Collector's Compass Barbie Doll

by Martingale

Offers a brief history of the Barbie doll and explains how to start a collection, determine value, and store and display dolls, and includes a list of dealers and other resources.

144 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

Also known as, and publishing works under the author, That Patchwork Place.

Focusing on works about quilting, sewing, knitting, and crochet.

In 2007, the company's founders, Nancy and Dan Martin, retired from Martingale and sold the company to the employees who now write and publish ongoing works.

From their site, "We empower makers who use fabric and yarn to make life more enjoyable.

At Martingale, we love inspiring you to create a beautiful quilt, or a sassy bag, or an adorable pair of baby booties. But more than that, our goal is to inspire a beautiful life. It's an immensely fulfilling side effect of creating with confidence."

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book has a copyright of 2000 so it's obviously somewhat out of date by now. It talks about the vintage and 'contemporary' dolls, how to go about collecting Barbie dolls, how the prices change over time, the history of the dolls, things that go wrong with the dolls over time, how to start your own collection of the dolls and resources for collectors.

There's a tremendous amount of material in the book about collecting the dolls and everything associated with doing that so the book is really for the hard-core collector and not the very casual collector. It's very complete and doesn't seem to leave anything out.

[Roxann · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has much information to help collectors figure out what Barbie doll they have, and how to know "true" vintage Barbies from the many claims of vintage Barbies. The only issue is that it was published in 2000 and it is out of date for many dolls, but helpful for those prior to that year.