Economy Shipping

Apparently some 16 mm prints of Walt Disney's short "The Mail Pilot" (1933) carry the title "The Dizzy Pilot." It's not close to a good alternate title, and it ignores the direct references to "The Mail Pilot" in the cartoon short's lyrics. So be it.

The eBay seller, supposedly endeavoring to learn more about it, has listed it with a shipping cost of $90,014.67. Why? Ostensibly "just to get your attention, to see if others have some input or information and to encourage a reasonable offer." How does an unreasonable shipping charge encourage a reasonable offer? We aren't told.

Apparently no reasonable offers came in, so the Buy It Now price was lowered from $500 to $100. But the economy shipping rate remains $90,014.67. OK, eBay seller gepetto3, you have my attention. This print is not unique. WorthPoint, which archives some old eBay sales for price research by its subscribers, has recorded several 8 mm and 16 mm print sales of this odd title.

eBay Listing Ended July 7, 2013

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-16mm-Films-Disney-Mickey-Mouse-in-DIZZY-PILOT-Old-SPANKY-OUR-GANG-Others-/251286875971?pt=US_Film&hash=item3a81dd6f43

eBay Listing Ending August 19, 2013

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251308094549

eBay Item Description

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-16mm-Films-Disney-Mickey-Mouse-in-DIZZY-PILOT-Old-SPANKY-OUR-GANG-Others-/251286875971?pt=US_Film&hash=item3a81dd6f43

Walt Disney's

"The Mail Pilot" (1933)

Note:  Check out a few more Disney posts here.

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Rick Griffin: Mickey Mouse Wants You

Rick Griffin takes James Montgomery Flagg's iconic World War I "I Want You" poster and has some fun with it for Walt Disney. Later Alton Kelley frames the preliminary drawing.

Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You
Frame by Alton Kelley

Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You

Frame by Alton Kelley 

Bonhams Los Angeles, June 14, 2009

Unsold

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17108/lot/6262/?search_query=1&division=None&passages=True&earliest_first=True&country=None&past_sales=past&back_to_year=2003&sale_no=None&top_level_department=None&department=None&query=Mickey+mouse+I+want+you&create_facets=True&value_data_currency=GBP

Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You

Note:  The original Flagg poster is in yesterday's post here.

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Summer for Mickey Mouse and Friends

Have a great summer. This is how Mickey Mouse Magazine welcomed in the summer with its very first quarterly issue in 1935.

Oh, and for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, have a great winter!

Mickey Mouse Magazine, Vol. 1, #1, Summer 1935

 http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/mickey-mouse-magazine

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