Collecting Vintage Barbie Dolls

Collecting Vintage Barbie Dolls and clothing is a fun and rewarding hobby. Most of us are drawn to the items that we loved and cherished from our childhood. If you are like me, you don't have many (or any) people in your life who even "get" the fun and passion vintage Barbie collecting, much less have an ounce of interest. ("You paid HOW MUCH for that"?)

I have created this special place to share our stories and collections with others who share our passion for vintage Barbie.

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What Other Collectors Have Contributed

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I Waited 30 Years for Dinner at Eight When I first became interested in vintage Barbie, I bought a
vintage Bubblecut doll on eBay and then my first ensemble,
Dinner at Eight (from 1963)...

Collecting Vintage Barbie & My Inner Child The countless hours I spent as a little girl in an isolated Newfoundland outport village were spent playing with my few Barbies. I had a Live Action ...

A New Collector & Her Memories Hi,
My only Barbie Doll as a child was given to me in 1963 by a friend who had just received a brand new one for her birthday (my parents could not afford ...

My 1958 Blond Ponytail Barbie I am a only child and my mom was divorced when I was 3. My dad lived in another state so he rarely saw me. In 1958, when I was 5, he came to Cal. to visit ...

Birthday Present So, I don't think that I can call myself a real collector, since I only have one doll.
It's a bubblecut in box from 1962. I was bored one day, and started ...

New Vintage Collector I love this website. I stumbled across it two weeks ago and have purchased 7 dresses on ebay since. I'm naturally buying those I loved as a girl but was ...

Restoring a childhood collection... I had a pretty difficult childhood and we didn't have much spare money. So when I was given a huge suitcase of Barbie in the early 1970s (that my stepmother'...

Born a Doll Lover I can't remember a time when I didn't have a doll of some sort in my hand, any size, from teeny tiny to large ones, I loved them. My grandmother had her ...

A bargain or memory? I was at a church auction today and purchased a blue Skipper case full of 3 dolls, a red hair, blonde hair and I think her name is Scooter. It has every ...

Ken summer job No story, only a photo

another Ken as GI Ken (2)

Ken as GI Some photos of KEN as GI.

My Barbie Revival My first Barbie doll (blonde bubble cut) was bought for me for by my parents whilst we were living in Canada. We returned to England in 1964 and I often ...

I never really stopped collecting I received my first Barbie doll in 1963. A bubble cut, who I still own today. I also have the house and airplane I received just a few years later.

I ...

Crazy About Barbie I got my first Barbie when I was almost 12 years old. She was a platinum blonde. My best friend and I played Barbies until we were in our teens!!! I ...

Always Loving Barbie Well were do I start, as a young girl I can remember my older sister's beautiful swirl ponytail Barbie on her duchess, and always being in love with it,...

My Barbie Christmas Tree Two things that I love and enjoy are Barbie Dolls and Christmas Trees. I put a tree in every room for the holidays. I have had a Barbie tree for many ...

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