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What is a Barbie Festivals of the World Chinese New Year worth?

20 of the 24 sales we have on record are new. Here is what each one actually sold for, and when.

Median sold price $30.75

Price×Point: sold for a median of $30.75 across 24 sales, as of Aug 6, 2026. For today's price, look yours up on Price×Point.

Median asking price $40.50
Typical range $22.16 – $41
Completed sales counted 24
Most recent sale Aug 1, 2026

What it sells for

Half the Barbie Festivals of the World Chinese New Year sales in this set closed above $30.75 and half below it. The middle of the range runs $22.16 to $41: that band is the number to price against, not the single highest sale you can find. Meanwhile 9 people are currently asking a median of $40.50 for one, $9.75 above what they have been going for. An asking price is a request, not a transaction, and it usually sits high. More on that gap.

Condition changes the number

A new example took a median of $35.99; a pre-owned one took $19.99, a spread of $16 on the same model. If you are pricing yours, find your condition in the table first and ignore the rest.

ConditionSalesMedian
New20$35.99
Pre-owned4$19.99

What moves the price up or down

  • The spread is wide. The priciest sale here ($59.99) went for 4.0× the cheapest ($14.99). A gap that size is rarely the market being irrational, it is usually condition, completeness, or what came in the box.
  • Where you sell it matters. These comps come from eBay. The same item moves at different prices, and different speeds, depending on the audience, and a local sale trades some of the price for not shipping it.
  • Recency. These 24 sales closed between May 10, 2026 and Aug 1, 2026.

The sales behind this number

Every row is a real completed sale on a public marketplace. The links go to the original listings, which the marketplace may eventually remove.

SoldItemConditionPrice
Jun 13, 2026Chinese New Year Barbie 2005 Festivals Of The World Deboxed eBaypre owned$14.99
Jun 20, 2026Barbie Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year 2005 Mattel NIB slight Box Damage eBaynew$16.50
Jun 3, 2026Barbie Dolls of the World Festivals of the World Chinese New Year Doll J0928 eBaynew$17
Jul 5, 2026Barbie Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year Doll J0928 eBaypre owned$19.99
Jul 6, 2026Vintage 2006 Barbie Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year eBaypre owned$19.99
Jul 6, 20262005 Barbie Festivals of the World Chinese New Year Pink Label NRFB J0928 eBaynew$21.12
Jun 10, 2026Festivals of the World Chinese New Year Barbie Doll Pink Label Mattel 2005 NRFB eBaynew$22.50
Jun 28, 2026Dolls Of The World Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year Pink Label Barbie eBaynew$24.99
Jul 4, 2026Dolls Of The World Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year Pink Label Barbie eBaynew$29
Jun 24, 2026Barbie Festivals of the World Chinese New Year Collector Edition Doll, 11 in eBaynew$29.50
Jun 22, 2026Barbie Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year 2005 Mattel NIB New In box eBaynew$29.95
Jun 24, 2026Barbie Doll Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year Mattel J0928 2005 NRFB eBaynew$30
Aug 1, 2026Barbie Festivals of the World Chinese New Year Pink Label Collector Mattel 2007 eBaypre owned$31.50
May 10, 2026Barbie CHINESE NEW YEAR Festivals of the World J0928 New in Box eBaynew$35
May 18, 2026Barbie Chinese New Year Festivals of the World Doll eBaynew$36.99
Aug 1, 20262005 Dolls of The World Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year BARBIE NIB J0928 eBaynew$37
Jun 8, 2026Barbie Collector Festivals of the World "Chinese New Year" 2005 New! eBaynew$39
May 16, 2026Barbie Doll Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year Mattel J0928 2005 eBaynew$41
May 16, 2026Barbie Doll Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year Mattel J0928 2005 eBaynew$41
Jun 21, 2026Dolls Of The World Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year Pink Label Barbie eBaynew$41.99
May 14, 2026Barbie Festivals of the World Chinese New Year J0928 Dolls Of The World eBaynew$44
Jun 19, 2026Barbie CHINESE NEW YEAR Festivals of the World J0928 NRFB eBaynew$49.95
Jun 8, 2026Barbie Doll - Festivals of the World 2005 - Chinese New Year - J0928 eBaynew$57.75
May 16, 2026Barbie Festivals Of The World Chinese New Year 2005 Mattel NIB New In box READ eBaynew$59.99

How current is this?

We collected these comps on Aug 6, 2026 (94 days ago), and the most recent sale in the set closed on Aug 1, 2026. We do not re-fetch prices every time someone opens this page: refreshing costs real money at every marketplace, so these pages are rebuilt on a schedule rather than on demand. Treat a set older than about three months as a starting point, not an appraisal.

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