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Get Top Whack Prices
for Disney Collectibles on eBay
eBay sees some Disney items attracting no bids and going unsold,
while others have hundreds of bidders and often fetch thousands of
pounds and frequently exceed sellers’ best expectations.
A
short glance at the highest finishing prices over the last sixty
days or thereabouts reveals a median price of around two to three
hundred pounds (or American or other country equivalent) for many
early and unusual or unique Disney collectibles, primarily tin toys,
original artwork for Disney films and printed publications, clocks
and watches and even lighters.
Recent high and middle ground prices on eBay (prices shown in
UK
currency equivalent regardless of selling location):
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WALTER E. DISNEY oversized signed Mickey Mouse - £3379.26
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WALTER E. DISNEY rare signed 1941 BAMBI book - £1169.74
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Disney Store Display Original Mean Donald Duck Figurine - £879.13
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Rare Disney Mickey Mouse Emerson Tube Radio #411 1933 - £779.31
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WALTER E. DISNEY inscribed signed 8 x 10 photo - £727.84
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MARX DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE DRIVER TIN WIND UP CAR &
BOX
- £701.33
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WALTER E. DISNEY, twice signed check, 1952 - £675.85
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Old DISNEY toy MINNIE MOUSE Wind-Up TRAPEZE 1930s + Box - £662.85
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SNOW WHITE ’37 Walt Disney QUEEN Production Cel DRAWING - £514.69
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MARX WALT DISNEY’s TELEVISION CAR TIN TOY MICKEY w/BOX
- £469.52
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Disney Store Display Original Daisy Duck Figurine - £402.91
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Mickey Mouse Barcroft Zippo Lighter RARE Disney Lighter - £389.91
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Vintage PEZ Disney Mary Poppins No Feet NF NR Mint - £324.98
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1977 Disney Gold Mickey Mouse zippo Ultra Rare !! – £259.94
WHAT THOSE LISTINGS TEACH US
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There are no prizes for spotting the highest prices went to items
signed by Walt Disney. Walt Disney signatures are hugely
collectable and growing more valuable the longer it is since Disney
died in 1966. Once in private hands, that’s where most really rare
Disney signed collectibles generally stay, until perhaps the current
owner dies or gives up collecting. So the more signatures finding
their way into private hands, the lower supply becomes and the
higher prices will go. Authentic Walt Disney signatures are much
rarer than most people realise, because often staff at the Disney
corporation were allowed to sign for Walt Disney and taught to copy
his signature to a point that even confuses the world’s top
autograph experts. Look at what one of the world’s top experts on
Disneyana and Walt Disney signed collectibles, Phil Sears (http://www.phil-sears.com/disney.htm)
has to say:
“I am not an
autograph dealer who claims to know everything about every famous
person who ever lived. In fact, I am constantly seeing bad Disney
signatures being offered in reputable dealer catalogs and in major
auctions. Every dealer offers a guarantee of authenticity - but what
good is that if you hang a bad signature on your wall with a fancy
authenticity certificate.” Visit his site for more advice and
information about the Disney signature and for specialist
consultation to help prove your items’ authenticity (calculate costs
before sending details and do not send the originals until asked.
Always insure items sent through the post to be valued).
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Bear in mind spelling varies for essential words between the
UK
and USA sites. That common monetary instrument, for example, is
spelled ‘check’ in the USA, known as ‘cheque’ in the UK. So it
follows that Americans collecting these precious bits of paper could
miss your listing for ‘WALT DISNEY SIGNED CHEQUE’, as might UK
enthusiasts miss a USA listing for ‘WALT DISNEY SIGNED CHECK’. So
describe the item as: ‘WALT DISNEY SIGNED CHECK / CHEQUE’, and it
will respond to anyone searching eBay titles for ‘check’ and
‘cheque’. Notice there is a gap between those important words and
the oblique symbol ( / ), this being so search engines will locate
‘check’ and ‘cheque’ in their system but not that new word –
check/cheque – that you might otherwise create.
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Notice how effectively UPPER CASE letters are used to highlight
specific words in some of those titles, notably to make important
words stand out from their counterparts using just lower case or
ALL CAPITALS WHICH ARE VERY BORING
AND
CONFUSING AND ARE PRETTY DIFFICULT TO READ AND REALLY SHOULD BE
AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS. Used sparingly the odd few words CAPITALISED
in the title can be very effective.
Consider these actual examples:
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WALTER E. DISNEY oversized signed Mickey Mouse - £3379.26 (Just the
name upper case, very effective)
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MARX DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE DRIVER TIN WIND UP CAR &
BOX
- £701.33 (All words upper case, very hard on the eye)
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Old DISNEY toy MINNIE MOUSE Wind-Up TRAPEZE 1930s + Box - £662.85
(Certain prolific search engine terms in upper case – grabs the
attention from competing listings)
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Vintage PEZ Disney Mary Poppins No Feet NF NR Mint - £324.98
(Capitals used very effectively to highlight one of eBay’s most
collectable items, PEZ containers)
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You must always list the collectable by type in your title, but
twice is a waste of precious space. Notice how in one listing the
word ‘Lighter’ is mentioned twice, wasting seven precious characters
(eight with an extra gap between words), while another omits the
word, making their listing oblivious to people searching eBay for
‘lighter’. Here they are:
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Mickey Mouse Barcroft Zippo Lighter RARE Disney Lighter - £389.91
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1977 Disney Gold Mickey Mouse zippo Ultra Rare !! - £250.94
(Fetched £139 less than its counterpart, almost certainly partly due
to that important word missing)
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