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Jul 27, 2006; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Details of the dolls that started it all, Barbie and Ken 1 circa 1959. The 2006 National Barbie Dolls Collector Convention convenes at The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Century City, California. Billed as the largest collection of Barbie memorabilia in one room, thousands from all over the world meet to buy and sell all things Barbie. Mattel Toys brought treasures from their archives (many which have never been seen publicly) including Barbie and Ken 1, which are worth over $25,000.00 each. Invented by Ruth Handler in 1959, Barbie has become a pop culture icon. Mrs. Handler was watching her daughters play with paper cut out dolls and came up with the idea of a 3 dimensional, high fashion doll that her daughters could play with. At that time, all dolls were either representations of babies or porcelain collectibles. No high fashion dolls for children existed - ZUMAd63_ 20060727_rnn_d63_042

Jul 27, 2006; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Details of the dolls that started it all, Barbie and Ken 1 circa 1959. The 2006 National Barbie Dolls Collector Convention convenes at The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Century City, California. Billed as the largest collection of Barbie memorabilia in one room, thousands from all over the world meet to buy and sell all things Barbie. Mattel Toys brought treasures from their archives (many which have never been seen publicly) including Barbie and Ken 1, which are worth over $25,000.00 each. Invented by Ruth Handler in 1959, Barbie has become a pop culture icon. Mrs. Handler was watching her daughters play with paper cut out dolls and came up with the idea of a 3 dimensional, high fashion doll that her daughters could play with. At that time, all dolls were either representations of babies or porcelain collectibles. No high fashion dolls for children existed - ZUMAd63_ 20060727_rnn_d63_042

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Jul 27, 2006; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Details of the dolls that started it all, Barbie and Ken 1 circa 1959. The 2006 National Barbie Dolls Collector Convention convenes at The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Century City, California. Billed as the largest collection of Barbie memorabilia in one room, thousands from all over the world meet to buy and sell all things Barbie. Mattel Toys brought treasures from their archives (many which have never been seen publicly) including Barbie and Ken 1, which are worth over $25,000.00 each. Invented by Ruth Handler in 1959, Barbie has become a pop culture icon. Mrs. Handler was watching her daughters play with paper cut out dolls and came up with the idea of a 3 dimensional, high fashion doll that her daughters could play with. At that time, all dolls were either representations of babies or porcelain collectibles. No high fashion dolls for children existed - ZUMAd63_ 20060727_rnn_d63_042

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