Question Could you please help me in valuing the Barbies I have. They are as follows: Couture Barbie, Portrait in Taffeta; Escada Barbie; Bob Mackie - Moon Goddess & Goddess of the Sun; Christian Dior, 1995; Ralph Lauren, Bloomingdale's LE; Donna Karan, Bloomingdale's LE; Calvin Klein Jeans, Bloomingdale's LE; Happy Holidays, 1996 & 1997; My Fair Lady 4 Barbie set - 3 Barbie as Eliza Doolittle & Ken as Henry Higgins.
I have a few others but these are the ones I'm most interested in valuing.
Thank you for your help,
Sherry
Answer Hello! I am so sorry it has taken so long to get any information to you. The person who answers these questions has a very ill family member and she has been away and I don't know when she will return. I am a family friend and I am trying to answer her e-mails for her but I apologize I don't know about these dolls. I will let her know you wrote. She does not have access to any computer out where she is staying right now (in the country with her elderly parents, trying to help take care of her dad who had two strokes within a one week time span). I'm sure she wishes she could be here to help with your questions. I'm going to try to find out how to put her All Experts answering status on hold until she can get back to her house. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
If your question has anything to do with Barbie dolls, I can usually find an accurate answer for you, as long as you are asking about the "real" Barbies...not the "Bratz" line that Mattel put out. I do extensive research regarding both vintage and contemporary Barbie dolls, as well as rare, ultra-limited, platinum series, gold series, silver series, "pink-box" series Barbies, considered either collectible at this time or not. Just about anything Barbie doll related, I can probably assist you with, such as their current re-sale value, how to tell truly vintage Barbies from more recently produced Barbies, etc.
Experience
Extensive research, resources to include books I own, on-line resources, personal friends who have been long-time, "hard-core" Barbie doll collectors and researchers like myself, as well as any other means I need to take to find the answers needed regarding Barbie dolls.
Education/Credentials Extensive research regarding Barbie dolls over the past several years.