Xavier Roberts Collection - Cabbage Patch Kids Auction | Live and Online Auctions on HiBid.com

A large collection of Pristine and Authentic Cabbage Patch Kids Softies, as well as Debonair Bears, Bunnies, etc. Join us for an incredible auction event! Bidding is online or live in person. Xavier Roberts (born October 31, 1955, in Cleveland, Georgia), the manufacturer of Cabbage Patch Kids, is an American businessman. His story begins in the American Folk art movement of the late 1970s, He observed techniques involving the making of dolls from various materials. Influenced by the quilts that his mother made, he began experimenting with a quilted doll. After much experimentation, he created a type of doll he called "Little People". He and a small group of friends began to travel from state to state in the southeastern United States attending various folk art exhibitions. At them, he began selling these handcrafted dolls he called "babies". Going into business as Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc., he started producing them at a converted medical clinic in his hometown of Cleveland, which he rechristened "Babyland General Hospital".The Little People evolved by 1982 into Cabbage Patch Kids, which quickly became a major toy fad. In 1984 alone, 20 million were bought, and by 1999, 95 million had been sold worldwide.