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NO.4 PONYTAIL BARBIE MIB
MATTEL

barbno4b.jpg (33757 bytes)SIZE: 11 1/2".

MARKS:    on body  Barbie T.M./Pats. Pend./ ©MCMLVIII/by/Mattel/Inc.

DATE OF ISSUE:  1960

CHARACTERISTICS OF DOLL:  Vinyl. Solid body.  Eyebrows are curved, not arched, like ponytail Barbies No.1 and No.2.  Doll has blue eyeliner (not brown; only No.3s have brown).  Doll has solid body, not hollow like No. 5 and No. 6 dolls.   Soft hair; came in brunette or blonde. Doll maintains "tan" skin tone unlike dolls No. 1 through No. 3, which have had the skin tones fade over the years.

PRICE:  doll alone, up to $250 up to $400 mint.  NRFB, $175 mint; doll NRFB $400. 

COMMENTS:  Brunettes are slightly less common than blondes.  This particular doll has exceptionally bright original face paint, and hair in its original set (bottom rubber band recently disintegrated).

See other No. 4 Barbie in Guide for a close-up of face.

 

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