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Mini Attraction Posters

I've just posted a set of framed Disneyland mini attraction posters from the Disney Gallery in Disneyland. These are from our personal collection that we no longer have wall space for following our recent move. You can buy them individually, but you'll get a real steal on the entire set. See Them Now! before someone breaks up the set!


Who Was The Voice?

Most Disney fans have a favorite character, and one of the things that makes each character special is the voice that is usually provided by a celbrity actor or actress. I've just created a special section of our site for our featured Voice Actor Autographs where we take the autograph of the voice actor and match it with some attractive art to create unique collectibles. In addition, each movie's page has a list of the main characters and the names of the actors who gave them their voice. Who Dat? Follow the link and find out!


New Animation Art Added

I've been working hard lately to refresh the images on our site. The work is long overdue, but the good news is that it's given me the chance to photograph a lot of art that we've never shown online before. For example, I just added a new page of cels from Adventures in Dinosaur City and cels from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I've also added a lot of cels from independent productions like Allegro Non Troppo. You'll continue to see better images over the coming weeks, so if you can't get a good look now, please visit again soon!



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Disney Ephemera

Ephemera sounds so much more sophisticated than simply "paper", but that's what it refers to: collectible paper items. Disney Studios and the theme parks like Disneyland and Walt Disney World create some simply amazing documents, portfolios, and flyers that usually include some wonderful art or exceptional information about their creations and the creative geniuses behind them. We were lucky enough to get many of these fun items signed by the artists who created them. A word of caution: this is a very addictive form of collectibles.


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First Disneyland Guidebook from 1955

The must-have item for any Disneyland collection is the original guidebook that was sold when the park first opened in 1955. This illustrated booklet was created before the park was completed, so there are no actual photographs in it. Late in 1955, it was replaced by the "Disneyland In Natural Color" guidebook like the replica shown below which did contain photographs of the various attractions. But this guidebook remains an iconic souvenir from that memorable year when the world discovered The Happiest Place On Earth. The guidebook sold for $1.00 and cost Disney over $1.00 to print, but they sold them with mailing envelopes so that the first visitors could send them to friends and family who would then be tempted to visit Disneyland themselves. By all accounts, they were so successful that this is why the guidebooks remain a staple of Disneyland merchandise to this day. This copy is in very fine condition with only minor flaws.



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Disneyland In Natural Color Guidebook 50th Anniversary Edition

As a part of Disneyland's 50th Anniversary celebration in 2005, they reproduced the first souvenir guide that contained color photographs of the park. The original souvenir guide contained only artists' drawings of the park, and Disneyland sold thousands of them until late in 1955 when they released this book. The reproduction is excellent. You'd be hard pressed to point out any major flaws. Considering original copies of the guidebook sell for over $200.00, this is a real bargain for collectors of Disneyland paper memoribelia on a budget.



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Pete's Dragon Photo with Ken Anderson Autograph

A brilliant piece for the die-hard fan of Disney Animation and the theme parks. This is an 8x10 publicity photo from the live-action feature "Pete's Dragon" that featured the lovable animated character of Eliot the Dragon, who was the creation of Ken Anderson whose autograph is on the print. Ken was one of the famed group of Disney animators known as Walt's Nine Old Men and who Walt always referred to as his "Jack Of All Trades" because he was so good at so many things. Ken was a favorite of Walt who used his artistic genius in all of the animated features from Snow White through The Jungle Book. Ken was also one of the first Imagineers who helped design Disneyland, second only perhaps to Marc Davis in his overall influence on the park. An Official Disney Legend, Ken sadly passed away on January 13, 1993. This print makes for a wonderful keepsake of one of his last major animation projects for Disney Animation.



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Disneyland 1991 Upper Deck Trading Cards and Passport

In 1991, as a part of the promotion for the sports franchises they'd recently purchased, Disney issued a special set of Upper Deck trading cards along with a commemorative passport. The cards feature Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Roger Rabbit in sports regalia with pictures of Disneyland in the background. The five card set included the commemorative passport good for one adult admission to Disneyland. The passport shows all four characters, and is still good for a discount toward admission. The eminently collectible trading cards by Upper Deck are mounted on a 12x14" sheet of matboard that been shrinkwrapped and mounted on foamcore so it's ready for framing.



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Disneyland Wet Paint Sign

As everyone knows, Disneyland is always being refreshed and refurbished, so they often have to warn guests about hazards such as wet paint. This is a classic Disneyland wet paint sign featuring Donald Duck and one of the nephews, and is inscribed "©1987 The Walt Disney Company". The sign measures 11x14" and is shrinkwrapped on foamcore and is ready for framing.



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Main Street Electrical Parade Photo

Here we have an 8x10" publicity photo of Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade. The photo is covered with a clear sheet of mylar for added gloss and protection. It comes in an 11x14" mat. Please forgive the reflections in the night sky in the picture here.



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Bugs Bunny 50th Birthday Magazine with Sericel

In 1990, on the heels of a similar promotion for Mickey Mouse, Warner Bros. issued a commemorative magazine that celebrated Bugs Bunny's 50th Anniversary. The magazine included a 7x10 inch printed cel of Bugs sitting in a movie theater, complete with a nice background. The magazine itself has all sorts of treats for fans of the Wascaly Wabbit, including interviews with Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng, the two men most associated with Bugs over the years. Real animation fans will also get a kick out of the dozens of "birthday cards" from famous comic strip artists from Charles Shultz to Matt Groening. There are articles galore, including Leonard Maltin's picks of the 10 best Bugs Bunny cartoons, and Steven Spielberg introducing "Tiny Toons" Roughly 60 pages in all. Just a wonderful and very affordable collectible.


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The Lion King on Broadway Program

We got this when The Lion King stage show was in San Francisco. 10x13 inches, with roughly 30 pages of gorgeous full-color photographs and a quote on each page from one of the key creative people who made this show the spectacular exhibition of the Disney animated feature.



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Disney's Pocahontas Commemorative Program

These beautiful Pocahontas programs were first sold at the Premiere In Central Park in New York in the summer of 1995. They were later sold at six selected theaters across the country. We have two versions available, the one from Central Park and the one from the El Capitan theater in Hollywood. These books are 11x14" and are filled with artwork that just screams to be on a wall. Few promotional items give as much fan satisfaction as these original theatrical release programs.


Central Park Issue   El Capitan Issue  

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The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh Comic Book

Issued in 1964, this one of very few collectibles based on the popular series from Disney television "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh". The series starred Patrick McGoohan, the British actor who went on to greater fame in his own TV series "Secret Agent" (a.k.a. "Dangerman") and the later cult classic "The Prisoner" and also in movies like "Ice Station Zebra". The comic is in fair to good condition. The front cover has some damage at the outside corners, and the back cover has a 1x1/2" piece torn away at the bottom. But the inside pages are complete, emminently readable and very clean.



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Animator Eric Goldberg Autograph

Like most Disney fans, we first became aware of Eric Goldberg's many talents when he was the lead animator of the Genie in "Aladdin" He has since gone on to create many wonderful characters, he co-directed "Pocahontas" and directed several sequences in "Fantasia 2000" - "The Carnival of the Animals", "Rhapsody In Blue" based on the George Gershwin music and the art of Al Hirshfeld, and the house favorite, "Saint-Saens" featuring the yo-yo playing flamingo. This 8-1/2x11" litho was issued by ASIFA Hollywood at their annual convention in Hollywood in 1996. Its a self-charicature of Eric and he was gracious enough to autograph this piece for us at that event.



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Jafar Print Signed by Andreas Deja

Noted Disney animator Andreas Deja really hit his stride when he created the evil Jafar in 1992's "Aladdin" He had worked for Disney for nearly ten years when that film was made. This 8-1/2x11" litho was a convention gift at the 1993 National Fantasy Fan Club convention where Andreas appeared as a speaker and autographed this litho for us. Its showing some age with very minor corner crumpling, but perfect for matting.




Storyboard Magazine Back Issues

Storyboard Magazine was produced in the early 1990's by an amazing individual named Steve Fiott. Steve was an artist who worked at Disney for some time, and obviously shared our fondness for Walt Disney and animation. The magazine was printed on heavy, glossy stock and not cheap pulp like many amateur collector's magazines of the day. Steve was in constant contact with artists and animators at Disney during the rebirth of Disney Animation in the era of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" and "The Little Mermaid", and so he was able to write particularly detailed and knowledgeable articles about Disney animation, Disney theme parks, and Disney collectibles through direct interviews. He also sponsored a few Disney collectibles events in the Disneyland area, at which he was able to get these normally invisible artists to appear and share their knowledge and experiences. Steve was particularly generous to Maggie and me when we were still very new as dealers, and he was especially helpful in marketing my book about Walt Disney, for which I will be eternally grateful. Sadly, Steve died unexpectedly on June 6, 1995 while on a trip to Burbank to arrange appearances by animators for his next event. We present these special autographed copies of Storyboard as a tribute to Steve, and we hope that you enjoy them.



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Storyboard Magazine June 1993 Aladdin Issue
Autographed by Finn & Bancroft

This is the June/July 1993 edition of Storyboard Magazine that featured "Aladdin" which was released in November of the previous year. The cover photo shows Will Finn - the jockular lead animator of the evil Iago the Parrot. Will appeared at a National Fantasy Fan Club convention in January 1993 where we did a dead-on imitation of Gilbert Gottfried who voiced Iago the parrot. The hours of listening to the Aladdin soundtrack during animation apparently paid off in many ways for Will. To Will's left is a then-up-and-coming animator Tony Bancroft who was on Finn's team on Iago. This magazine is autographed by both Will Finn and Tony Bancroft.



Storyboard Magazine Signed Tony Bancroft


Storyboard Magazine June 1993 Aladdin Issue
Autographed by Tony Bancroft

This is the June/July 1993 edition of Storyboard Magazine that featured "Aladdin" which was released in November of the previous year. The cover photo shows Will Finn - the jockular lead animator of the evil Iago the Parrot. To his left is a then-up-and-coming animator Tony Bancroft who was on Finn's team on Iago. Tony went on to be the lead animator for Pumbaa in "The Lion King" This magazine is autographed by Tony Bancroft.



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Storyboard Magazine November 1993
Signed By Andreas Deja

This is the Nov./Dec. 1993 edition of Storyboard Magazine that featured the amazing animator Andreas Deja. The cover photo shows Andreas at the drawing board surrounded by some of his most prominent characters including: Jafar from "Aladdin", Gaston from "Beauty and the Beast", King Triton from "The Little Mermaid", and Mickey Mouse whom he drew in several films, most notably "Mickey's Christmas Carol" Andreas' many jobs at Disney have included heading up animation units in Florida and Paris. He impressed us with his reverence for The Nine Old Men, and with his gracious and generous patience with us as we talked him to tears at several Disneyana conventions over the years. There's a full-page photograph of Andreas inside the magazine that he autographed for us.



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Storyboard Magazine Dec. 1992 Aladdin Issue
Autographed by Mike Surrey

This is the December 1992/January 1993 edition of Storyboard Magazine that featured "Aladdin" which was released in November 1992. The cover photo shows a key scene from the movie featuring The Genie, Aladdin and Princess Jasmine riding the magic carpet. This magazine is autographed by Michael Surrey who worked on the team that animated the character of Aladdin.



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Storyboard Mag. May/June 1993 - Lion King Issue
Signed by Bancroft & Surrey

This is the May/June 1993 edition of Storyboard Magazine that featured Timon and Pumbaa from "The Lion King" along with their respective lead animators, Mike Surrey and Tony Bancroft. The magazine was autographed in person by both artists at the National Fantasy Fan Club Convention. This issue features an interview with the noted artist and Disney Legend Sam McKim whose designs were used for many famous landmarks in Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland. So it's a double-treat for Disney collectors!



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Storyboard Mag. Aug/Sept 1993 Walt Disney Tribute
Autographed by Van France

Van France autograph This is the Aug./Sept. 1993 edition of Storyboard Magazine that featured a tribute to Walt Disney that featured a charming picture of Walt and his wife Lillian. It was issued not long after a scandalous book about Walt Disney was released. The magazine featured rememberances by many family members and people who worked with Walt Disney such as Walt's wife Lillian, his daughter Diane Disney Miller, animators Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Ward Kimball, and Ken Anderson, and the legendary Van Arsdale France who was the founder of the Disney University - the training school for Disneyland Cast Members. Van signed this copy of Storyboard on the page that features his picture and his tribute to Walt Disney.

Van France was a charming and gracious man whom I was lucky enough to get to know briefly. Maggie and I met him when we were on a panel of authors together at one of Steve Fiott's Disneyana shows at The Disneyland Hotel. During the event, Maggie and I snuck off to the nearby Pan Pacific Hotel (now the Pacific Paradise) for lunch. Van happened by at the same time and joined us. We spoke very little about Disney matters. Maggie and Van were closer in age and shared many similar experiences, and I'm so old-fashioned that I had a wonderful time just listening to them. In the next couple of years, Van always made a point of joining us for a meal or a snack, sometimes including his wife. So beyond considering him a Disney celebrity, we counted him as a friend and were very sad when he passed away in October, 1999. He had been enshrined earlier that decade with Disneyland's highest honor - his own window on Main Street that reads "Van Arsdale France. Founder and Professor Emeritus, Disney Universities". Be sure to see LaughingPlace.com's article on Van France.



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Storyboard Aug/Sept 1992 Beauty and the Beast Issue
Signed by Nik Raneiri

This is the Aug/Sept 1992 edition of Storyboard Magazine that featured Lumiere and Cogsworth from "Beauty and the Beast" along with their respective lead animators, Nik Raneiri and Will Finn. The magazine was autographed in person by Nik Raneiri at the National Fantasy Fan Club Convention. This issue features coverage of the making of "Beauty and the Beast" and the 1st Official Disneyana Convention held in September 1992 in Walt Disney World.





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