This list is going to make you wonder if you have saved any of your old Barbies in a storage unit or attic, these dolls can sell for up to five thousand dollars. Since 1959, Barbie dolls have been k𝔍nown to be one of the most popular toys ever made. The amounts of dolls that have been sold are uncountable. Barbie has gone through enough talents, jobs, and outfits to be the greatest spy in history.
How do these dolls get so expensive? One word: collectors. Some Barbies are rare due to ageꦉ while others are rare because they were limited edition with only thirty or so were made. For collectors, rarity is more than that though. There is also the condition of the doll (let’s hope you kept your dolls in their boxes if you want to sell for a high price). Some Barbies are expensive just for their accessories like their jewelry, items, and bags. Others were only released in certain countries like France or Japan.
Updated June 30, 2022, by Gabrielle Huston: While you'd be incredibly lucky to find one of these dolls lying around in your attic, anything is possible! We've updated this article to showcase the very best collectible Barbies.
15 Galeries Lafayette Blonde Barbie Doll - $2,000 𝄹
This doll’s rarity comes from the fact that it was only sold in the World Famous Galaries Lafayette Department Store. There does seem to be a trend when it com🐎es to Barbie and French capitalism. It has been known 🅺as the fashion capital of the world after all.
This Barbie comes with a whole wardrobe of accessories including a dress, two tops, a long skirt, two pairs of pants, a jacket, a scarf, three pairs of shoes, a purse, a necklace, earrings, a brush, sunglasses, a suitcase, a shoe case, five wardrobe♓ boxe🉐s, and hangers.
14 Marie Antoinette Barbie Doll⭕ - $2,000
This limited edition doll was released in 2003 and was part of the Women of Royalty series. The historical figure this Barbie is based on, ༒Marie Antoinette, was the🅠 Queen of France in the 18th century.
The entire doll looks porcelain, but only the pair of roses are of that material. The layers, lace, and bows that decorate this gown just ooze royalty and riches. It’s easy to imagine this doll locked up in a grandmother’s glass cabinet as the one toy you๊’re not allowed to touch.
13 Chicago Cubs ♎Barbie Doll - $2,000
Designed by Sharon Zuckerman and part of the Barbie Loves Sports collection, this doll was made for a target audience: Cubs fans. It is very cute to see the teeny logos on her hat and jacket. She even comes with 𒊎a little glove and ball.
She’s more prepared for a sports game than some real people with her socks, pants, dugout jacket, shoes, and leather belt. There is little doubt that there is a Barbie for every sport, but probably n🦄ot for every team, which makes this one valuable𓃲.
12 Win♐ter Glamour White Ba𓂃rbie Doll - $2,000
Only fifteen of these dolls exist in the world; they w🦩ere made exclusively for the 2006 Fashion Doll and Bear Extravaganza.
If you see this doll in a regular toy store, you’re hallucinating, because the only way you can get your hands on this doll is from a re-sell by the owner. So maybe if you see this in an antique store that doesn’t know its actual price, then you&rsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚquo;re in luck! Buy i🐎t before they realize it’s worth two thousand dollars.
11 NASCAR Official #94 Barbie Dﷺ🤡oll - $2,293
This Barbie is also from the Barbie Loves Sports collection and made by the same designer as the Cubs Barbie, Sharon Zuckerman. The doll’s uniform is based on an actual racing champion, Bill Elliott. He&rs🐷quo;s also known as “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville,” or “Mill🧜ion Dollar Bill.”
The outfit gets a little too real with the McDonald's and other sponsor logos. Wouldn’t she just make you want McDonald's all the time? Unfortunately, an actual racing car does not come with this doll.
10 ♋ Suꦓmmer Splendor Enchanted Seasons Barbie Doll - $2,495
“Summer Splendor” really does suit this doll. The yellow and white spring outfit just makes you think of daises, sunshine, and lemonade. Out of the Enchanted Seasons collection that she comes from, there is also snow, autum♍n, and spriᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚng. Each came out in the 1990s.
It’s easy to imagine this Barbie with a southern accent. She holds her sun umbrella while looking over the strawberry fields. “Oh heavens te-betsy, when 🌸will my William come back from the war? I’m awful lonely,” she sa༒ys.
9 ꩲ 🅘 Walking Jamie Furry Friends Barbie Doll - $2,500
Walking Jamie was a Sears Exclusive Barbie and the Furry Friends version gift set came out in 1970 and 1971. The set included the regular Walking Jamie doll, except she also came along with more accessories.
You got a poodle, leash, bone, dog food box, and dog food bowl. These items were also included in the Dog ‘N Duds set from the 1960s. There are alsoℱ Jamie doll cases that are very rare. There was the apartment case and the penthouse case.
8 A Date With Barbie In Atlanta Doll - $2,500 ꦐ
This is another convention Barbie doll, which means it was only produced to be given at an event. A Date with Barbie in Atlanta doll was, no surprise, given out at a Barbie Doll Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1998.
So to get one of these, you had to be a sponsor or guest at that convention. There were only about a thousand of these꧒ made and only twenty-five with a white dress. It’s the white dress that brings this doll up to the thousands in price.
7 City Smart Silkstone Barbie Doll - $2,995 ඣ
Here is another Fashion Model Collection Barbie of the Silkstone variety. She was released in May of 2003 and was designed by Robert Best. A rare quality is that only 600 of these dolls exist, and it was a Japan-exclusive. Some of these dolls even have Robert Best’s signature on the box.
The Fashion Model Collection still expands today, which its latest model being in 2018. The 2ꦅ018 Fashion Model Barbie is known as the Barbie Midnight Glamour Doll. Who knows? Maybe those will fetch thousands of dollars someday as well.
6 ൲ Bubble Cut Barbie Doll - $2,999
This is the vintage territory of expensive Barbie dolls. These Bubblecut dolls were made from 1961 to 1967. They varied in ha🦹ir, outfit, and lip colors as well as the fullness of their bubble-cut hairstyle.
In fact, they varied in a lot of ways. Some had hair with distinctive side parts. The face would consist of blue eyes, brown eyebrows, and bright l✅ips. Later dolls got heavier and brighter make-up that collectors also refer to as “high color.”