Mattel Barbie Doll
Mattel Barbie Doll
Barbie Dolls–History And Collector Facts
In 1959 the first Barbie doll was introduced at the New York toy fair. It was billed as “New For ’59,The Barbie Doll:A Shapely Teenage Fashion Model Price $3.00.”
This was the beginning of the Barbie doll phenomenon which is one of the great success stories of the toy manufacturing business. Before Barbie most children’s dolls were child dolls or babies not adult figures. Barbie changed this completely.
In 1945 Elliot and Ruth Handler began a partnership with Harold Mattson. The company name Mattel is a combination of the two names Mattson and Elliot. Elliot started making doll house furniture from scraps of wood left over from his picture frame business. He started the Handler doll furniture business from this idea.
Around this time Ruth noticed that her daughter Barbara and her friends liked to play with adult paper dolls and not child or baby dolls. The little girls preferred a doll they could look up to as a role model for growing up. Ruth got the idea that there could be big profit possibilities in making adult dolls. She talked over the idea with her husband but he decided that to start making the dolls would be very expensive.
Right after this Ruth went to Germany and purchased an adult doll called Lilli. This adult female doll was based on the heroine of a German comic. On her return to the USA she started redesigning the doll and worked with a doll clothes designer. Soon the Barbie doll came to be and was named after her little daughter Barbara.
Mattell patented the Barbie doll in 1958 and introduced it to the public in 1959. She very soon became one of the best known and most loved toys ever made. Barbies were sold all over the world in more than 150 countries.
Barbie soon became a very collectible doll and was eagerly sought after by adult collectors. Between 1959 and 1972 Barbie had seven distinct changes in her looks and design. All Barbies made up to 1972 are seen as vintage collectible dolls by their fans and are much sought after.
A 1959 Barbie in mint condition can be worth up to $8000 but you will frequently see them offered for a lot less. Later editions fetch lower prices of course.
You can usually purchase dolls made in the 1969 to 1972 period for just a few dollars. However you may still find some of the early dolls,even the rare 1959 edition,in such places as garage sales and flea markets. About 300,000 of the 1959 doll were made and many are still out there awaiting discovery
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How can I identify a barbie doll in it’s original shipping package?
My family has been buying barbies from the mattel catalog for years and many of the barbies are still in their original shipping package unopened. I thought that leaving them sealed might add more value to them so I am trying to find out how to identify them with out opening the shipping package. The packages say:
“Mattel”
“Barbie Doll”
“19788-9993″
“china – 1 piece”
there is a sticker that says “386150″
a number stamped “0848hr”
and there is a UPC scan bar with “6 00 74299 19788 0″.
is there any way to tell what barbies are inside with out opening them?
You can look them up by product number. The product number should be on the box twice. It’s usually the last group of numbers before the zero on the bar code, and also part of the number group next to “Barbie Doll.”
In this case, it’s 19788.
Here’s a directory of product numbers and the dolls they represent:
https://www.dollgenie.com/directory.php
That specific number is assigned to 1998 Vera Wang Bride Barbie Doll.
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CUTE BARBIE PINK BUTTERFLY DESIGN BABY SWIMSUIT – AGE 6-9 MONTHS £1.99 |
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HALLMARK KEEPSAKE ORNAMENT BARBIE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY £10.12 |
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Barbie Light Baby Pink White Diamond Diamante Statement Ring Choochie Choo £6.99 |
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BARBIE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SISTER SHELLY DOLL DRESSED £0.99 |
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Barbie Children Watch 3D #BW1 £0.99 |
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Barbie Hot Tub Party Bus £9.99 |
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Barbie ‘Lovin You’ (1983) Skirt and Bodice £3.50 |
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DRESS FOR BARBIE FASHIONISTA, BNIB £0.99 |
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Jacob Twilight New Moon Doll £27.99 |
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BARBIE ISLAND PRINCESS PINK MAIDEN DOLL NEW NIB £12.99 |
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10 Childrens Barbie Doll Plastic Rings Party Bag Filler £2.25 |
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Sindy Doll dressed in a Blue floral full skirted dress no.106 £5.50 |
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Barbie DVD – Rapunzel £4.99 |
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BARBIE BASICS Model No 03 Collection 001 LBD Black Label MIB NRFB Steffie Face £15.79 |
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Barbie”Fifties Fun” NRFB £2.52 |
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Vintage Barbie Mattel Exercise Bike in original box £5.00 |
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Special Edition Millennium Princess Barbie 2000 – African American rare BNIB £49.99 |
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Barbie DVD – Barbie & The 12 Dancing Princesses £4.99 |
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Choose Your Own CARRY ALONG COLOURING ART SET feat. Peppa Pig, Ben 10, Disney £1.98 |
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BARBIE ISLAND PRINCESS BLUE MAIDEN DOLL NEW NIB £12.99 |
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DRESS FOR BARBIE FASHIONISTA, BNIB, FREE UK POSTAGE £0.99 |
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NEW Fashion Party Ball Wedding Dress Clothes princesse For Barbie Doll R5 £0.01 |
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NEW Fashion Party Ball Wedding Dress Clothes princesse For Barbie Doll W1 £0.99 |
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Barbie: Jet, Set and Style (Nintendo DS) £12.99 Jet the Globe with Barbie as her top fashionista in this all-new, ultra-glamorous video game, Barbie Jet, Set & Style. There are tons of styling activities for you to do in the jet salon as you travel with Barbie to 10 different exotic cities from Paris to Los Angeles to Milan and more. Design totally-new HAIRtastic hairstyles using “real styling moves” with the Wii Remote and stylus; cut, hi… |
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PEUGEOT CITROEN PROPSHAFT CENTRE BEARING 3247.03 £8.49 |
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Genuine & Vintage Care Bear CHAMP Bear 1980s Kenner 12 13 ” Clean Condition £4.99 |
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Build a Bear Hello Kitty Pyjamas / Nightwear Set £5.00 |
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Learn with Baby bear! Colours, Alan Snow – Hardcover – Good £2.65 |
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TY Dusty Chicago Bear with Card,boxed with tag protector (RARE) £55.00 |
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Rupert the Bear Activity Book – Marks & Spencer – 1988 £5.00 |
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HONDA VFR400 ZG/PG 90-92 Headstock Bearings (Japan) £34.25 |
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Build a Bear White Flower Sequin Flip-Flops / Sandals £2.50 |
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1983 YAMAHA XC180 RIVA XC 180 CONNECTING ROD & BEARINGS £8.61 |
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Selden Plain Bearing Block 50mm Single Swivel 405-001-001 £15.75 |
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