While other kids his age were mowing lawns for extra cash, then-14-year-old Marshall Martin was reassembling antique dolls and selling them through newspaper ads. “Even as a little boy I was a ...

With the new Barbie movie coming to a theater near you this summer, complete with a top-secret plot, collectors are ready to buy, sell or trade America’s favorite doll. Get ready because the sales ...

“You’re not a weirdo because you collect Barbies,” Marl Davidson, who recently sold a vintage, hand-painted Barbie for $20,000, tells PEOPLE Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who ...

Long before the movie “Barbie” took over the world, Barbie dolls reigned supreme. As the most popular doll of every generation since the ’60s, Barbies have transcended decades. The vintage doll is ...

(Reuters) - Matthew Keith bought his first Barbie dolls in the 1970s using his allowance money, hiding them from his parents for fear they would say the toys were not masculine enough. Today, 22 feet ...

ESCONDIDOESCONDIDO — Antique doll collectors from the Southwind Doll Club hold their annual show Oct. 3 in Escondido. The nonprofit club is part of the Federation of Dolls Clubs and donates to local ...

I've always been fascinated by how some old toys can suddenly become valuable collectors' items. Many of us might still have ...

MANKATO — When she was a child, Pat Stoeckel wasn’t much of a doll person. Instead, she spent her formative years riding her father’s horses. It wasn’t until she was in her 20s that a fascination with ...

Lenci is a famous name among doll collectors. Lenci dolls were first made by Elena Konig Scavini (1886-1974). She ran away from home when she was 14 and joined a circus. A few years later, she started ...