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Vintage Barbie Resource Books
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Must-Haves
Books for Collectors |
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Barbie Fashion: Volume 1 and Barbie Fashion: Volume 2,
two volumes chocked full of vintage Barbie fashion identification from Sarah
Sink Eames, cover all of the vintage outfits with beautiful color photos and detailed descriptions. These two books are all you'll ever need to identify this period of vintage Barbie clothing.
Every accessory that came with the outfit is shown in the photograph, along with a description. Both books include fashion sections for Ken, Skipper, Tutti and Francie
as well as the release dates on the dolls. |
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The Ultimate Barbie Doll Book has detailed descriptions of all the Barbie family -- manufacturing numbers, mold, copyright, makeup colors, accessories, manufacturing flaws. I doubt there will ever be another book with this much information on the early Barbie years at Mattel. |
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Barbie Structures and Furniture, a delightful book of the earliest Barbie structures and accessories, including MOD. Just seeing the pristine structures like Barbie's Little Theatre set up in scenes is worth the price of this book. Each structure has the official accessories listed. |
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The books below are all resource guides for one specific aspect of vintage Barbie collecting. They are out of print, so they've become collector's items themselves somewhat because they're hard to find. Used book dealers sell them on Amazon. Once you get on the Amazon landing page, click the "Available from these sellers" link.
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Skipper: Barbie's Little Sister is the
ultimate resource guide for
everything Skipper. It
includes outfits from
Skipper's beginning to 1978,
international outfits and
prototypes you'll never see
anywhere else. This
book is also a Tutti
resource book. |
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Who doesn't
love those
colorful
vintage
Barbie vinyl
cases?
The
Barbie Doll Vinyl Cases
book includes photos and
information about every
size, shape, color, and
accessory you can imagine
connected to vintage Barbie
"Ponytail" vinyls. |
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Francie & Her Mod, Mod, Mod World of Fashion
is everything you ever wanted
to know about Barbie's
cousin, Francie. Such
a colorful book
beginning with Francie
fashions from 1966 on.
Color photographs of pure
psychedelic power. |
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