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Made of coir, these make adorable decorative items and vases. Launched at the American Toy Fair on March 9, 1959, Barbie was an 11.5-inch-tall teenage doll made for children that quickly became one of the all-time bestselling and most widely collected toys. reports that even in played-with condition, she is worth 8,000. Having possibly run out of space in the glass shelf, she has placed more items atop an open shelf. Original Barbie - The original first edition Barbie from 1959 is very rare. Next to the Barbie recreations are a bunch of flowers that Devaki shaped out of plaster of Paris or floral powders mixed and kneaded. Behind Shakuntala and her friends is a landscape she painted to give a fitting background – ancient times, in the middle of woods. A modern recreation of Barbie is yet to emerge.ĭevaki is proficient in painting too. The Barbies are all in conventional attire – an Unniyarcha (mythical woman warrior) and a Menaka (mythical celestial fairy) among them. We have been purchasing toys since 1994, & have thousands of satisfied. The base of all the works is made of painted thermocol. Looking to sell your Barbie dolls We buy all Mattel Barbie made since 1990. These are, of course, stories of Indian women so the Barbies’ blonde hair has been carefully painted black. For jewellery, she’d pick up old fancy items abandoned by her grandchildren and cut them to size. Devaki stitched their blouses from even smaller pieces of cloth. Three of her Barbies are dressed as brides of three religions – Christian, Muslim and Hindu – all of them wearing saris made from border pieces of Devaki’s unused saris. That's her new recreation, Vasavadatta and her friend with the fan /1Z8GxRmwe4- Cris November 7, 2021 Here she is reciting the line 'ramacha vishari.' from Kumaranasan's Karuna. For Shakuntala, Devaki sings lines from Kalidasa. Three outfits were produced only in 1959 numbers 964, 968, 971. Devaki recites from Kumaranasan’s Karuna as she picks up her work in progress – Vasavadatta resting as her thozhi (friend) holds the fan. Vintage Barbie Doll Clothes Fashions 1959 - Twenty-three clothing outfits were available for Barbie in 1959 including her original black and white zebra striped swimsuit. She remembers nearly everything she read, and narrates the lines from the original work. That said, please note that you can ruin the value of a doll with a bad restoration, and also that many collectors do not want to purchase restored dolls (hair restyled, lips repainted, etc.). Most Barbies are not as rare or historically important as, say, antique dolls from the 1800s. Barbies as Menaka and Damayanti (Hamsa Damayanti)Īll the dolls once belonged to Devaki’s granddaughter who outgrew them after a point and left them forgotten in a room. Lots of these tips are squarely in the restoration and not conservation camp.