and I still am! Mini Kit only came with one shoe, but they were such a great price and are so cute! :D

 

 

Hope's dolls and my dolls are so happy to have some new things! :)

Have you ever found anything American Girl or doll-sized at a yardsale/garage sale, flea market, or thrift store? I would love to know! :D

 

 

Comments

[Tori]

Wow! What a great find. I have never found something at a garage sale yet. But I don't think I want to. The reason why I say that is because I know that I could find more stuff (But more exepensive stuff) At American Girl. I am not trying to be rude if I am being rude. I also know that that has probably been used for many years and have had stains, holes, e.t.c. But I am VERY exited for you. Me and my new doll (MY BRAND NEW DOLL FROM 8 DAYS AGO) just figured out about your website! We love to read your new articles. But anyways. I was just saying if I were you I would go ahead and get allowence to buy the real stuff. But ya I love this article, PLEASE Make more And please respond to me!!! TORI

[Liz]

Hi Tori,

Thanks so much for the comment! :D

The reason that I like buying American Girl stuff at Yardsales is because most of the things at yardsales aren't available from American Girl anymore and are retired. It is very rare to find retired items. Everyone is different though, and that's okay. :)

I am so glad that you have a new doll! That is awesome! :D

I hope you have a good day! :)

~Liz~

[Rachel]

hello Liz! Thanks for your lovely comments on our blog! =:D You have a nice site here, I can't believe you found all that great stuff at a yard sale! Wow! =:) The funny thing is, I am so old, I remember when that was just coming out! Yikes! =:O Lol! The "grin pins", the old AG symbol on that towel, the bitty bear, the old books, and that yellow jacket and hat! Yikes! I remember AG stuff from BEFORE that came out! Lol! I am glad these "old" treasures are going to be put to good use again! Enjoy them sweetie! =:D

Love and Hugs!
~Miss Rachel~

[Rachel]

Oh, and thank you for your sweet comment on college...I am so glad that was helpful to you! That is such an encouragement to me! =:) I am glad you are planning on staying home and wanting to be a mom, that's wonderful! I wasn't good at cooking at first, it took me some time to get good at it (and I still burn things and mess things up sometimes! Lol!).

Oh, and I think it's great that you don't let the world influence you and you still play with your dolls and have fun with them! =:) I think "big girls" can still have fun being "little girls". =;)

Love and Hugs!
~Miss Rachel~

[Anne]

WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!
That is just SOOOOOO AWESOME!!!
Yes, I have found and bought some AG things at yardsales, they include:
1. JLY AG doll, (Lilly Claire)
2. I Like Your Style! Book
3. You and Me book
4. "More Help" book
5. Cecil, Gates of Gold book
6. Samantha's Special Talent
7. Samantha's Winter Party
8. A Kirsten Play booklet
9. Again Josefina! (library on sale item.)
10. The Babysitters Handbook: (library on sale item.)
11. The Petal Perfect Craft Book
12. "I Can Do Anything!" poster book.
13. An AG January/February issue. (library on sale item, which was 11 cents!)
Non AG items:
2 Magic Attic Club doll books:
The Secret of the Attic
Heather at the Barre
All of these things were very cheap!
I'm so glad I bought them!

[Maggie]

Wow, I have never found any Ag items at yardsales,garage sales, e.t.c. Probably because I haven't been to any in quite a while. My neighbor hood doesn't allow that stuff. :( That's cool you found that stuff.

[Joelle]

Hi Liz-

My friend found a american girl doll at Goodwill for only .49 cents! And I thought "well I should look too I could be lucky!" and so my Mom took my family there and I found a doll sized christmas tree!! Even though it's not close to Christmas it is still cool!!

Love,
Joelle

P.S I am having a photo contest on my blog anyone can enter it is www.homeschoolblogger.com/americangirlfan

[Tori]

Thanks for responding to my commernt!!!!! I am so exited Because I just ordered the AG magazine!!! I Can't wait. But the sad thing is I am going on vacation in 3 days and I wont be able to get it until 1 week :) Just a question ( I am not tryin to be nosy) But Do you get the AG magazine. And if you do do you like it? Cause I have never seen the magazine before. I have a request (If you want to do it) You could make a video of a day in the life of one of your dolls, Or you could make a slide show!

TORI

[Joelle]

Tori-

I think the video thing is a good idea! I have gotton the AG magazine (are you talking about the real one with real girls doing real things or the catalogue? Either way I have read them both!) anyways they are both pretty cool!

Love,
Joelle

P.S check out my blog!! its www.homeschoolblogger.com/americangirlfan :)!

[Lily]

Wow:) That is a long yard sale. :)! thank you for sharing the pictures with us. Please come sign my Ivy Petition if you think Ivy needs more clothing, even if you don't have Ivy that is OK! :)

I would like to send this to American Girl ASAP so I can hear what they have to say pretty quickly. :)

~Lily

[Brenna :)]

Wow, that is a lot of great stuff!!! I have found a number of things, not all AG brand though, including:
1. A new Pottery Barn brand pink doll armchair that fits AGs perfectly
2. A handmade wooden doll bed
3. A Molly doll (with no clothes, though)
4. A bathing suit from the Pleasant Company, mid 1990s
5. Many, many AG books

Brenna:)

[Dakota]

That is so cool that you found all of that stuff!! :) I have never got anything but my cousins used to have Kirsten and Samantha and they gave me some of there clothes, Kirsten's Birthday dress and her original dress. I think they are from Pleasant Company. I will keep my eye out for American Girl Stuff. Dakota

P.S. I was on american girl website and I found the I like your style outfit for dolls an it is only $7 !!!!!

[Tori]

(TO JOELLE)COOL! Well I was talking about the real one with girls doing real stuff e.t.c. So that is good.(To LIZ) I think you could also tell us ways that you save up for american girl dolls or american girl doll anything. I am getting the hair care kit for my new doll. She has straight hair so it is easy to brush. It would be so fun to watch a video made from you. I really like your message board to. And I have a couple questions. The first is, Do you have to be a teenager to be on the message board and can you post pictures on the message board? Any ways I can't wait to see more posts!!!

TORI

[Jenna]

Never found anythingat garage sales, but a mt. rushmore they had some tiny coffie mugs 2.00 each but very cute and the prefect size!

[Karalee]

Grin Pins!!! I used to love those! I still have a few. My mom has one that she wears on her scrubs to work everyday.

[♥Jasmine♥]

I found a doll sized tea set for $4! But I still owed my mom money for some earings I bought so I could get it.

[Liz]

Hi Tori,

Thank you for the comment! :)

Those are some great ideas! I have a youtube account and I have made some videos of my dolls, but I haven't done one of me yet. :) The link to my youtube channel is:

http://www.youtube.com/user/LizAmericanGirlFan

Also, you can join the message board as a guest, or you are under 13 you can ask your parent's permission to be a member. :) You can post pictures too! There is a thread in the "Tech Stuff" category on how to post pictures. :)

I hope you have a great day! :D

~Liz~

[Iona]

I got one of my dolls from a thrift store for $4.00!

[kayla]

hi liz thats so cool. did you go throgh the whole sale.if you did that must of been alot of walking.ag fan,kayla

[Stephanie]

Hi Liz,
I'm happy 4 u!U sure do have lots of luck!I haven't found anything yet at a yard or garage sale,but I hope 2!
Good luck next time!E-mail me Liz!OK?
Bye!

[Leanna]

Thats so cool Liz!I found some doll
sized cups and plates,but nothing like
clothes or dolls.You should get the
minis and you can make them meet Kaya.
And maybe do a photo story about it.
And Tori,those are great ideas.And did
you get the just like you doll with
straight brown/black hair,brown eyes,
and light skin?If you didn't,please
tell me which one you got.

[Dakota]

There was a bookstore ant there was a sale and I got the American Girl Samantha Craft book ($0.99) and meet Josefina ($0.99) Pleasant Company. Dakota

[hannah A.]

Boy Liz I really like that. I saw this lamp once at a garage sale and it was really pretty and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO regretful I passed it up. I will NEVER do that again! BUT I found a little hot chocolate mug a few weeks ago and it is cute!

[A]

Once, at the Goodwill thrift store, they had the Addy doll (I'm still not sure if it was Addy, or a JLY doll) and a doll bed. I was SO mad that someone else got her before us, though!!!

[A]

My BFFL had a party, and she had a doll sized Jets coffee mug for one of the prizes for the games we played, and I WON IT!!! IT'S SO ADORABLE!!!

[Cynthia]

I went to a garage/moving sale where they just wanted to get rid of things. I found 3 American Girl dolls for $5 each (Addy, Josephine and Molly complete with the glasses and purse....all in great shape and in their full outfits). My daughter was only 3 at the time so I saved them and now she adores them. Later I found the "Just like me doll" for $15 at another garage sale. I really do not do garage sales very much so it was neat that it happened twice.

[Maddie]

I'd love to have Samantha + mini Samantha. Also Nellie + mini Nellie.

[marissa P]

That is sooooo cool Because my mom and I go to Flea Markets and there are always American Girl Booths for very cheap. Like I fond the cutest American Girl crocs. i have pink and purple ones only for $7. isn't that great?

[Bobijo]

It's funny how many AG things can be found at yard/garage sales. I purchased three AG dolls (kirsten, felicity, and kailey) from the little gil I use to baby-sit for the night before her garage sale for $50 each. I found a hallmark tin with the original American girls (recipes and cookie cutters still in the shrink wrap) at the church rummage sale for 25 cents! It's amazing what you can find.

[Cheryl Snyder]

Hi, I purchased 5 American Girl Dolls at Yard Sales over the past few years, also 2 Bitty Babies and 3 Coconut Dogs. I have not run into many outfits however. I love American Girl Dolls, there clothes, and accessories. I purchased Samatha, Felicity,
Kailey, JLY Brown haired, green eyes doll, and a JLY Blonde, with brown eyes.

[Lauren]

WOW LIZ! The things you found are great! I wish I could find some American Girl/Pleasant Company stuff at a yard sale! The stuff you found looked like it was in pretty good condition! One of my favorite things you found was the American Girl sized towel! It is just adorable! I bet my five girls (dolls) would LOVE it!

[Pumpkinn:)]

OMG!that's so awesome what i've found was A BUNCH of books for like 50 cants to 1$ i've found lots of clothes that fit american girls i also used my baby sisters shoes that were to small for her they fit!I Also Have A Question For You Will You Like Make A Page where we can make our own profiles for our dolls? please please reply!!!!!!!!ps.i think you're awesome and please join my website!

[coach suitcase]

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home,but divorces increase; these are times of finer houses,but more broken homes; why?

[Liz (An American Girl Fan)]

Hi Pumpkinn!

Thank you so much for the comment!! That's awesome that you found some books and American Girl sized clothes! :D

Thanks for that great idea for a page! It sounds like a lot of fun! :)

Hope you have a great day! :)

~Liz~

[Ashley]

Yard Sales are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The stuff are cheap, and most of them are the stuff that are not available today!
Today I racked some pretty major Yard Sale and found a doll hairbrush and cozy winter pajamas for dolls! (original from American Girl!)
Total of only 50 cents!
Boy, this family who's having the Yard Sale is crazy! They have NO IDEA how expensive their stuff is!

[Cheryl Snyder]

Got a bunch of Molly, and Samatha books (old type) and a mint Molly bed and a red t-shirt. $10.00 for all! I keep looking, I had to buy Addie from AG, no luck finding her.

[Leigh]

Hi Liz!
We wanted to let you know about our new style beds for American Girl Dolls.....
You already know about
http://www.AmericanMadeGirlDollBeds.com

but see more NEW special styles at:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/GirlDollBeds

Happy Holidays!
Leigh & Kathleen

[Marley]

I`m in the progress of making an american girl doll outfitit has lady bugs on it.

[Angel]

I Just LOVE The Grin Pins!!! PS: The Few Months Ago I Was At A YardSale And I Found Some American Girl Sandals And A LadyBug Necklace!!! At The Same Yardsale My Best Friend Found A Coconut Dog For 25¢!!!! Also The Necklace Came In A Box Of Barbie Accesories!! And The Sandals Were In A 25¢ Box Also, They Had A Pair Of Pink Boots But, They Only Had 1 Shoe!!! I Also Got A American Girl Bitty Baby Headband For 25¢!!! Peace Love & Happiness,

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[LaurenS]

My mom found several American Girl books at a yard sale once. She also got me a big bag of baby doll clothes. Just recently, I cleaned out those clothes an discovered a tye-dye shirt in there that is American Girl! I was so excited! My dolls wear it a lot, and it is in pretty good shape.

[Sarah]

I've found AG dolls 3 times:
-Samantha (wearing Felicity's htf Town Fair Dress!!!!) for $10!
-Kit wearing her meet skirt for $40
-Josefina and Addy wearing thier meet outfits + Coconut + Bowling outfit + Ice skating outfit + brush all for $25!

[Madeleine-Kate]

WOW! I have never found an American Girl Doll at any yard sales or Good Wills. I really hope to though, that would be a great surprise! Is their any "secret" to finding these things????????
Thanks,
Madeleine-Kate

[Cheryl Snyder]

The Yard Sales are starting, got a Halloween cat outfit for JLY doll. Also got a Bitty Baby with light hair and blue eyes with org outfit on and the pink hooded coat with detachable bottom for $5. She just needed a bath and the clothes washed, they came out good as new. Hope to find some Addy clothes and a Josephina doll.