Bettina Dorfmann has biggest collection of Barbie Dolls
By: Gail Ashburn, Editor
2/5/2010
-Largest Barbie doll collection-world record set by Bettina Dorfmann
Bettina dorfmann has a video on youtube. The address is www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOSmEbgW50
Bettina Dorfmann has collected 6,025 Barbie dolls, worth £100,000 -setting the world record for the Largest Barbie doll collection. Bettina's best dolls are displayed in eight huge glass cabinets in the top floor of her Dusseldorf home. She has turned over a bedroom, her cellar and half the kitchen in her house to accommodate them. She started collecting them because she played with them as a child. She has over 1500 dolls in the one room that is show on youtube.
Bettina started collecting Barbies 12 years ago. Her first one was a rare Midge doll, brought out by Mattel in 1963 and marketed as Barbie's best friend. "People say Bettina looks like Barbie.
She has even set up a repair service with people sending her dolls from all across the world. She plans a collection of at least 10,000 dolls.
Bettina Dorfmann says she will not stop collecting Barbies until she dies.
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