Good finds ARE rare and far between! I used to find such great things at the thrift shops...
Now it seems that if the people who work there don't grab them up first, second-hand dealers do as soon as the price-tag is placed on them!!
That's one of the reasons I stopped collecting vintage and only concentrate on the more new, (and what I really love and want to put on display and look at).
Elizabeth
I have done that, but no more, I decided I should come before the doll. I have friends tho, who if all the money was added up that each spent on vintage Barbie & her clothes , would easily be in the thousands & definetly more than they'd buy for themselves. I have a hard time anymore, paying over $100 for a doll . I did find some Barbie vintage clothes at our thrift store recently ...but they were the usual dresses you see & not in good shape...someone really loved those clothes & played with them to death. About once a year I find a real deal like this at my thrift store. I've found an Allen, a Francie, a Tootie, a ponytail Barbie but with most of the hair gone but otherwise good condition...but finds like these are rare & far between. Pat H.
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