The man was wondering aloud what many of us longtime auction-goers stopped asking years ago. Where did he keep all of this stuff? “This stuff” was a collection of Disney characters – Mickey Mouse in…
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Pulling the strings on Disney’s Mickey & Minnie
Posted in Children, collectibles, Performers, and Toys
Mickey and Minnie had lost their luster. They lay inert in a case at the auction house like discarded playthings. Their clothes were tattered, their bodies were marred (Minnie had a chip on her nose),…
Nostalgia: Mickey Mouse Club ears hat
Posted in Children, Clocks, collectibles, Toys, and TV
Did you have one of those, I asked the man idling in front of his tables of vintage toys in a far corner of the main ballroom at the nostalgia convention. He had been sitting behind…