Barbie is much more than a toy, she is a symbol of the age, estimates are that there are more than 100,000 Barbie collectors buying more than twenty Barbie dolls a year, just under half of which spend upwards of $1000 per year.
Vintage Barbie dolls from the early years sell at auction for huge amounts, the original cost of Barbie in 1959 was $3.00 a mint boxed Barbie from that year sold for $3552.50 on an auction site in 2004.
In 2006 a Barbie doll set a world record, selling at auction for £9,000, the doll was from 1965 and was "Barbie in midnight red " and was from a collector who owned 4,000 Barbie dolls.
A colour tier system has been introduced for the collectors edition Barbie dolls , pink, silver, gold and platinum depending on how many of the dolls are produced .
In more recent years the maker of Barbie, Mattel, designed and sold a wide range of Barbie dolls aimed specifically at collectors. The range includes porcelain versions, vintage reproductions and Barbie as a range of characters from televison series such as the Munsters and Star Trek.
There are also dolls depicting Barbie with different ethnic identities and styles.
Barbie will celebrate her 50th anniversary in 2009, and Mattel plans a new reproduction of the original 1959 Barbie doll.
Zolanta.com is therefore very pleased to announce that we have a huge range of special outfits made especially to fit and compliment the various guises of Barbie, these outfits are designer and top quality, stunning to look at and at very good prices.
Whats even more exciting is that they have been donated by one of our top sellers to be sold to raise money for Little Hen Rescue, needless to say they are flying out of the store ,
