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What you are looking at are the most expensive plush Mickey and Minnie dolls I have ever seen in my life!!! These Mickey and Minnie dolls were made by Charlotte Clark (?) gotta do research on that name.... The Mickey doll is $ 17,500.00 and the Minnie is .....$27,000.00!!!! NO JOKE! These dolls and other Disney antiques are on a website called tomart. If you are interested in purchasing one of the dolls, you have to pay $5,000.00 down, then pay the rest once your money clears. The dolls were made between 1930 and 1932. So if you are looking for that special plushie....look no further!!! *giggle* You know you want them!!!
P.S. I found info on Charlotte Clark:
Biography
Clark was born Carolyn Geis in Indianapolis, Indiana to German immigrants. She married Frank Clark and moved to Los Angeles around the turn of the century. It is unknown how or when she adopted the nickname "Charlotte". She died in 1958.
Career with Disney
Shortly following the release of Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, Charlotte Clark designed the first Mickey Mouse doll in early 1930. She obtained permission from the Disney Studio, and the dolls began to appear in Los Angeles area stores. Demand soon exceeded her ability to produce the dolls, so Clark designed sewing patterns so customers could make their own dolls at home.
Clark continued to make dolls personally for Disney, which he handed out as gifts to friends, family and business contacts. As the collection of Disney characters grew, Clark created patterns for Donald Duck, Pluto, Minnie Mouse and other popular characters.
For collectors of Disneyana, Charlotte Clark dolls are among the most coveted of Disney memorabilia.
Tags: disney
P.S. I found info on Charlotte Clark:
Biography
Clark was born Carolyn Geis in Indianapolis, Indiana to German immigrants. She married Frank Clark and moved to Los Angeles around the turn of the century. It is unknown how or when she adopted the nickname "Charlotte". She died in 1958.
Career with Disney
Shortly following the release of Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, Charlotte Clark designed the first Mickey Mouse doll in early 1930. She obtained permission from the Disney Studio, and the dolls began to appear in Los Angeles area stores. Demand soon exceeded her ability to produce the dolls, so Clark designed sewing patterns so customers could make their own dolls at home.
Clark continued to make dolls personally for Disney, which he handed out as gifts to friends, family and business contacts. As the collection of Disney characters grew, Clark created patterns for Donald Duck, Pluto, Minnie Mouse and other popular characters.
For collectors of Disneyana, Charlotte Clark dolls are among the most coveted of Disney memorabilia.
Tags: disney