Photo Gallery: Revisiting Our 1995 Barbie Benefit Auction

Barbie at Sotheby’s Munich

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  Bayern Barbie by Bibs Hosak-Robb

  Barbie is on holiday in the mountains: Barbie is going to the mountains in smart leather trousers and a plaid shirt. There she greets you with woolen stockings, mountain boots and a Tyrolean hat from the highest peaks. The fresh mountain air makes Barbie hungry. In her green backpack she finds a pretzel, white sausages and a hearty pint of beer.
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  Seventies Barbie by Susanne Wiebe

  Barbie’s clock doesn't start until noon. Since she has never been one of the girls who work, the seventies outfit with the blouse Harlow à la Pirat, the straight-cut waistcoat Carnaby and the seventies pants is just the right start to the shopping day. Barbie has always known where to go when it comes to fashion. Her clothes have always opened all doors for her.
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  Lamp Barbie by Julia Lang

  Barbie is a phenomenon, that’s for sure. Everyone knows her, and of course I was also a proud Barbie owner. In fact, she has everything a little girl doesn’t have. Whether that’s why she awakened my dreams, I can’t say exactly anymore. Today, Barbie doesn’t seem like a relic from bygone childhood days to me, but more like a current fashion doll. And so this figure seems somehow timeless.
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  Sônia Bogner Barbie

  Barbie is very feminine in type. So I thought she might enjoy trying a more severe look. The golden belt buckle gives the Glencheck coat an extravagant touch. The cape gives Barbie something mysterious. I didn’t ask her, but I’m pretty sure Barbie loves velvet. In this ensemble she is the star of the evening – Ken will be delighted.
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  Trundle Barbie

  Barbie is known to be a woman who travels all over the world. Of course, she often makes stops at the airport to get her hair styled. One of our most eye-catching hairstyles is definitely the fast surfing wave for Barbie’s next photo shoot. With a cheeky strand of hair falling over her face and her hair otherwise pinned up, she then appears in front of the journalists for an interview.
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  Schuster-Böckler Barbie

  For Barbie, fashion means both the game of transformation and art as a creative idea – loosely based on Adorno: “Art is magic, freed from the lie of being the truth.” With my hats, she relies on a strong show effect. Colored rooster feathers are the eye-catcher of the Crazy Couture feather hat.
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  Schmalor-Moden Barbie

  The late designer Günther Schmalor began designing original sweaters in a backyard in Schwabing in 1976. With a team of young designers, not only hand-knitted but also machine-made models were created. Here Barbie is shown in an exclusive Schmalor collection.
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  Hannelore Plische (Luitpold Figaro) Barbie

  We have had experience with hairstyles for Barbie for several years. We had the opportunity to do this with the barbies that our customers’ children brought with them, and we did them for fun and to their enthusiasm. Since I’m a real fan, there’s always a shop window decoration that focuses on Barbie hairstyles.
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  Barbie on Chaise Longue by Tassilo von Grolman

  Barbie turns 35. The gift from Tassilo from Grolman Design: a chaise longue, and a very special one at that. Because it is inflatable and exceptionally designed. Why should only the big ones surround themselves with design products and not the small ones as well? Well-designed toys teach early on how to deal with good shapes and set standards.
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  Madonna Barbie by Horst Wackerbarth

  I see Barbie as a Madonna with little children under a glass hood, in a cemetery, as a grave decoration.
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  Ingrid Klee-Hönicke Barbie

  Barbie can be at the Les Bals de têtes in Paris with a fancy hairstyle or be the center of attention with the ribbon noodle head in the New York disco scene. Adorning accessories of the fantasy hairstyle are, for example, golden bag closures. The wild spaghetti hairstyle is supported by extra-thin wires, while a spool of thread stabilizes the hair tower with ostrich feathers.
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  Flower Garden Barbies by Ulla Dietrich

  With my clothes made of artificial flowers and grass for Barbie, I want to draw attention to the beauty of nature with artificial means. The colors and materials make Barbie look like a flower.
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  Angel Barbie by Robert Fink

  My interest in design is the combination of different materials, changeable shapes and tasteful colors. I had to deal with a cult object of the 20th century and give the doll a new look and a different function. During this work I would have liked to be banished to a desert island with 1,000 Barbies.
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  Eco Barbie by Peter Schmidt of Viet Mahlmann Design

  For more than three decades, Barbie has been bringing adult lifestyle and fashion trends into childrens’ rooms. As world champions in collecting recyclables, we bring ecology into Barbie's home environment. Old clothes and shoes are collected in the valuables shrine – valuables are celebrated like jewels in the living room and replace the old-fashioned collector’s display case.
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  Galaxy Barbie by Peter Bermes

  Barbie needs a galaxy dress and has to be made to fly. For her 35th anniversary, Barbie goes on a voyage of discovery as an astronaut and explores new worlds. As a trendsetter, she will always be a little ahead of our time in the future.
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  Peace Barbie by Andreas Weber

  Thanks to its global distribution, the Peace Barbie can convey a concept to children all over the world that embodies a human ideal and an existential wish: the peaceful coexistence of all life. The Peace Barbie uses her femininity as a symbol of renunciation of violence and peacefulness. It is a positive alternative to the widespread virile war toy and rejects the promotion of aggressiveness.
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  Night Hound Barbie by Andreas Baier

  Homage to Edward Hopper entitled Night Hound or “Why Barbie Isn’t in the Picture”: As a child, I was given a Barbie. I cut her hair. They didn’t grow back. My parents then gave me a teddy bear. I still have that today. Because of this experience I’ve had with dolls, I’m more drawn to stuffed animals. When I saw Barbie’s dog, I immediately had the idea for my work Night Hound.
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  Barbie and Ken Chandelier by Robert Fink

  To put the Barbie in perspective, I ruined a 19th-century chandelier. An extraordinary, new overall impression is achieved from high-quality, beautiful plastic dolls, cut glass, hand-molded wax and iron.
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  King Kong Barbie by Peter Engelhardt

  Barbie is an object that embodies the beautiful, ideal world like no other. In the 35 years of her existence she has lived through all aspects of beautiful appearances. She has remained a dazzling fictional character. What could be more natural than uniting them with another fictional character from the American nation – the lovers of the 20th century: King Kong and Barbie!
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  Kunst, Design & Barbie

  All 65 lots from the charity auction sold above their high estimates, a total which was matched by Mattel and donated to Children’s Cancer Aid.