Sindy dolls still height of fashion!

VINTAGE FIGURES SOLD FOR MORE THAN £12,000 UNDER THE HAMMER

- By JOSEPH RICHARDS

VINTAGE Sindy and Barbie dolls fetched more than £12,000 when they went under the hammer at an auction house in Fradley Park.

The collection of more than 100 dolls - including a large number of Sindy figures - was sold at Richard Winterton Auctioneers, Wood End Lane, where they totalled £12,545.

Highlights included a boxed Marx Toys Sindy Gayle doll selling at £620, a boxed Pedigree Sindy western doll fetching £340, and a boxed Pedigree Sindy space fantasy selling at £280.

The collection featured figures, clothing and accessories from the 1960s to 2000s, and included the rare 1982 McDonalds Sindy, Patch, and Sindy's boyfriend Paul.

As well as through decades of Sindy and Barbie there were also celebrity dolls, US brands such as Ideal Crissy and Tammy's Family, and dolls of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin from cult 1960s TV show The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which totalled £230.