No 1 Barbie in swimsuit bidder takes the plunge at £7000

The highlight of an extensive selection of Barbie dolls offered at Wessex Auction Rooms (19% buyer’s premium) proved to be, as predicted, an example of the very earliest produced.

The Mattel Barbie fashion doll premiered at the annual toy fair in New York in March 1959.

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