Doll-A-Day 152: American Girl Kirsten and What Else I Bought at the Flea Market

  Today I'm showing you most of the stuff I bought at the flea market on Saturday.The first thing I saw that had promise was the corner where the lady I bought the $1 Betsy McCall from last year was selling her goods.

Last year's Betsy in her original pj's. She's just dancing folks, She has two whole legs.

I was pretty sure it was her, so I headed straight for her stuff. It was her, but she didn't have much good stuff this time. She also wanted $3 for her Barbies, which is way above my buying range, unless it's something super special. I did get this Best Friends Club Ink Kaitlin doll from her.

I already have a Kaitlin and the boots this one is wearing, but I wanted the jeans and dress she's also wearing.
  Elsewhere I also got this great Bratz English telephone box. (It lights up too!)

And the tiny doll next to it I showed you the other day.
  I also got a box full of Sunshine Family stuff, including the house, baby's room, truck, and the farm in it's original box.But the find of the day has to have been this American Girl Kirsten.

She's marked Pleasant Company, and wearing her original Meet outfit, minus her apron. Kirsten Larson was one of the first three original historical American Girl dolls that came out in 1986. She's supposed to be a pioneer girl from 1854, whose family settles in Minnesota after leaving their native Sweden.The character was archived in 2010.

This doll seems to have been played with very little. Her limbs are super tight. She's very clean, and her outfit only has a few spots on the back of her dress, which will probably wash out.

There is only one problem. She has silver eye in one eye.

 I have a Samantha, and I would love to have an Emily, but I'll probably be letting Kirsten go, so her new owner can deal with her eye problem. I checked, and she can be sent to the American Girl hospital for new eyes for a total cost of $36, including shipping.Actually, the silver eye doesn't look bad, it just doesn't match the other one.

  I've read two different theories on silver eye. One said that it was where the eye gets water in it. Someone else shot that one down by explaining that the eyes are acrylic and wouldn't be affected by water like old fashioned eyes made of metal, or with metal sockets. Someone else explained that they had a theory that silver eye was caused by light fading the eye. They had a doll with one silver eye, so they experimented with the other one, leaving a high powered light on it for a period of time, and the other eye did develop silver eye. Some plastics also change over time, so it could just be a flaw in the make up of the plastic the eyes were made from.
  In general I'm not a huge fan of American Girl dolls, but I do like the historical costumes and the huggable feel of the bodies. I also love dolls with teeth! My main complaint about American Girl dolls is that they all look so much alike. (To me anyway. I know a lot of people can tell the difference between all the face molds.) If Kirsten had been an Emily, or even a Felicity, I would be a lot more excited right now!
  See you tomorrow for another doll.