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Disney Cast Member Marks or Heads has anyone seen one sold?
« on: February 09, 2012, 10:45:54 AM »
As we all know the Disney Theme Parks have cast members who wear costume characters and have helmet masks. These could be very heavy things to wear for 8 hours. My question as I am an appraiser and wonder if any one knows about or ever seen or hearing about a sale of offer for one of these cast member heads sold ever. I seen a Pinocchio one in the Julien's Auction house sale of April 24, 2009 Lot 1052 this is the only one. This sale was cancel. I don't think the estimates are correct.  I did come across one on a job and the family said he was once work for Disney. I also wonder how much these head cost to make. Since they are a very important part of the Disney experience as we all know. i could only guess some collectors would want them.

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Disney Cast Member Marks or Heads has anyone seen one sold?
« on: February 09, 2012, 10:45:54 AM »


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Re: Disney Cast Member Marks or Heads has anyone seen one sold?
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2012, 10:38:44 PM »
These don't leave the parks.  They are destroyed when they are no longer usable on stage.  The ones that do somehow leave the parks are considered to be stolen property, and Disney goes to great lengths to recover them and prosecute the persons responsible.  A few years ago some older Goofy and Mickey heads were taken from the property control warehouse at WDW, and made it up to ebay for a few hours, but the auctions were quickly canceled.  I've never seen any of these in anyone's Disneyana collection.  And I've seen LOTS of collections!
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