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Disneyland 'Tiki' Birds Among Vast Theme Park Auction

Reuters

   LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles gallery is preparing to auction more than
   1,500 rare items from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, dating back to
   the theme park's founding in the 1950s.

   Mike Van Eaton, co-owner of Van Eaton Galleries, said on Monday that
   the auction traces the history of the famed park, featuring items such
   as the original 1953 prospectus that Walt Disney used to pitch to
   financiers ahead of the park's 1955 opening in southern California, an
   original map of Disneyland, and other signage.

   There will also be familiar characters up for sale, including
   animatronic birds from the Enchanted Tiki Room, a bronze statue of
   Mickey Mouse, and an "It's a Small World" animatronic doll.

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