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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. [92] 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 ...
Highest listing price on eBay: $16,000 In 1959, Ruth Handler — co-founder of the toy giant Mattel — was watching her daughter, Barbara, play with paper dolls.
My First Barbie, made specifically for children as young as 3, is 13.5 inches tall, with a broader waste that de-emphasizes the bust line, with flesh-tone modesty undergarments permanently ...
"Tressy" was trademarked in 1963 as a doll with "hair that grows" by the American Character Toy Company of New York. It was first sold as an 11½" fashion doll similar to Mattel's Barbie and by the late 60s as a larger preteen doll by the Ideal Toy Company. Tressy featured a long swatch of hair that could be pulled out of the top of the doll's ...
Many fashion doll lines have been inspired by Barbie, or launched as alternatives to Barbie. Tammy was created by the Ideal Toy Company in 1962. [21] Advertised as "The Doll You Love to Dress", Tammy was portrayed as a young American teenager, more "girl next door" than the cosmopolitan image of Barbie. [21]
A limited edition Barbie of Aaliyah sold out within hours of going on sale on what would have been the late R&B singer’s 46th birthday.. The US singer and actress was killed on August 25, 2001 ...
Kurt (2005): He was a Fashion Fever friend of Barbie. He was first male doll in this line and was made with the Tango Ken/Blaine face sculpt. Ryan (2012–2015): He is Raquelle's twin brother and Ken's rival. He is a main character in the Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse series. Ryan has a crush on Barbie, and therefore competes with Ken for her ...
A new Barbie has joined Mattel's lineup of inclusive dolls. The first "Diwali doll" was announced by the toymaker on Friday, a few weeks shy of the Hindu holiday of Diwali, also known as the ...