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Brave Little Taylor








What was the first Animator's choice sculpture? Well it had to be Mickey didn't it! Entitled 'I Let 'Em Have It!' This sculpture was taken from the 1938 film short 'Brave Little Taylor'.



 Mickey's scissors are finished in mat platinum to resemble well worn pewter. As this sculpture was a charter member piece a small gift in the form of a miniature story book entitled 'Mickey Mouse Tales' was enclosed with the sculpture. 


This sculpture has a  market  price of 


    $40-60   £40-55



The 'Brave Little Taylor' was based on a Grimm's fairy tale. Mickey is seen in this film short working in his tailor's shop, he is annoyed at all the flies and swats several at one time. Outside his shop the people of the town are discussing the giant that is terrorising them all.


 They hear Mickey boasting about his conquests and get the wrong impression! Mickey is offered a fortune and the hand of the King's beautiful daughter if he will kill the giant. What's the name of this beautiful daughter?


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Princess Minnie


Three years after Mickey Mouse made his entrance into the Walt Disney Classics Collection, Minnie came to join him! What a perfect pair they make! Princess Minnie's veil is painted with opalescent paint and her shoe buckles are painted in gold. The Princess Minnie sculpture stands at six and a half inches tall, slightly smaller than Mickey. Princess Minnie has  market price $45-65   £40-50


Goofy




In 1997 both the Member's Gift sculpture (Winnie the Pooh) and the Member's only sculpture (Goofy) were introduced without any year of production backstamp. This trend has continued to the present day There is still the Animator's Choice backstamp which incorporates the Society Logo.





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Goofy is 'captured', in sculpture form, from the 1936 film 'Moving Day'. Donald and Mickey are having to move out as they haven't paid their rent. The dastardly Sheriff Pete is planning to sell their furniture to cover the bill and so whilst the Sheriff is not around there is massive activity to quickly get all the furniture out! Goofy is their neighbour and he is also an ice cream man. Goofy offers to 'help' and also lends the two his van. This ends up in a chaotic disorganized scenario.





Goofy stands eight and a half inches tall. There is a hole in the sole of his shoe and tyre treads on the base of the sculpture.

 The paint used on Goofy changes from a gloss to a mat finish. As always in the Classics Collection the attention to detail is wonderful and worth every penny of the $90  £70  market valuation.





Admiral Duck
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This is the second Animator's Choice sculpture. Donald stands six and a quarter inches tall and is 'plussed' with gold plating on his epaulettes and buttons of his uniform.





 A nice little 'extra' is the life buoy that comes with the sculpture and fits over Donald's tail. 




This is made from resin and reads 'S.S. Rear Admiral'. Both the Dancing Flower backstamp as well as the usual Animator's Choice backstamp are incised into the underside of the base of the sculpture.






This sculpture is from the 1939 film 'Sea Scouts'. The scene shows Uncle Donald trying to instruct his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie in the art of seamanship! Admiral Duck has a market price of  $40-$50    £35-£45

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