Mickey Mouse Telephone

Q: How much is a Mickey Mouse rotary dial telephone worth? It’s 15 1/2 inches high and in excellent condition. How would I go about marketing it to Mickey Mouse or Disney collectors? A: Mickey Mouse is Disney’s most popular character. He made his debut in the 1928 cartoon “Steamboat Willie.” All kinds of Mickey […]

Mickey Mouse World’s Fair Souvenir

Experts say that all Mickey Mouse 1933 World’s Fair knives are fakes. None were sold at the show.  

Date Your Mickey Mouse Watch

The first Mickey Mouse watch was made in 1933. It cost $2.69. The record price for a real 1933 Mickey Mouse watch (with the original box) in good condition is $6,100, set at a 2014 auction. The watch’s image, copied from Mickey Mouse cartoons, shows a side view of Mickey’s body with moving hands and […]

Comic Strip Toys

All sorts of toys have been made to resemble famous comic characters such as the Yellow Kid, Maggie and Jiggs, or Snoopy. Each toy usually dates from the time of the strip or cartoon, but many revivals occur, and during the 1980s there was new interest in Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Orphan Annie, Betty Boop, Flash […]