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Up for sale is a beautiful vintage Madame Alexander 14" doll from 1969 called Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With The Wind.

 She has the original tag and other than her dress being slightly discolored due to age, she is in very nice condition with her green sleepy eyes.

It is from an estate and that is all we know about it.

  Just in case it would need restringing, see below:

Instructions for re-stringing dolls from a very helpful eBayer.

Thank you! I purchase elastic cord online. It is better than rubber bands as the doll can never fall apart, even if elastic finally fails, as the cord will still be tying everything together. I loop a 9" cord at halfway point and lift the head, then pass one side of the cord down to left leg and out the opening, and clamp with a hemostat. I gently pull out on the right leg and get another hemostat into right leg opening to grab the other end of the cord, I clamping hemostat so cord cannot escape back into the doll body. When I thread the left leg end of the cord through the hook, the hemostat clamped to the right leg cord end may move inside the doll body a bit, giving me more slack to work on the other end. I don't remove the weak rubber bands, as they show which way to thread the cord through the leg hooks. I use a hemostat to grab the end of the cord that has passed through the first leg hook and pass it through the hook on the other leg and clamp it. Now both cord ends are clamped and I loosen the clamp a bit to pull on the cord. This tightens and adds tension on the cord. I re-clamp, use manicure scissors to cut old bands, remove them, then make a square cord knot, then knot again. I release both clamps and use one clamp to grab the knot and I push the hemostat up so that the knot moves up away from the leg hook and further into the body cavity. Before I make the knot, I test the head to be sure I have the correct amount of tension to keep the doll firmly together but not so tight it is difficult to lift head.

Positions of the leg hooks are the large part of the hook is on the bottom and is positioned so that it faces inward toward crotch of doll when strung. Large head hook is positioned so that small part of hook faces forward on the little bend in the bar inside the head above the eyes. Always look in there when re-seating the little head hook, as you can accidentally hook the eye mechanism below, :-( will ruin eyes. Instructions for arms to follow.

Arms can be accessed by unsnapping garment in back, then lifting garment away from shoulders on the left arm with wrist tag attached. Simply pull that arm away from the body and release the rubber band from the molded hook part of the arm. 

Knot the end of a length of cord twice the length needed, un-stretched. pass the cord through left arm hook, pushing it up into the smaller notch in the hook.
go to other arm opening and fish the un-knotted end through, stretch it and clamp tight against the armhole. Get your knot right up against the clamped hemostat. Keeping the tension with your fingers, release the clamp and re-clamp at the cord end. This part is tricky, but you must get the arm hook to the inside of your knot and twist the arm so that you can position the knot into the proper part of the built in hook while holding the tension on the cord with the other hand. It may take a few tries. I do this with the arm in the sleeve, so I don't have to disturb the garments if possible. Once you have the knot where it belongs, clip off excess cord length and be sure you do not trap the end of the cord where armhole and arm meet, so the arm can move freely.

 Forgot to mention, do not buy the cord online that is shown in close-up with the end having lots of tiny elastic pieces inside, bundled. You want a single elastic piece sheathed in the cotton cording. The other kind is too stiff and will hurt your hands, though it will work.