A Disneyland Find or Fraud? - Page 2

Gemini Cricket · 07-31-2006, 09:58 AM

Over the weekend, Ralphie and I went to several antique stores and flea markets in Maine. We love looking for antiques. Occasionally, we come across true gems.

I may have passed up on a true DL gem. I thought I'd put this out there to see if anyone knows anything about it.

On a table with a bunch of collectible stamps and baseball cards, I saw a plaque with Mickey on it. It was solid bronze and 7" x 3" or so. It had an older looking Mickey on it with one hand in the air and next to him was the monorail. At the bottom in relief was printed Walt's dedication speech. The center of the plaque had two holes in it for screws. It said "Disneyland" on it, but I can't remember where on the plaque it was.

Now, the gentlemen who was selling it said it was a plaque from an employee dining room in Disneyland. ('Employee' was his word.) He said it was from 1955. I knew that couldn't be correct because the monorail came along in (correct me if I'm wrong) 1959. Anyway, he said it was from one of the walls at Disneyland and not WDW. He said he bought it from another collector at an outdoor market like the one we were in. He wanted $75 for it. He didn't strike me as being up on Disneyana doings, so I kept walking. He then offered it to me for $60 and I said I would think about it. I talked to Ralphie about it not 10 minutes later. He wanted to see it for himself. When we went back, the vendor was gone. The other sellers around him said that he went to get something to eat, but he never came back. We were around for about a couple of hours afterwards.

So, did I miss out on a true find or was it bunk?

Since I didn't buy it, I'm hoping it was the latter. But you know how you just have a feeling about some things...

07-31-2006, 09:58 AM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	A Disneyland Find or Fraud? Over the weekend, Ralphie and I went to several antique stores and flea markets in Maine. We love looking for antiques. Occasionally, we come across true gems. I may have passed up on a true DL gem. I thought I'd put this out there to see if anyone knows anything about it. On a table with a bunch of collectible stamps and baseball cards, I saw a plaque with Mickey on it. It was solid bronze and 7" x 3" or so. It had an older looking Mickey on it with one hand in the air and next to him was the monorail. At the bottom in relief was printed Walt's dedication speech. The center of the plaque had two holes in it for screws. It said "Disneyland" on it, but I can't remember where on the plaque it was. Now, the gentlemen who was selling it said it was a plaque from an employee dining room in Disneyland. ('Employee' was his word.) He said it was from 1955. I knew that couldn't be correct because the monorail came along in (correct me if I'm wrong) 1959. Anyway, he said it was from one of the walls at Disneyland and not WDW. He said he bought it from another collector at an outdoor market like the one we were in. He wanted $75 for it. He didn't strike me as being up on Disneyana doings, so I kept walking. He then offered it to me for $60 and I said I would think about it. I talked to Ralphie about it not 10 minutes later. He wanted to see it for himself. When we went back, the vendor was gone. The other sellers around him said that he went to get something to eat, but he never came back. We were around for about a couple of hours afterwards. So, did I miss out on a true find or was it bunk? Since I didn't buy it, I'm hoping it was the latter. But you know how you just have a feeling about some things...
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