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Barbie turns 50!
March 10, 2009
Barbie is now available in 150 countries, with the doll adopting each nation's unique style. So the Indian Barbie is decked up in a saree, the Japanese Barbie wears a kimono, the Scottish Barbie wears a plaid skirt and the African Barbie wears a traditional native attire.
With over 100,000 eager collectors across the world, a vintage Barbie doll sold for a whopping US $17,000 at Christie's auction house in London in 2006.
Image: Barbie doll General Manager and Senior Vice President Richard Dickson poses with models representing Barbie dolls during the 60th International Toy Fair in Nuremberg.
Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters
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