Lot # : 107 - JE TNT PALE BLONDE DRESSED BOX DOLL NRFB #20025004

107) JE TNT PALE BLONDE DRESSED BOX DOLL NRFB #20025004 • A shining star of the auction awaits you! • This doll is an exquisite example of an “old store stock” find • TNT Barbie with original cello still on head is a gorgeous light blonde with factory cello neatly on place on head with pristine orange hair ribbon • Fabulous high color face with bright pink lips and blush, perfect lashes, with just a hint of paling to chin and nose • Body is mint with perfect crisp wrist tag on wrist • Her sunny yellow dress is made of a crisp taffeta with a turquoise and magenta floral print and bright yellow rik-rack trim. Also included is her matching hat trimmed in a pale pink ribbon and straw on hat shows some age discoloration. She is wearing her white gloves and includes her white unique fold over white clutch and closed toe heels. Accessories are sealed with her booklet in cello. • I am aware that this same outfit has been seen in various publications which included a straw hat trimmed with a yellow scalloped braid at the edge of hat brim. In this set, accessories included are a straw floral bag and a drop pearl necklace. As this example is definitely NRFB, I feel that perhaps this could be documentation that the Japanese Dressed Box dolls had special accessories which made them very unique • Includes white Mod X Stand with rare red round plastic seat cushion. Cushion is sealed with what appears to be an instruction pamphlet • There were two editions of Dressed Box Japanese Dolls, one was packaged in a slightly smaller box with as smaller oval decal and did not include a stool. The second edition, which is seen here, came packaged in a slightly larger box, with the decal that indicates it included a “two-tone colored stand (stool)” • Box is in mint condition (the only flaw I saw was a very tiny split at the bottom left-hand corner in the back), marked with a sticker #20025004 • Box cello is shiny and bright and has original Japanese decal affixed to the front of the box • The translation of the decals reads: Turnable waist, Bendable knees, "Twist Barbie", Two-tone colored stand (stool) included • What a showpiece for your Barbie collection, this is an amazing opportunity to own a true rarity, not often seen • Can you imagine a store display back in the 1960’s stocked with row upon row of these beautiful dolls? • Suggested $4500-$5500