Largest Barbie doll collection-world
record set by Bettina Dorfmann
DUSSELDORF, Germany -- Bettina
Dorfmann, 48, has collected 6,025 Barbie dolls, worth
£100,000 -setting the world record for the Largest
Barbie doll collection. Photo: 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. (enlarge
photo)
"There's probably nothing I don't know
about Barbie," admits Bettina. "It drives my husband crazy
every time I come home with a new doll. When I tell him it's
getting harder and harder to get the rare ones he laughs and
says, 'That's because they are all here in the house!'"
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.
"I guess I'm obsessive but I have just liked
them since I was a little girl. People say I look like Barbie
- although I don't go out of my way to look like her. My hair
is naturally blonde."
She has even set up a repair service with
people sending her dolls from all across the world.