Vintage 80's Barbies

Found these vintage 80's Barbies this past weekend.  

  These were in the display case. Prices were a bit more than I pay for the bagged Barbies.

I dressed both dolls in Barbie Pink Label gowns. 

 Oriental Barbie 

Mattel 1981

Taiwan 

Magic Curl 

Mattel  1981

Taiwan

Vintage Ponytail Barbie

This is one of my best finds in the Thrift Store I frequent the most.  I found her sometime last year.  She was still in the cart waiting to be hung up.   I asked the worker if I could see her.  Since she was in a plastic bag, I assumed she was a reproduction Barbie.  I took her anyway.  When I got home I looked at her carefully.   She had the vintage Mattel mark on her bottom.  Nothing on her neck.  Japan on her foot. I still wasn't completely sure she was vintage.  I kept her in the Purple Label Barbie outfit that she came in, added a pair of white shoes. She was missing her pearl earrings but didn't mind since I probably would have taken them out to prevent green ear. It wasn't until today that I am now quite sure that I got a Vintage Ponytail No.6 Barbie.  While browsing some doll sites, I came across "Krista's Doll Restoration" page.  On her site, she has a section called Barbie by Year.  On that page it has descriptions as well as photos of Vintage Barbies.  As I was browsing thru the photos, there she was, a vintage Ponytail No. 6 with watermelon lips. I also found out that she came in a red jersey swimsuit and red open toe shoes.
Thanks Krista for all the information about Vintage Barbies.

Krista's Doll  Restorations: 
http://dollrestoration.com/

Vintage Barbies

It's so nice to have a co-worker who loves garage sales as much as I do.  She lives in another part of the state and we have different collecting interests.  She knows I love Barbies, so one day she brought me in these two dolls she had found.  They were quite dirty, so I cleaned them up and dressed them in what I thought they would look good in.  Francie is missing her eyelashes.  I dressed her in a silver mini dress, white flats, silver necklace and a silver purse.   Malibu Barbie is dressed in an orange Barbie jumpsuit, with silver boots, and added an orange pocket book. Sometime later I found a black fedora type hat with a white band for her.  You really can't see the hat since it blends in with the background. Can't wait to see if she finds anything this weekend!