posted on August 27, 2001 10:03:12 AM
I have a whole trash bag full of Barbies and accessories that my Mom wants me to put up for her. None of them look any older than a few years.
I was searching to see what is the best way to put them up and I keep coming across OOAK in titles. Most of these auctions are for nude Barbies. Does anyone know what that means? Also, would it be better to put the dolls up nude, do a separate auction for the clothes and accessories, and another for the furniture and animals, or should I put it all up as one lot? One lot would be pretty heavy to ship.
My Mom doesn't have a lot of money tied up in these dolls, but I would like to get her a decent price for them.
posted on August 27, 2001 10:08:17 AM
If you could post pictures of them I'm sure my daughter could identify the ones that are newer - and I would know a bit about ones from the 1960's and 1970's.
posted on August 27, 2001 10:17:13 AM
OOAK dolls are dolls that have been altered, be it a face repaint, a custom outfit, rerooted hair, etc. Many of these are done by extremely talented artists, and there are subcategories of collecting just of specific artists.
My suggestion is to list them as a lot if they are not in the best of shape. If they are in good shape, do some research and keep the outfits on them. If they were a specific release, most bidders will want the doll and outfit.
You can find websites on barbies with info from doll types, to care and cleaning.
posted on August 27, 2001 10:22:37 AM
If they're just play type dolls you're probably better off selling them in several lots. For nicer, special edition dolls you could sell them singly.
OOAK=One Of A Kind. The nude dolls are sometimes bought for customizing (new hairdo, face paint etc...)
posted on August 27, 2001 10:45:55 AM
All of the dolls are in played with condition. Looks like someone's Mom had had enough of picking them up off of the floor and sold them at a garage sale.
There are about 30 dolls, some Kens and 2 little dark haired kids, horses, a cat and dog, cars, furniture, lots of shoes and brushes, things like that. I think there's a Baywatch outfit and a Pizza Hut outfit in there, but I don't know which dolls go with those outfits.
If I get just a few more, I could list them as a chess set!
Thanks for the help. I haven't played with Barbie since I was a kid. Wish I still had the ones I had back then.
posted on August 27, 2001 04:18:36 PM
A friend of mine put several lots of older, clothes-less Barbies up last months. He used good photos and very complete descriptions of any mold stamps on them, which I think are on the rumps. He was very pleased to get an average of about $30 for these played-with Barbies, which were from the 1960s and 70s.
The key was his very complete descriptions, which apparently helped buyers identify the era.
posted on August 27, 2001 05:55:44 PM
I picked up some barbies ~about 11 of them ~ from the 1960's early 1970's and about 8 dresses and 64 accessoires. I will watch this discussion but have bookmarked barbie completed auctions. Very intersting and very confusing to the novice. I sold a doctor barbie for $ 4.00 but some of these newer ones can go upwards of $ 10.00 . I could be dead wrong though. I saw a lot of older vintage barbies which went very high and a lot of about 11 with dresses etc went very high as well but many seemed to run around $ 200.00 . ie 11 dolls, dresses, accessories. I think that good pics etc are important ( my digital camera is terrible but I am going to spend a bit of time scanning them. I am going to wait till Oct as all my auctions lately have been doing terrible.
posted on August 27, 2001 07:17:19 PM
I don't know much about Barbies, but have had good luck selling them in large lots. The buyers want to know about split necks and knees, also if the dolls smell of cigarette smoke.
I sold one lot of older ones for some outrageous sum, something like $500. Buyer accused me of being a crook, said I didn't describe the flaws well enough. I refunded her money, then relisted the exact same dolls. They brought even higher the second time, and this buyer left glowing feedback.
posted on August 27, 2001 10:28:47 PM
80% of what we do is Barbie. Sounds like the 2 little dark haired ones are Kellys. These are the kind of dolls we buy for $1 or less and get $2 to $3 each depending on completeness (Or prettyness). Generally you'll spend way to much time detailing & cleaning them or going to extra trouble for no extra income to you. If it was my stuff, I'd divide into 3, 10 doll (nude) lots, and 1 lot of accessories, take 3 quick pictures of each lot from right to left to get fair detail on the upper body so people can identify them. Done in under an hour. I'd expect $10 for each doll lot and $5 for the accessories. If that isn't profit for you then donate them to charity and get a reciept.
I would have someone take a quick glance to make sure you don't have a money doll. But if you take fair clean pix, someone will pick up on it and the lot should do ok.
[ edited by krissa on Aug 27, 2001 10:30 PM ]
posted on August 28, 2001 09:52:02 AM
Keep in mind that if the doll has 1966 on her back, she is not from that year. She is much newer. The clothes you mentioned are for Pizza Hut Skipper (smaller than Barbie) and BayWatch Barbie. Bay Watch Barbie has long straight blonde hair I think. I would also sell them as lots if they are newer.
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