Darling 1959 Vintage 20" American Character Betsy McCall Auburn Hair Flirty Eyes

Description

Darling 1959 Vintage 20" American Character Betsy McCall Auburn Hair Flirty Eyes
Betsy is marked "
McCALL 1958 CORP
" on the back of her neck.  She stands 20 inches tall and has eyes that open and close and shift side to side if you tilt her head.  Her head and arms are made of vinyl but her torso and her long legs are hard plastic.  Her legs appear paler than the rest of the doll body.  This tall flirty eyed Betsy was made only in 1959 - a rare girl indeed.
You can find this fun flirty eyed Betsy McCall on page 75 of the book "
BETSY MCCALL: A Collector's Guide" by Marci Van Ausdall
She wears an adorable green and blue flower print school dress, untagged, with white rickrack at the collar and lace trim at the sleeves.  An ivory nylon like pinafore is over the dress with a sash and buttons in the back.  Previous owner made some amateur effort at stitching some open seams.  One sleeve has lace that needs to be reattached at the cuff.  See images for condition of the dress.  Pinafore has some open seams at the waist.
She has clear bright eyes with lusciously long curly upper lashes that give her darling peachy cream face a lot of fun personality. I can just imagine the fun girly jokes she might be telling the other dolls in the room when the humans aren't around.  LOL
What a fun doll to add to a collection - not only a Betsy McCall collection but also a collection of your favorite googly eyed dolls with a 1950s style.
I have photographed the doll just as I found her.  Her history of repair or past environments is unknown.
She has a slight odor of storage, it seems, but she's airing out in clean fresh air conditioning while she waits on her new home.
My home is smoke free where she has been for a brief stay only.
** Item is NOT mint but shows evidence of being loved. I have tried to photograph her from all sides with her wardrobe and without.  I'm only allowed 12 photos on Ebay.
If you need more photos, ASK.
I have mentioned flaws that I have noticed but I'm not an expert so there may be others.  Ask questions about what's important to you that I did not show in photos or mention in the description.  I will answer if I can. I don't guarantee that I will know but I try.
PAYMENT
Payment due directly at end of auction.
I will message the buyer after payment is received before I ship the doll.  A reply is greatly appreciated.
ALL SALES ARE FINAL.
ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS, AS SHOWN, IN USED CONDITION.
NO RETURNS, EXCHANGES OR PARTIAL REFUNDS.
So check your budget and feel confident before bidding and purchasing please.
*Restrictions on bidding:
For this auction, I require Ebay memberships created before the year 2021.  Also, Feedback scores should be higher than 15.  I reserve the right to cancel bids of Ebay profiles that do not meet these requirements.  I am sorry to disappoint you.
SHIPPING
Doll is packaged very carefully.  She is wrapped in tissue paper before and then bubble wrap.  Bubble wrap will be lightly sealed with scotch tape so that you do NOT have to use scissors to unwrap the doll. I then use packing peanuts around the doll to cushion her within the box.
The buyer's name MUST be the name on the shipping label.  -
(I do not do
"in care of" type of labels using
C/O or CO).  If a name appears on the address different than the name of the buyer, I may cancel the order.
A
signature will be required upon delivery.
USPS Priority Mail
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Sorry - I no longer ship to P.O. Boxes.
-- I will not put your package in a drop box where it risks not getting scanned.  Instead, I will hand deliver the package to the post office worker and watch them scan it in and give me a paper printed receipt of delivery which I keep as official USPS proof that I shipped your package.
--I will not send the item using slower shipping options.
Also Ships to:  Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Ireland. -  USPS Priority International.
.00 handling fee
**
Note for International Buyers:
Private Overseas (maritime) Shipping Agencies are NOT allowed.
You need to be aware of your country's import fees. Custom fees are the responsibility of the buyer. I do not control how long an item is held in customs. Customs forms will be marked with the actual dollar value of the item and will be posted as used or preowned merchandise.
Sorry, but I am not willing to under-insure or provide false information on customs forms or other international shipping documents.
I will only ship using methods that provide for insurance and cannot
consider any shipping method in which the shipment cannot be insured.
Orders with addresses associated with private overseas shipping (maritime) agents will be canceled. -- I offer USPS Priority International with insurance.
Thank you for respecting this and
for your consideration.  Also, thank you for reading the full description before you decide to bid.
On Jul-11-21 at 07:57:39 PDT, seller added the following information:
Betsy is restrung.
(I forgot to put that in the description earlier, sorry).