Gone With the Wind Collectors are ravenous when it comes to doll collecting. I love their passion! I hear from collectors, often, and they’re always looking for precious dolls or other collectibles to add to their bounty. I recently heard from a man who was looking for gift ideas for his wife, a huge Gone with the Wind fan. Her collection is very unique: She ONLY collects Scarlett O’Hara dolls. I honestly have never heard of anyone (until now!) who only collects one particular character.
I’ll let you in on a little secret: I used to collect Gone with the Wind dolls. I had the whole cast! But, as a young mother, I made a bad call. I taught my three beautiful daughters at home (we home-schooled all the way from Kindergarten to 12th grade). When my girls were in the early elementary grades, we studied the Civil War Era. I thought it’d be a great learning tool to use my dolls as we “acted out” certain stories (the Underground Railroad, for example, extended throughout our entire house!). Mammy was our hero Harriet Tubman.
I even “borrowed” hair from a brunette Barbie to fashion a beard for Rhett Butler who became our President Abraham Lincoln.
Suffice to say, lessons were fun and quickly learned but the dolls didn’t weather the Civil War very well.
If I had it to do all over again, I’d do the same thing, though. I’d love to still have the dolls, but the memories I made with my living dolls were worth it.
The beautiful Gone with the Wind Scarlett Twelve Oaks Vinyl Doll, shown at the top of the post would be an excellent gift idea for a Gone With the Wind fan or a wonderful addition to a collector’s treasures.
Click through the link or the picture for a closer look. She’s a beauty!
