"MICKEY MOUSE BIG BIG COLOR SET" RARE WHITMAN BOXED SET.
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$480.44 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #208 - Part II
Item numbers 1278 through 3040 in auction 208
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Item Description
8.25x12x2.5" deep box contains Whitman set No. 2004. ©1936 WDE. Contains 194 of "224 Pages Of Pictures To Color." 12 of these pages have been colored, o/w the set is unused. Missing three generic crayons that were issued w/the set. Attached to center of lid is 5" tall separate die-cut thick cardboard Mickey Mouse figure. Text around this reads "Here Comes Mickey Mouse With His Big Big Color Set." Box has scattered handling wear, one corner split to lid and box bottom, bottom also having 4" edge split. .5x1.5" faint moisture stain to lid. Box still displays Fine. Separate Mickey figure is VF. Each of the 7.5x11.75" pages feature reprinted images from various Whitman publications. Largely comprised of images from Mickey Mouse titles w/two picture panels per page. There are also a number of full page Donald Duck illustrations from coloring books. All pages have lightly tanned w/age but remain clean and VF overall. A rarely seen BLB-related set. This is listed in Overstreet at $650 - Good, $1,500 - Fine, $3,000 - VF/NM.
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