'Controversial' Sasha and Malia dolls selling for $3k on eBay.Byline: ANI New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Feb 17 (ANI): Despite being pulled off from the shelves, controversial Malia and Sasha dolls are selling like hot cakes at popular auction site eBay. "Marvelous Malia" and "Sweet Sasha," dolls, renamed by the Ty toy company as "Marvelous Mariah" and "Sweet Sydney," were withdrawn from the market after US First Lady Michelle Obama complained. They are still being sold on eBay and elsewhere for as much as 3,000 dollars. "People are crazy for the dolls. It's unbelievable and borders on the irrational," The New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. quoted Richard Lee, 57, from Chicago as saying. "I wouldn't be surprised if I got 5,000 dollars for a set, it's just that hot," Lee added. Lee scooped up six pairs of the rag dolls for the 19.98 dollars retail price at a local retailer. He has already sold two sets for 1,000 dollars each and has another on the Ebay block for 1,199 dollars. "I've been selling Beanie Babies all my life and this escapes all reason," Lee added. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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