By A. Glenn Mandeville
Q: I have been buying Happy Holidays Barbies since the very first doll in 1988. I paid store price for her. She was $27.99. This was the most expensive new Barbie I had ever seen at the time. I never had any desire to sell, even when the price was several hundred dollars. However, recently, I noticed the price has dropped drastically! Being the first in the series, I thought she would always hold her value. What happened?
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A. Glenn Mandeville is the author of numerous books on dolls and doll collecting and writes his Curious Collector column for each issue of DOLLS magazine. Send your queries about vintage and modern dolls, with photos, to Curious Collector.
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