First off in order to be a really good barbie doll collector you have to understand a little of the history of the barbie doll. The barbie doll was founded in 1959 by Ruth Handler she named it after her daughter Barbara. And here husband was Elliot they also had a son name Ken so 2 years later in 1961 the Ken doll was born which ended up being barbie's mate. So in 1959 the barbie was sold a toy fair they had 351,000 sales of the barbie doll they went for $3 each. Well barbie dolls have definitely gone up in price since then and that's the reason to get into barbie doll collecting. I'm going to show you how to collect barbie's some people collect barbie's for fun and others collect barbie's because they want to make money. Well I'm here to show you how to do both first off to make money you have to understand what your doing. There's lots of ways to be able to determine what kind of barbie doll is to pick first off one of the things to look for is if there's a vintage barbie doll vs a modern barbie doll. more...
