noticed her daughter and her friends were more interested in the paper dolls that resembled adult women than they were in the baby dolls popular at the time. Handler saw Barbie as a way for girls ...

Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls ... thousand Barbie dolls were sold in ...

Barbie values have gone up about 25 percent since the release of the movie, according to the expert, based in Bradenton, Fla.. And the rarest and most sought after dolls of the moment are the ...