Soon, Disney enthusiasts will be able to bring home more than simply a memento from the gift store. Later this month, there will be an auction where they can bid on the actual item. Joel Magee has spent the last thirty years amassing a collection of over 6,000 Disney items. These consist of life-size rides like Dumbo and Peter Pan, costumes, and rare posters. He is now prepared to present a portion of it to the general public at a sizable Burbank, California facility. Visitors can listen to the ghosts from the Haunted Mansion ride or hear birds singing in the Enchanted Tiki Room. Among the 1,500 items for sale are these.
Go big or go home is how I feel about those people. It’s hardly the best if you don’t have the biggest, Magee told The Associated Press. It is thought that his collection is the biggest Disneyland or Disney Park collection owned by an individual worldwide. Although Magee had never been to the theme park, he claimed to have seen The Wonderful World of Disney on television every week as a child. He claimed that until he met a vendor selling Disneyland items at a toy fair, he had never given collecting any thought. “I couldn’t afford too much at the time. That’s where it started, but I bought a few pieces first,” Magee remarked.
From tiny trade cards to massive 1917 Model T cars from Disneyland’s Original Main Street, everything is up for grabs. According to Magee, Walt Disney, the company’s creator, designed the car himself. Co-owner of Van Eaton Galleries, the company conducting the auction, is Mike Van Eaton. He claimed that items from the Haunted Mansion ride are among the most sought-after items. The “doom buggy,” or the vehicle that guests ride in, and paintings are among the highly sought-after items.
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