Collector's Guide to 1990s Barbie Dolls: Identification & Values [Paperback]

Maria Martinez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

One of the first books to feature Barbie dolls from the '90s, this quick-reference guide offers detailed price listings for collectors and Barbie lovers. Focusing on Mattel's regular line of "pink box" Barbies, information is also included on Midge, Christie, Teresa, Kira, and Nia dolls. Approx. 600 color photos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Collector Books (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574320688
• ISBN-13: 978-1574320688
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #436,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #80 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Dolls

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy for the values, but for identification, October 5, 2004

By 

S. Keslensky "Aspiring Barbie Expert" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collector's Guide to 1990s Barbie Dolls: Identification & Values (Paperback)

Ok, Let's get the negatives out of the way:
1. This book is seriously incomplete. No Skipper, No Kelly, No Ken.
2. Does not cover the 1990's decade. Only covers 1989 to part of 1997.
3. The only description provided is year, name, Item # and an inflated price guide value

BUT
The reason you buy this book is for the pictures. This is THE best book for identifying Pink Box Barbies from 1989 to 1997. She provides two pictures for every doll, a full length picture from straight out of the box and a close-up of the face. And when you have a nude barbie found on the 50 cent table at a garage sale, the face is all you have to identify it. This is a valuable resource for Barbie resellers as an identification tool, but you may as well ignore the over-inflated price value. These are Pink Box Barbies, not Exclusives.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Little Book, October 9, 2002

By 

Regina Mandy (Fargo, ND USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collector's Guide to 1990s Barbie Dolls: Identification & Values (Paperback)

The author of this book gives us exactly what she claims to offer. Concise illustrations of the regular "pink box" Barbie dolls of the 1990's. There are other wonderful books featuring the older Barbie dolls but the regular dolls from the 1990's are frequently left out. The full body and close up shots have been helpful in identifying my recent thrift store finds. The author provides us with issue dates and stock numbers and approximate values at date of publication. The specific head and body markings are unfortunately not included.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Barbie-The Whole Story Please, April 30, 2000

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"birdluvr" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collector's Guide to 1990s Barbie Dolls: Identification & Values (Paperback)

Maria Mmartinez-Esguerra has written a book about Barbie in the 1990's and that is fine for those who began collecting in that decade. However, to really learn about Barbie and her history, I don't see the purpose of this book. A reference for one decade will be lacking because Barbie was born in 1959. That is a lot of history and the years between have told the story much better than this book.