It ' s a mutually reinforcing problem third parties can ' t attract serious candidates because serious candidates know that third parties have no chance of ever winning anything because third parties can ' t attract serious candidates . so what you end up with are clowns like Johnson and Stein that just want to be ' get their message out ' but have no serious intention or capability of actually being president . Sadly , a different clown won the presidency anyway . <| sep |> I have white <| sep |> Hi can you flesh out what you ' re trying to figure out here a bit more ? These look like handmade soft sculpture like the earliest ' Cabbage Patch ' dolls . Since you ' ve asked in a lot of other subs with no insight on the company I ' ll let this stay up for now , but as you know what they are dolls rdolls was the right sub . rwhatsthisworth if you ' re looking for value , but it won ' t be anything even comparable to $ 800 . Your dad should just take the first offer that makes him a modest profit . It ' s possible they were custom made to caricature certain people a couple of decades ago , and that was why they may have originally sold for a lot . The consignor may also be full of it . But your father should ask the person selling them for more background , and ascertain that the seller has a reasonable price in mind .