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Warman's Barbie Doll Field Guide: Values and Identification (Warman's Field Guides)

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What a wonderful book! The Warman's Barbie Doll Field Guide is packed with useful information and great color photographs. And all at a super affordable price. I'm impressed. The book is designed as a take-along pocket guide, yet it's amazingly complete and thorough. It covers six decades of Barbie dolls, provides several hundred color photographs, a history of Barbie, critical identification information, -- including how to identify Barbie No. 1 -- fashion sets, designer dolls and a price guide to more than 1,500 dolls. It's perfect for a gift or for yourself, or even as a gift for yourself. I have several Barbie books on my shelves, and that's where they stay. But this little dynamo is never going to leave my side.

This books size makes it convenient to carry around to garage sales or toy shows. But the content could be better, some dolls are depicted with inaccurate prices and some vintage doll's aren't pictured in their proper outfits with proper accessories. So this can become confusing for the beginner collector. However there are "warnings" listed with some vintage outfits stating that Mattel has made a reproduction (these are worth far less) of it. This is a great feature if you are not a Barbie expert.

A good book for the beginner, but I recommend using this guide along with a larger more detailed Barbie book.

First thought upon getting this, it's tiny! I've been waiting at least two months for this book to come out and I was a tad upset that the price guide is not up-to-date. NOTHING that came out in 2002 is in there, nor are any non-collector dolls listed.

If you need a pocket guide to carry to conventions, it's perfect. If you want something to help you figure out how much to bid on E-Bay, it's perfect. Otherwise, just get it for the vibrant color pictures (No black & white) , which strangly have dolls that haven't even been released yet.

According to my little friend who received this guide as a gift, It is easy to understand, teaches you some very interesting Barbie history, and show great photos of early Barbie, how they progress and their value. She highly reccommends it.

I have an eight year old who is a Barbie collector and she will love this delightful book. It is colorful, clear, concise and of course will make her want more Barbie stuff.

This book was such a hit with my niece, she ignored all other Christmas gifts that day.Now she takes it every time there's a yard sale.

Recently I purchased this book and am amazed at all of the information packed into it. I called a seasoned collector friend and looked up a doll she purchased and was able to quote the estimated price with ease. This book explains the history of the Barbie doll and shows wonderful pictures of each era. It has a whole chapter of Fun Facts and you can learn a lot in a short time about collecting and what to look for. Was a great buy and comes highly recommended!

My 8 year old daughter loves Barbies and she loves encyclopedias about everything that she loves...so this book has been well loved!
Great pictures. Easy to read and easy to take with us in the car or on trips. Fun to share with friends.