Question About Barbie 1958 & Barie/Ken 1961 booklets

Hi,

I found in a Barbie lunch box at a garage sale a bunch of small Barbie booklets (10) that have 1958 in Roman numbers on the front. I can tell that they are old by the glue tape on the front and back of some. They all are in good to excellent shape. I found two versions of this booklet the backs are different and then there are ( 6 ) Barbie and Ken booklets too also in good to excellent shape. Some of the booklets have a separate paper with "The Barbie game 1960 AD" and some with a paper "Barbie Sings 1961 AD". The question is how do I tell what I got here and from what years?

Thank you for any help
Paul


Hi Paul -
These are the booklets that were included with Barbie dolls & clothing. The pink one with Barbie only is the first one and is probably from 1959/1960 & contains Barbie's wardrobe. The one with Barbie and Ken is from 1961, because Midge was introduced in 1963 & the booklets after that had her on the cover as well. The loose pages were often included with the booklet as well.
Suzanne