| |
Finding Vintage DisneyanaVintage Disneyana has become a personal passion of mine. Ive been searching for it for years now. I attend art auctions regularly, but usually only find vintage Disneyana at a small percentage of them.
I found a darling 1938 Knickerbocker Mickey Mouse dressed in a Santa suit at an art auction a few years ago. This was an extraordinary vintage Disneyana find. There was some very fine crazing to the face, but no flakes in the paint.
I did some research after the art auction and it turns out that my vintage Disneyana has quite a history. This toy was a one of a kind Mickey Mouse toy made by Knickerbocker for a department store at Christmas and was given away for a contest. I was happy that the beard was real wool fur.
I
searched for several years at art auctions until I found a Mad Hatter china teapot. This vintage Disneyana was made in 1951 by Regal for Disney. I always loved Alice in Wonderland and this teapot was very special to me.
My love of vintage Disneyana runs through lots of mediums. I buy figurines and paintings and anything else that strikes me as special while Im at art auctions. If something is really rare or unusual and still has a whimsical feel to it, Ill try to win it.
I found a painting that I fell in love with. It fit with my love of vintage Disneyana. The painting was created in 1949 and depicted the Cinderella castle. It was originally created for a Disney holiday card. I won the painting for four thousand dollars and felt like I had gotten a great deal.
The old Disneyland maps have become very expensive pieces of vintage Disneyana. I have been finding more of the old maps at art auctions, but they are usually not in good shape. The nicest map Ive found was from 1958, which is also the year I was born.
The 1958 map of Disneyland was the first one that was made poster sized. The art auction I found this piece of vintage Disneyana at had numerous Disney lots up for auction that day. I had not expected to find such a great item. This map had been stored rolled and had never been folded. I paid two thousand dollars for it and it was worth every penny.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was my little sisters favorite movie when we were kids. I look for vintage Disneyana that features it when I am art auctions. The best item Ive found for her was figurines from the 1950s that were of Snow White and six of the seven dwarfs. There was one figurine missing, Sneezy.
My daughter has fallen in love with Bambi. She had me buy her the DVD and she has watched it over and over again. I was at an art auction and found a nice Bambi figurine while they were auctioning off vintage Disneyana. I gave it to her for her last birthday and she says that it is her most prized possession!
I was shocked at an art auction that I attended that had a wonderful 1930s Mickey Mouse lamp and lampshade. The art auction had not even advertised that they were auctioning vintage Disneyana. If they had advertised this item, I know that more people would have come to the auction. I won the lamp for five hundred dollars because I had no competition.
The most common vintage Disneyana that I find at art auctions is watches. I dont like watches. I never buy any of the Disney watches. I am usually disappointed when an art auction advertises vintage Disneyana and all they have up for auction is watches.
I bought an autographed Fantasia album at a vintage Disneyana sale. The art auction had a lot of signed and autographed items and Disney items were among them. The signatures on my vintage Disneyana included Walt Disney, Leopold Stokowski (the conductor) and both of the original animators, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson. This was a fantastic find for my collection.
Breweriana at Art Auctions
My father-in-law is very interest in beer art. Breweriana is the special name for beer related artifacts. Ive been watching for special pieces to add to his collection at art auctions Ive been attending. The first breweriana piece that I...
Art Auctions: Grotesque Art
That there is an overwhelming number of pieces that represent this particular grouping of artwork seems false to believe, but this is happens to be on the rise as we get further into the new millennium, and realize the shedding of our cultures skins...
Special Hummel Figurines
I find old Hummel figurines at art auctions all the time. Ive been collecting them for my mother and her sister for a long time. They dont have the time to go to art auctions, but they have the money to buy nice figurines. The Apple Tree Boy...
Collecting Enesco
My friends and I have been collecting Enesco for several years. We actively attend art auctions and bid on everything Enesco! We have a lot of fun finding pieces we dont already have and winning them. I think collecting Enesco is fun. I...
Art Auctions: Greco-Roman Statuary
The ancient civilizations that have come before this present period of time have always left behind some truly unique pieces to others after them to gain some insight as to what that society may have been like. We learn much from the artifacts...
|
|
|
|
|
