Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Barbie doll
- Barbie collecting value guide
- Barbie restoration guide
- Barbie price guide
Step1
Spend time researching your Barbie collector dolls, to understand their history, and related items like dollhouses, clothes, coloring books, games, etc. to help you in the process of finding the right values for your dolls.
Step2
Use many different methods such as internet, auctions, local stores, and basic collector guides .
Step3
Some key words that you will need to learn while you are researching through your Barbie doll collecting value guides:
HTF- hard to find
MIB- mint in box (factory doll in mint condition)
MIP- mint in package (means all accessories are still in original packaging)
MNB- in mint condition but not in original box
NT- (not touched) can mean excellent as well when talking about the collector Barbie Doll's condition (step 4)
NRFB- never removed from box
OSS- has the original swimsuit (step 6)
Step4
Here are some key terms they will see in their values collecting guide:
Barbie Doll Book Values is defined as the pricing guide values of the collector Barbie.
Barbie Doll Market Values is defined as the actual price you expect to sell your collector Barbie Dolls for.
Step5
Barbie collector dolls should reflect the values of the items you collect because they appeal to you. This is the point where the values of your Barbie collector doll become intangible so even if the worth of the Barbie you are collecting isn’t valuable to the market, the sentimental worth could make it more valuable to you!
Comments
Elizabethknows said
on 7/2/2008 great tips and a great item to sell on ebay.