Most Kämmer & Reinhardt dolls trade between US$100 and US$600, and the ones that break four figures are decided by three things: the mold number, the size, and whether the head is original. We measured the live market on 2 October 2026 — 122 unique K&R listings on eBay United States, 75 on eBay Germany, 38 dealer listings on a US doll marketplace, 27 upcoming auction lots in Germany and 753 past auction results — and then read them mold by mold.
If you only want the headline: eBay medians say US$225, dealer retail says US$1,195, and mould 117 / 117n "Mein Liebling" is the one that actually holds its money.
What Is a Kämmer & Reinhardt Doll Worth? (The Short Answer)
On eBay United States, after de-duplicating nine searches in the Dolls & Bears category, the median asking price was US$225, with half the listings between US$78 and US$505. 82 of 122 listings (67%) asked at least US$100, 45 (37%) at least US$300 and 13 (11%) at least US$1,000 — the top US ask being a closed-mouth K * R 114 "Gretchen" character doll at US$8,990.
Strip out heads-only, reproduction heads, paper dolls and magazine articles and you are left with 90 complete K&R dolls at a median of US$285 — the single most useful number in this guide.
Germany, the home market, is cheaper, not dearer: 75 unique listings, median US$187, quartiles US$79–439, and 64 complete dolls at a median of US$270. That is 16.9% below the US median, the same pattern we measured on Simon & Halbig — a Thuringian factory doll is not rarer in Thuringia, merely more common.
Dealer retail sits far above both: 38 unique K&R dolls on a US doll marketplace had a median of US$1,195, half between US$836 and US$1,634, and 22 of the 38 asked at least US$1,000 — topping out at US$3,895 for a 25-inch S&H-marked 117 "Mein Liebling". Dealer pricing bundles dressing, restoration, provenance and a return privilege. That is roughly a 4.2× gap over the eBay median, and it is the most common place sellers misprice a doll.
LiveAuctioneers holds 753 past price results for "kammer reinhardt" plus 27 upcoming lots in the 17 October 2026 toy auction at Ladenburg, Germany. Realised hammer prices there sit behind a subscription so we do not quote them, but the published estimates show where the trade sits: €1,200–2,400 for a 76 cm mold 117, €1,300–2,600 for a 38 cm mold 131 googly, €950–1,900 for a mold 101 "Peter" circa 1910, €850–1,700 for a mold 114, and €160–320 for a small 23 cm 117-A. All EUR figures converted at 1 EUR = US$1.126581.
Mold by Mold: What Actually Sells
These are asking medians from the same measured set, US and German eBay listings combined, plus the dealer tier for the same molds.
- 117 / 117n ("Mein Liebling") — eBay median US$185 across 19 listings but a top ask of US$4,590; the 117n sub-mold alone ran US$1,339 median across 4 listings (US$716–2,590). Dealer retail for mold 117: US$2,195 median across 5 listings, up to US$3,895. This is the mold collectors picture when they hear the company name, and the only one where dealers and eBay agree that it is expensive.
- 101 ("Peter" as a boy, "Marie" as a girl) — US$1,750 median across 3 dealer listings (US$950–1,750); eBay asks ranged US$16 for a reproduction head to US$1,972 for a complete doll. Five sizes were made, with glass or painted eyes.
- 114 ("Gretchen" as a girl, "Hans" as a boy) — US$1,900 median across 2 dealer listings; on eBay the mold showed a US$73 median across 13 listings (US$17–8,990). That spread is not noise: almost every cheap "114" is a reproduction head, and one genuine closed-mouth Gretchen anchored the top at US$8,990.
- 115 / 115A ("Phillip") — US$570 median across 4 eBay listings (US$541–597) and US$1,295 median across 3 dealer listings (US$1,150–1,395). Mold 115 is the solid-dome, painted-eye version; 115A has glass eyes and a wig.
- 116 / 116A (smiling babies) — US$475 median across 6 eBay listings (US$66–775), and US$975–1,095 on the dealer tier for a 16–17-inch 116A.
- 126 — US$270 median across 32 eBay listings, the most frequently listed K&R mold we found (US$40–1,127), against a US$350 median across 4 dealer listings. Common, and priced like it.
- 192 — US$298 median across 3 eBay listings; US$1,322 median across 2 dealer listings for large dressed examples.
- 100 ("Kaiser Baby" / "Bauz Baby") — US$239 median across 13 listings (US$32–1,995). 11–20 inches, painted or glass eyes, made with and without a wig.
- Reproductions — 35 listings marked repro, reproduction or "Kopie" had a median of US$73, the cheapest US$8. If your doll is a recast of a 114 or 117, that is the bracket.
How to Read a K * R Mark
Kämmer & Reinhardt was founded in 1886 in Waltershausen, Thuringia, by Ernst Kämmer and Franz Reinhardt. Early dolls were wax and then dolly-faced bisque; the company that collectors actually chase starts in 1908–09, when Franz Reinhardt saw the Munich Art Dolls exhibition at the Hermann Tietz department store in Berlin and commissioned the Berlin sculptor Professor Arthur Lewin-Funcke to model a realistic child head. That head became mold 100, and in 1909 the firm registered the trademark Charakterpuppe — character doll.
Markings to read, in the order that decides value:
- **"K * R" with a six-pointed star between the letters. Collectors say "K Star R". The star is the company's own registered trademark, not a Star of David** — a surprisingly common misreading, and the reason people search for a "jewish star" doll. A star alone, with no K or R, is a different maker entirely.
- The mold number — 100, 101, 114, 115, 116, 117, 117n, 118, 123/124 (Max and Moritz), 126, 131, 192 and so on. If there is no mold number but a number between 25 and 99 on the lower neck rim, that is the doll's height in centimetres, not a mold.
- **"Simon & Halbig" or "S & H" beside the K * R mark. K&R designed heads but bought the bisque from outside; after 1902, when K&R took over the Heinrich Handwerck factory and its director Gottlieb Nüssle became a partner, most heads came from Simon & Halbig** in Gräfenhain. Some heads came from Kling and Schutzmeister & Quendt. From 1912 the S&H name was written out rather than initialled. A double mark is normal on a genuine doll, not a warning sign.
- "Germany", the country stamp required for US import from the 1890s.
- Body stamps. Composition bodies may carry E. W. Matthes, Heinrich Handwerck, or a Ferdinand Imhoff key-wind walking mechanism. An original K&R body with the correct stamp is worth multiples of a modern replacement, and it is why auction lots advertise "original body" at all.
The practical test: genuine heads are matte unglazed bisque on a plaster pate with tight, correctly-cut eye sockets, and the mold number belongs to a documented series. Reproduction heads are glossier, heavier where they should be thin, and almost always sold as "head only" — which is the second giveaway.
What Kills the Price
Our measured set shows five factors that move a doll from three figures into the low tens:
- Head only, no doll — reproduction 114 and 117 heads asked US$15–32. A head is a craft supply; a whole doll is a collectible.
- Recast heads — 35 listings, median US$73, against a US$1,900 dealer median for the same mold.
- Cracks, chips and hairline splits. Sellers who write "TLC", "needs eye work" or "flaw" price 40–60% below intact examples.
- Replacement bodies and modern wigs. The original composition body and the original mohair wig are a large part of the number.
- Wrong-size expectations. A 19 cm mold 114 and a 42 cm mold 114 are both "114" and nowhere near the same price — size codes are the whole game.
A Ten-Minute Pricing Routine
- Photograph the back of the head, the mark, the size number and the body stamp — in that order.
- Search the mold number alone on live and sold listings in your country, then repeat on eBay Germany (`kammer reinhardt puppe`): our measured German median was 16.9% below the US median.
- Check dealer retail for the same mold only if your doll is complete, dressed and on its original body. Head-only or repaired — ignore the dealer tier entirely.
- Deduct for every flaw you can see: cracks, repaint, a replacement wig, replaced hands, a missing pate.
- Compare at least six listings with the same mold and a similar height before settling on a number. A median beats one hopeful screenshot every time.
If you want a second opinion on a specific doll, ask us — we will tell you which details we would check first. See our K&R 117n German bisque character doll and K * R bisque miniature doll for how we photograph and describe mark, mold and measured height.
For the wider picture, see our guides on Simon & Halbig doll values, German porcelain doll marks and what your antique doll is worth.
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