VINTAGE BETSY McCALL Resource on Dolls+Clothes+History+PAL NOSY—1/2 SHIP COST

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VINTAGE BETSY McCALL Resource on Dolls+Clothes+History+PAL NOSY—1/2 SHIP COST :
$54.75

I am splitting the cost of shipping with theWinning buyer who pays a flat rate of $7.50 for Parcel Select shipping.

[NOTE:Occasionally, someone asks me if I ever sell one of my Betsy ResourceNotebooks WITHOUT A BETSY DOLL. Here isyour opportunity to get my 92nd Betsy Mc Call Resource Notebook foralmost $15.00 less than normally listed with HALF THE SHIPPING PAID BY THE SELLER.]

I have had fun putting togetherthis new issue of my Betsy McCall Resource Notebook. The theme of thisnotebook is ‘Betsy’s Best Pal-Nosy’.

ThisBetsy Mc Call Resource Notebook has shown by the previous 91 purchases andpositive responses that this notebook will be worth your consideration. Different levels of Betsy collectors will benefit: The beginning, intermediate and advanced collectors will enjoy reading about Betsy’s history, see the manydifferent Betsy dolls, friends and relatives produced by different companiessince 1951, learn how to clean her and her clothes along with different methodsto repair her ‘issues’ that have appeared over the years, plus much more fromthe first vintage Betsy dolls through the more recently produced McCall dollsby Robert Tonner. ALSO, your child or grandchild can haveexperience with collecting, recording, and learning to value a piece of dollhistory.

*** NOTE: Find the followingreferences for my Betsy Resource Notebooks in my response on the followingdates: May 23, ‘15, Apr. 29, ’15; Mar16, ’15; Feb 28, ’15; Dec 11, ’14; Nov 14, ’14; Oct11, \'14;Aug 18, ’14; Jul 26, ’14; Jun 18, ’14; Jun 1, ’14; Apr 25, ’14; Feb 20,’14; Feb. 8, ’14; Oct. 8, 13; Aug. 22, 13; July 15, 13; Jun. 8, 13; Apr. 11,13; Mar. 17, 13; Feb. 20, 13; Dec. 7, 12; Dec. 4, 12; Nov. 2, 12; Sep 13, 12; Aug 15, 12; Jun 11, 12; Apr.7, 12; Feb. 21, 12; Feb. 9, 12; Jan 13, 12; Jan 6, 12; Nov 7,11; Oct 20,11; Sep14, 11; July 29, 11; Jun 20, 11; Jun 10, 11, Apr 27, 11; Apr 3, 11; Mar 26, 11;Mar 23, 11; Feb 9, 11; Jan 12, 11; Dec 25, 10; Sep 24, 10; Sep. 7, 10; Jun. 6,10; Mar. 20, 10; Mar. 15, 10; Feb. 13, 10; Dec. 30, 09; Dec. 21, 09; Nov. 11,09; Sep 23, 09; Jun. 19, 09; Feb. 28, 09; Feb. 3, 09; Dec.4, 08; Nov. 11, 08; Oct. 31, 08; Sept. 19, 08; ‘

Thisis the 92nd book that Ihave created and sold—several have been sold off of —several were specialorders also, so there are no references for them.

This Betsy adventure begins with a Table ofContents that describes each of the 8 sections.

Tab A of this sale of a UNIQUERESOURCE NOTEBOOK begins with Betsy McCall—The Paper Doll and HerHistory. This section iscomprised of the notes I used to present the history and trends of the McCallsMagazine Betsy paper dolls to my Doll Club.Covered are her ancestors, family and friends; description of her home,her activities and family dynamics; Betsy authors and artists; being a vehiclefor advertising; creativity for children through the paper doll; and activitiesand travels.

ALSO, Betsy Mc Callbegan as a paper doll in the McCall’s June 1951 magazine and was used toadvertise little girl’s factory-made clothing and clothing from McCall’s sewingpatterns. She quickly became amuch-loved and anticipated feature of each magazine! Tab A also contains a list of the titlesof all of the Betsy paper dolls in McCall’s magazines produced from June 1951 –Sept 1995 and other magazines up to 2010. Some of the vintage and Tonner outfits were made to match anoutfit on a paper doll page. Theseoutfits are listed with the associated paper doll page—perhaps you will want todisplay the outfit with the page! Thereis also a page that lists the dates different mail-in cardboard McCall’s familypaper dolls were produced and several others including paper dolls on RobertTonner brochures.

For your first paper doll, included is an original page of the February 1967 paper doll: “BetsyMcCall, Sculptress”. Thestory tells about Betsy making a sculpture of her dog, Nosy. It had to be folded due to its size.

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Tab B starts with a list of all of the Betsy McCall, Family and Friends dollsmade and licensed by the McCall’s Corporation from 1952-2004. Following this list are descriptions of EACH Betsy doll(plus family and friends), along with pictures of many, created from the firstdoll in 1952. I added pictures of my dolls for eachdescription that I could. However, I didn\'t want to infringe on copyrightlaws, etc. in the Resource Notebooks that I sell, so I didn\'t copy picturesfrom the internet or from reference books to fill in for dolls that I do notown. I have copied pictures from these outlets to complete thedescriptions in my own Betsy McCall Resource Book copy. Feel free to dothe same for your own. Hopefully this will prove to be agood resource for you to use in your search for the elusive history of theever-popular Betsy McCall.

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Tab C: Withall of the MANY different outfits (and their various versions) that were madefor the American Character 8” – 20” Betsy Mc Call dolls in the years between1957-1963, do you ever wonder exactly what you need to have a complete set anda way to keep track of when they were complete? Included are pages of each outfit for the AmericanCharacter 8”, 14”, and 20” Betsy McCall doll.These lists have been compiled mostly from Marci Van Ausdall’s BetsyMcCall Guide Book, Lisa Heno’s Betsy’s Wardrobe, A ClothingIdentification Guide for the 8” Betsy McCall, and also from MIB items seenon , a couple of rare original items that I have received (confirmed byothers) and info. from Betsy long-time collectors. You will receive 10 pages with eachoutfit and every variation along with its stock number (ifavailable). These pages can be used tokeep a personal inventory of each clothing and accessory item that youhave. If you use a highlighter marker (included in this sale) to mark each item as youfind it, items still needed will be easy to see and to add to your ‘shoppinglist’. As an outfit is completed, yourinventory page will show ‘all yellow or other highlighter color’ for thatoutfit/version.

Do you wish that you had an efficient way to label your 8”Betsy outfits? ALSO included (in theback pocket of the notebook) are the same outfits for the 8” Betsy doll printedon 8 peel-and-stick pages. For my collection, I have each outfit labelstuck on the clear zip lock bag that holds the outfit. I have included onezip lock baggie, but of course, you will need to use the right sizeof baggie for each outfit. This size isgood for a dress without a big hat. Iput the label on the same corner of each baggie for consistency.

ALSO, do you ever wish that all of the accessory itemsfor the 8” Betsy McCall were spread out in table form to help answer questionslike: “How many different pairs ofwhite taffeta panties DO I need anyway?!”

The set of pages (separate tab in Tab C) complies each 8” Betsy accessoryin table form for you to use as a quick reference to actually seeHOW MANY of each color of shoe, panty, sandal, or other accessory you need tocollect if you are trying for ALL of the vintage 8” Betsy’s outfits.

You can do as I do, and use a highlighter marker to indicateeach item by outfit name that you already have, then highlight it as it ispurchased.

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Many times you will purchase a Betsy in need of repair. Tab D contains repair instructions and suggestions specific tothe problems that you will run into as you collect the 1957-1963 hard plastic8” Betsy Mc Call doll and have each been successfully developed and used overthe years by myself (with a lot of help from my husband) and a few suggestionsfrom my Betsy friends. Some of thesuggestions involve harsh materials, so please use them only as a last resortfor very played-with dolls.

You will find ideas and steps to follow for:

- Take Off Soil

- Washing Betsy’s Hair

- Removing Betsy’s Wig

- Remove Old Wig Glue

- Glue a Wig Back On

- Remove Old Tape Residue

- Light/Faded Hard Plastic Upper Eye Lashes

- Scratch in the White of her Eye

- Replacing Missing Arm Hook

- Replacing Missing Neck Hook

- Broken Head Rubber Band

- Removing Betsy’s Head

- ‘Rubber Bands’ for Arms- includedare 3 tiny new bands to tighten loose original bands (best to use the tiny bands to supplementthe original ones)

- Flared knees

- ‘Frozen’ Knee with Metal Peg Connections

- Cracked Sides or Shoulder Seams

- Opened Crotch Seam

- Head Seam Crack

- Lighten Hard Plastic arms/legs

- Stained Hard Plastic

- Broken Hip Disc

- 1st Year Betsy Broken Knee Plastic Tabs -Method #1

- 1st Year Betsy Broken Knee Plastic Tabs –Method #2:

- Cleaning the Rubber Shoes

- Rubber Shoes with \'Bowed\' Out Sides

- Cleaning Clothes

-Tightening Old Elastic onClothing

NOTE: Please practice the suggestions andget comfortable with the procedures on trashed Betsy parts before you try themon a ‘nice’ Betsy. There is noguarantee that our success with also be yours, sorry.

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A list of sewing patterns madefor Betsy McCall from 1952 to 2006, several of which are for thevintage and modern Tonner 8” Betsy McCall.(Tab E)

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Have you noticed the many McCall’s and other magazines thatare offered on the Betsy pages?They have more than just Betsy paper dolls in them. Many have articles and ads that go moredeeply into Betsy McCall identification and history. Tab F contains a list of allthe magazines and publications from 1951 to 2010 that have been compiled thatcontain pictures, articles, patterns, etc. for all sizes of BetsyMcCall. This information came from theBetsy McCall doll study that I helped present to my doll club some time ago,which I have added to since. To get youstarted, I have included an original article fromthe December 1995 issue of the Dolls magazine entitled, “Recalling BetsyMcCall”. This article showsthe very first Betsy paper doll from May 1952 and Nosy is in the paper doll cut-outs,too. You will also find a copied portion of the 1961 Alden’s Catalog pagethat shows Betsy and outfits for her that they offered that year. On it you will find an outfit offeredexclusively by Aldens: ‘Frenchie’ whichis a variation of the 1958 ‘Co-ed’ outfit.

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Many corporations had licenses to produce products with thepopular Betsy McCall name. The list covers Betsy items produced from 1952-2004. Among the items included in the list arestuffed animals, coloring books, comic books, furniture, Pretty Pacs, puzzles,records, figurines, and many more. As abonus you will receive the black version 22”long plush stuffed Nosy that was madefor Betsy in 1958 by Knickerbocker. Note:the dog is in VERY worn condition and is missing his nose.

There is also a copy of thepages (miniaturized) of the “Betsy McCall’s Paper Doll Story Book”along with a website that you can use to copy the pages full-size. (Tab G)

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Robert Tonner’s Betsy McCall,family and friends dolls and outfits beginning in 1996 are listed,including his regular line and those created for Conventions and SpecialEvents. (Tab H)

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-- 1960-63 original Betsy playsuit

-- McCall’s magazineMarch 1957 Betsy and her outfits—along with acutout of Nosy—from the paper doll page entitled ‘Betsy McCall tells Lindaa Story’ on the cover - cut out and the Linda paper doll is missing.The story tells how Nosy got his name!

-- miniaturized copy of the 1965Betsy McCall Paper Doll Story Book, “Betsy and Sandy go to Cape Cod”. The book does notopen, but will make a cute prop next to the 8” Betsy McCall doll.

-- a tiny metal dog (not a dachshund likeNosy, but will do) to illustrate the story from the paper doll page that isincluded in this notebook

-- 1 old style seed packageto put with the 1959 ‘Garden Party’ gift set items you collect

-- 3 new balloonsfor the 1960 ‘At the Zoo’ outfit

-- a new elastic chinstrap withmetal end pieces to replace an old stretched out one you may have ina Betsy hat (an exact replica!)

-- a CD with a copy of early1960s commercials of American Character dolls including 8” Betsy McCall! Rememberthat this is a copy of a copy of old black and white commercials, so is a bitrough, but so very cute!

Also included on the CD are twolinks to access on line, the 1954 “Betsy McCall’s Paper Doll Storybook” and allof the McCalls magazine Betsy McCall paper doll pages and 2 files: a file of the Betsy and friends descriptions with COLORpictures a file of the Betsy Repair Instructions/Suggestions section with COLORpictures for you to copy if you\'d like.

-- new 3 ring binderwith clear pockets outside (front and back) and inside pockets front and back

NOTE: The winning buyer will receive any futurerevisions made to the notebook for FREE.

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