hard to locate vintage 1965 marked Ideal Betsy Baby doll 18" very cute doll

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Hi, thank you for viewing my auction for this 1965 18 inch Betsy Baby doll. She is in great condition, perhaps with a little more TLC would be even better. I think this doll was only made for 1-2 years and she is difficult to locate. I have not found her in my reference books, but have found some information on the web and currently on Ebay there is a brochure for her which gives quite a bit of information on her including an unusual characteristic Ideal created for her open and close eyes. The eyes stay open when she is laid down but open slowly when her head is slightly raised or when given a bottle. One of her eyes does this and one does not as it is stuck in open position. This may be able to be fixed, but every time I mess with a doll's eyes, I usually end up making the problem worse, so I will leave this up to you. She has beautiful blue eyes, I think the term for these Ideal eyes are pinwheel eyes. She has long eyelashes, some are a little shorter than others, unsure if this as manufactured or not. She has dark hand-painted full eyebrows and painted bottom eyelashes. Her mouth has about 50% of its pink color. I did not wash her hair, it looks clean, is soft, I believe uncut and I do not see any missing plugs. She is soft vinyl with a realistic body like a toddler. I did not completely undress her as I like the ribbon on the read more

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