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RAREST OF THE RARE - VINTAGE 1959 HANDPAINTED BRUNETTE #1 PONYTAIL BARBIE DOLL For Sale


RAREST OF THE RARE - VINTAGE 1959 HANDPAINTED BRUNETTE #1 PONYTAIL BARBIE DOLL
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RAREST OF THE RARE - VINTAGE 1959 HANDPAINTED BRUNETTE #1 PONYTAIL BARBIE DOLL:
$3599.95

Non-paying buyers will be reported to .ORIGINAL 1959 HAND-PAINTED #1 BRUNETTE PONYTAIL BARBIE
She is the Rarest of the Rare!This a beautiful HAND-PAINTED #1 brunette Ponytail Barbie from 1959. A brunette #1 is the ultimate in Barbie collecting, and a rare, hand-painted brunette is the absolute holy grail. Very early hand-painted faces are extremely rare, and most of the dolls are blonde.And she has her original face paint with no touch-ups! Her lips are starting to fade on the left side which gives her a bit of a pouty look, like a Bild Lilli. Her hair is fabulous, with extra thick, curly bangs. It looks like she has an extra row of bangs. Her top-knot has been retied, and her ponytail still has some of its original curl at the end. And her ponytail is nice and long.If you are unfamiliar with the early hand-painted #1-#2 faces, there is a really good article about them in an old Barbie Bazaar magazine. I have a copy of an excerpt from the article in an guide I have written.
You can see it here: Vintage Barbie 101
This doll falls into the \"hand-painted variation A\" technique.She is on the appropriate \"Barbie TM\" body and it is an early one with \"Japan\" written in a small box on the bottom of her foot. The next generation #1 body had \"Japan\" written the length of her foot instead of in the small box. The tube in her left leg is fine, but the tube in her right leg is either missing or pushed up inside her leg. Her body does have some variation in color on her legs. The lower portion of her left leg is a little more pink, and she has some light pink variations on the backs of her legs. This is not very noticeable. And her color is a little rosier under her swimsuit.She has no missing fingers or toes, no chews, no necks splits, and no green ear. Her neck knob is nice and secure. Her left foot has a stain across the top from her shoe, which is completely hidden when her shoes are on. She holds all positions well and has a nice stance. Her finger and toenail polish are complete.She will come wearing her original zebra-striped swimsuit, original sunglasses, original black open-toed shoes, and her original booklet. She will also come wearing hoop earrings (not sure if they are original or not), a reproduction box, a reproduction two-pronged stand, and a reproduction flex leg insert. I have ground the prongs on the stand so it will work for her. The reproduction stands don\'t work very well on the vintage dolls unless the pegs are made slimmer because the holes in the feet of the vintage dolls are smaller than the reproduction dolls. Vintage dolls have metal tubes in their feet, reproduction dolls do not.She is the ULTIMATE to any Barbie collection! She is absolutely exquisite.
To see more vintage Barbies, Visit My store: Jen\'s Online Consignments


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