"Preferably, they want it in the box and the box has to be perfect - right out of the factory."Īlthough dolls are worth less than they used to be, Prochask said collectors are still passionate about their hobby. "Condition means everything when you're collecting dolls," he added. The pregnant Midge doll, he said, can go up to $400 in value if in mint condition. Jeffrey buys newer Barbie dolls in addition to the vintage ones, but he said they are harder to sell. "It's a wonderful time capsule of the history of women's fashion." When we were growing up, at that time it was all about the clothes," she said. "It's just such quality in the make and design and fabrics. Prochask, who has collected Barbies for 14 years and plans to use her family's spare room to display her current collection of more than 100 dolls, also says she's driven by Barbie couture. "It reminded me of some of the clothes my mother wore." "The clothing was from my era - they were so well-made, they were made just like a human's clothing - with the snaps and zippers and ornaments," he said. Then, he said, it quickly became "an obsession." "I thought 'I've just got to have that one,'" he recalled. He had never thought about collecting dolls, he said, until he saw one in the window of a discount store. He now owns every Barbie doll made up until 1967. It was Barbie's clothing that spurred Jeffrey to begin collecting the dolls in 1984. "I had personally never heard of a pregnant Barbie doll before," Gurnee police commander Jay Patrick told. He also reported a couple of other things missing from his garage in the village of Gurnee, Ill. The 67-year-old Illinois man, whose name has not been released, told police he's been looking for his Midge doll for the past month and isn't sure when it was taken.
"At the time it came out, there was a lot of press and it was real controversial, which means everyone went out and bought it," said Suzanne Prochask, a Barbie doll collector who runs the website, a virtual encyclopedia of information about Barbies produced between 19. Midge wears a floral dress, pink mules and a wedding ring, and comes with several baby accessories including a cradle, teddy bear, rattle and two diapers.
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The doll was part of the "Happy Family" series featuring husband Alan (sold separately), first child Ryan and the new baby, a girl.
The Midge doll, marketed as one of Barbie's friends, has a magnetic, detachable stomach that holds a small baby inside, making it easy to transform Midge's body into a slim silhouette post-"pregnancy."
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