Doll Set
Collectible Barbie Dolls
Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched in 1959. The doll is produced by Mattel, Inc., and is a major source of revenue for the company. The American businesswoman Ruth Handler (1916-2002) is regarded as the creator of Barbie, and the doll’s design was inspired by a German doll called Bild Lilli.
Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for nearly fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and her lifestyle.
Collecting:
Mattel estimates that there are well over 100,000 avid Barbie collectors. Ninety percent are women, at an average age of 40, purchasing more than twenty Barbie dolls each year. Forty-five percent of them spend upwards of $1000 a year.
Vintage Barbie dolls from the early years are the most valuable at auction, and while the original Barbie was sold for $3.00 in 1959, a mint boxed Barbie from 1959 sold for $3552.50 on eBay in October 2004. On September 26, 2006, a Barbie doll set a world record at auction of £9,000 sterling (US $17,000) at Christie’s in London. The doll was a Barbie in Midnight Red from 1965 and was part of a private collection of 4,000 Barbie dolls being sold by two Dutch women, Ietje Raebel and her daughter Marina
In recent years Mattel has sold a wide range of Barbie dolls aimed specifically at collectors, including porcelain versions and depictions of Barbie as a range of characters from television series such as The Munsters and Star Trek There are also collector’s edition dolls depicting Barbie dolls with a range of different ethnic identities. In 2004 Mattel introduced the Color Tier system for its collector’s edition Barbie dolls, ranging through pink, silver, gold and platinum depending on how many of the dolls are produced.
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Tale of the Forest Princess Barbie Golden Books gift set $79.99 |
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4 Witch Ghost ORNAMENTS SET handmade clay fairy polymer clay halloween christmas $9.99 |
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CCT Blythe Doll Outfit Cloth My Red lil Candy Dress Set $29.99 |
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1984 Vogue Ginny Bride & Groom Doll Set $7.50 |
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Lolita Blythe Doll Outfit Smock Jump Jacket Dress Set $9.99 |
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Milky Way Blythe Doll Outfit Autumn Love Hat Dress Set $24.99 |
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Vintage Barbie Ken sleeper set #781 $6.99 |
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Volks Dollfie Dream Lunch Break Library Set SD16 SD DD $129.00 |
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35th Anniversary Barbie Gift Set $64.99 |
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Milky Way Blythe Doll Outfit Blossom March Dress Set $19.99 |
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3 Piece Fleece Poncho Set for American Girl 18inch Doll, Blue Peace $10.50 |
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La-Princesa Blythe Doll Outfit Blue LOLITA Dress Set $29.99 |
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Anime Death Note figures toy pvc doll 5 pcs set Ryuk Rem Misa L $0.99 |
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LINHILL BARBIE JEWELRY ROYAL BLUE CRYSTAL & PEARL SET $4.99 |
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SET OF 2 90210 DOLLS, BRANDON AND KELLY, 1991 $9.99 |
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Lolita Blythe Doll Outfit Brown in the Garden Dress Set $24.99 |
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La-Princesa Blythe Doll Outfit Music Kitten Blue Set $24.99 |
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BHC Blythe Doll Outfit Out Door Dear Bear Dress Set $14.99 |
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Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons $8.91 No Description Available.Genre: Popular MusicMedia Format: Compact DiskRating: Release Date: 14-JAN-2003… |
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