Christopher Finch's The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom (1973) is a classic Disney history. Mark Towner's copy of the 1983 reissue has a full page illustration of Chip by Bill Justice. It is also signed by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, two of Disney's Nine Old Men, but that page doesn't merit a photograph on AbeBooks.
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| The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom AbeBooks listing accessed April 24, 2022 |
Once again, as with yesterday's post on a rare misbound and signed Edward Gorey collection, the seller's price has been discounted over the past two months, here by $225 down to $900. My conjecture, based solely on these two examples, is that booksellers are finding it harder to move big ticket items during the bear market. Thus inflation in consumer staples may result in some deflation on the luxury goods end.
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| The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom AbeBooks listing accessed June 23, 2022 AbeBooks listing accessed April 24, 2022https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=449933956&searchurl=spo%3D30%26sortby%3D17%26kn%3D%2522Bill%2BJustice%2522%26p%3D2%26sp%3D1&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp2-_-image7 |
Note: I am a big fan of the 1973 edition of the Christopher Finch book. Much of my knowledge of Disney lore comes from this source.
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