The first Barbie dolls were introduced by Mattel, Inc. in 1959. Produced in Japan, their clothing was hand-stitched by home workers. Creator Ruth Handler based them on a German doll called Bild Lilli, which was itself based on a comic strip character. Since then, of course, the Barbie doll has become a household name. Having been around that long, Barbie’s been through quite a few editions.
Check out the most expensive Barbie dolls in the world:
Barbie No. 1 – $8,000
For those who prefer the nostalgia factor to the bling factor, this expensive classic Barbie is naturally the very first—Barbie No. 1. Featuring a ponytail and zebra-striped bathing suit, the vintage Barbie doll is truly a historic artifact.
De Beers 40th Anniversary Barbie – $85.000
On her 40th birthday, we were introduced to the most expensive Barbie doll of the time. Created by jeweler De Beers, this unique Barbie’s dress is covered in diamonds—160 of them, to be exact. She also wears 18k white gold jewelry. Perhaps most interestingly, this Barbie is not the iconic blonde but rather a raven-haired beauty.
Barbie and the Diamond Castle promotional Barbie – $95,361
This doll, introduced in Mexico City, was created to promote a new Barbie movie, Barbie and the Diamond Castle. According to Giancarlo Melloni, Barbie’s brand manager in Mexico, the film has themes near and dear to the hearts of young women—“friendship, music and shiny jewels.”
Mr. Melloni is clearly breaking new ground there.
The doll was not created for sale but has been valued at 1 million pesos. It features a total of 318 diamonds weighing in at 20.66 carats. Forty-four of the gems decorate her dress while the rest adorn her white gold accessories.
Canturi Barbie – $540,780
To celebrate the new Barbie Basics Collection–a line of urban socialite dolls, each with a different hairstyle and skintone and wearing her own unique Little Black Dress–Mattel commissioned this stunning doll with accessories by renowned jewelry designer Stefan Canturi.
The necklace features 3 carats of white diamonds arranged in a Cubist style and surrounding a rare pink diamond from Australia’s Argyle mine. The centerpiece is emerald cut and weighs in at 1 carat. A ring adorned with another diamond decorates Barbie’s right hand.
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these prices are ricidulas and i rather watch fishing from a fishes point of view.
WHO THE HECK WOULD PAY THAT MUCH FOR A BARBIE DOLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The barbie is beautiful and covered with diamonds so its worth it.
this is most likely to be one of the greatest barbie doll outfits that ever hit earth but i dont like how it was put on a diamond castle doll. they should have made something MUCH more unique it would have been a greater hit. i wish though that i could own such a doll like this
I grew up with Barbie Dolls, even had the original Barbie herself as well as the first Ken. Many a day I wish I still had those dolls for their collectible value. It’s been fun watching her change and develop over the years, same with her clothes and the houses, cars and even pets.
That doll is not for sale. It is a publicity stunt.
I would much rather have the first barbie doll ever to have been created. Knowing that was the first barbie to ever make a child smile means more then a bunch of diamonds stuck on a dress for money.
I really think that the dolls diamonds are beautiful but I think they should NOT have put the diamonda onto a “barbie and the diamond castle” doll (yuck!) they should have put barbie into a more chic dress making the barbie look even more valuable then it all ready is! When I first saw this picture I really thought the diamonds were fake! Can you blame me though? I really think this out-fit was a failure to the barbie company…They should hire me to help them next time!
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Barbie is really weird. Shes had like over 42 pets( including a Chimpanzee Zebra, and Lion cub) , 6 sisters and brother (but no parents), two cousins(still no adults!), 80 jobs(WOW fired much?), and only what two boyfriends? Shes hard to follow!
My friend has a doll that looks just like that!!!
Cool!
that barbie doll looks worthless and old
these barbies i saw at walmart so stupid!!!
COOl, but u still gotts FIND someone to PAY that much for the stupid thing
LOL it would totally suck if a little kid flushed it down the toilet!
we love barbie…my daughter love it so much…the price worth it…
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazoooooooooooooom off limits
Dhar
dress could of been a bit sedutive, hav’n all those diamonds
Dhar
wow those are some really expensive barbie and they have real diamonds and gold on them to!
i think its ridiculous that they think that kids are more attracted to more expensive things.all the doll needs is a dress and shoes.not a comb,diamond accented pumps,a golden dress,and real diamond earrings.
Geesh! Add diamonds to anything and it becomes ultra expensive and sought after.
Though, I wonder how many people understand that it is just a carbon arrangement- whereas the heaver elements such as gold have traveled to our planet from many, many light years away- from a Supernova, no less.
Diamond is great for cutting through hard rock and steel alloys. And it looks nice. Then again, so does crystal. Just because something is rare, doesn’t mean it’s important. Spontaneous combustion is rare- how much would you pay for that?
CANNIBAL BARBIE MWHAHAHAHAHAHA
Are they seriously putting REAL DIAMONDS on cheap PLASTIC?!?!? It seems like on here, to be the absolute best it has to be covered with diamonds! Sheesh!