"MICKEY MOUSE AND MINNIE AT MACY'S" RARE PREMIUM BOOK.
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Winning Bid:
$452.24 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #204 - Part II
Item numbers 1447 through 3204 in auction 204
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Item Description
3.5x3.5" softcover BLB-style book by Whitman ©1934. Front cover features Mickey, back cover text reads "Merry Christmas To You From Santa Claus At Macy's." In this book Mickey & Minnie travel to NYC on a passenger plane. Their adventure includes a tour of NY which ends at Macy's where they are turned into balloons for the parade. In the end they meet Santa in the toy dept. 1934 was the first appearance of Disney balloons in a Macy's parade and was heavily promoted by them including the use of this book as a premium. Contents aged. About a dozen pages have corner chips, most are tiny. Front cover has 1" corner piece missing at lower right, much small chips to front top right and back top left corners. Cover aging. Still a tight copy and about Good. As noted in Overstreet, this ranks #2 on the top 20 BLB and related books list. Also notes less than 20 copies known. Guides at $438 Good and $1,095 Fine, the last copy we sold was in VG and it brought $765.
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