Bidspirit auction | Early Assortment of Vintage Mattel

Early Assortment of Vintage Mattel Barbie, Midge, and Skipper Dolls with Furniture and Accessories - An assortment of vintage playthings manufactured by Mattel, Inc., primarily dating to the early 1960s. The lot includes several vinyl dolls: a brunette bubblecut Midge doll wearing a red velvet coat with fur-style trim, embossed on the lower back with Midge / 1962 / Barbie / 1958 / BY / MATTEL, INC. / PATENTED; a blonde Skipper doll wearing red knit shorts, embossed on the lower back with SKIPPER / 1963 / MATTEL, INC.; and a male figure with molded brown hair embossed on the lower back with 1963 / MATTEL, INC. A second brunette doll in a black sleeveless dress is partially contained within a vintage Hamburg brand plastic bag. The collection features a variety of molded plastic doll furniture in shades of teal, pink, yellow, and blue, including chairs, tables, a bed frame, and multiple chests-of-drawers. Additional accessories include a pink hinged music box with a mirrored interior and rotating ballerina, an off-white plastic doll suitcase with a metal stand, and a wide array of vintage doll clothing and separates, some featuring white Barbie BY MATTEL fabric labels. Two vintage books are present: a 1959 Rand McNally Elf Book titled Little Skater and a NewsTime FunTime Book activity book.