--- title: This Rare Mickey Mouse Memorabilia Is About to Hit the Auction Block description: An auction in California will sell rare Disney memorabilia, including original sketches and posters of Mickey Mouse and other characters. authors: - name: Kerry Close url: https://money.com/author/kerry-close/ at_money_since: 2016 articles: 182 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/kerryclose former_staff: true published: '2016-05-19T15:14:04.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T11:12:20.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Auction - Disney - memorabilia - pubdesk word_count: 294 canonical: https://money.com/mickey-mouse-disney-auction/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon short movie made with sound in 1928. 1928.](https://img.money.com/2016/05/160519_em_vintagemickey.jpg) *Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon short movie made with sound in 1928. 1928.* Love Disney memorabilia? Then get ready to break out your checkbook, because nostalgia doesn't come cheap. One of the first Mickey Mouse dolls ever made, which is hand-signed by Walt Disney, is expected to fetch up to $50,000 when it goes up for auction next month. It's part of a larger cache hitting the auction block on June 18 from Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, Calif., [the *Orlando Sentinel* reported](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-collecting-disney-auction-rare-memorabilia-story.html). In addition to the doll, Mickey and Minnie Animated Old King Cole Window Displays are expected to sell for anywhere between $50,000 and $75,000. A complete Kem Weber designed Disney Studio office, complete with an animator's desk, "airline chair," closet and floor lamps is estimated to go for anywhere from $60,000 and $80,000. For more modest spenders, several early original drawings of Mickey Mouse cartoons "Steamboat Willie" and "Plane Crazy" are valued between $4,000 and $6,000. The original acetates for the first soundtrack to "The Jungle Book" are expected to fetch a price between $1,000 and $2,000. Van Eaton Galleries will also host an exhibition of historic memorabilia starting May 25. "This collection and the people that have collected it are beyond extraordinary," Mike Van Eaton, co-founder of Van Eaton Galleries, told the *Sentinel*. "I am not aware of any other auction which has recently taken place that features such rare and sought-after Disney memorabilia." The collection can be viewed online starting May 20, at [www.vegalleries.com/collecting disney](http://www.vegalleries.com/collecting%20disney%20). Mickey Mouse items aren't the only memorabilia that fetch a high premium. Items from the *Star Wars* franchise, which is also owned by Disney, command lofty prices from diehard fans. 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