Vintage Barbie Dolls Creating a Scene at Treasure Hunters Roadshow Events

Treasure Hunters Roadshow (THR) has been traveling the country in search of precious metals, watches, older coins, antiques and vintage toys since 1996. The company has lately expanded their search of treasures into Spain and the United Kingdom. Their worldwide hunt for treasures gives THR with an opportunity to obtain gold, silver and all sorts of collectibles for their international network of potential buyers and collectors.

Scarce and unique toys are exciting to play with and collect. Although largely a childhood pastime, collecting toys is also common with grown ups, who take pleasure in reminiscing with toys they used to play with in their early years. As the demand for vintage toys, especially classic Barbie dolls in great condition continues to rise, these classic toys can bring a excellent paycheck at a Treasure Hunters Roadshow event. Their buyers have been instructed to give top-dollar for vintage mint-condition Barbie dolls.

The very first Barbie doll was introduced at the American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959. Mattel debuted the doll after co-founder Elliot Handler’s wife, Ruth, came up with a design for a new doll for her daughter, Barbara. While hesitant to launch the doll at first due to the fact that Mattel did not believe younger girls desired an adult-looking toy, Barbie went on to become one of America’s most treasured toys of all time.

Ruth Handler came up with the Barbie doll idea during a family vacation to Europe, where she came across exactly what she envisioned for her daughter – Bild Lilli. Bild Lilli was a doll sold in Germany in the 1950s. She was inspired by a comic strip, in which she was a really self-empowered female who, at times, was quite controversial. Barbie, or Barbra Millicent Roberts as her fictitious biography reads, has also had her share of controversies over the years. Criticized by health specialists and child psychologists for her unrealistic and unachievable body shape, Barbie has undergone numerous alterations over the many years, but continues to be a toy icon all over the globe.

Classic Barbie dolls can be worth thousands to significant collectors. Initially introduced as a series, number one coming in 1959, Barbie actually had inserts in her feet to help her stand on her very own. This original Barbie is the only one to have this copper insert and is quite valuable if in great condition. In the Barbie collection, dolls one through three, and a few in the fourth, were created with a solid torso and solid legs. Every single Barbie made after these has a hollow body.

Classic Barbie dolls still in mint condition, which include ones that have remained in the box for more than 5 decades, are a toy collector’s dream. The buyers at THR are seeking to buy these rare, collectible items and all vintage toys on behalf of their network of buyers and collectors. A checklist of things that the Treasure Hunters Roadshow buyers are looking for can be observed on the company’s web page.