Calling All Collectors! Vintage Disneyland Posters Come To Auction This Week
Calling all Disney collectors! If you’ve ever wanted a piece of Disneyland history for your very own, now’s your chance!
On February 29th, 2024, a rare collection of vintage Disneyland attraction posters will come to auction. The auction will be hosted by Nate D. Sanders and includes 21 original silkscreen Disneyland posters.
Let’s check it out!
Disneyland’s Vintage Posters
It might seem like a relatively simple concept today, but at the time of Disneyland’s official opening in 1955, travel posters involved meticulous planning and an incredible level of artistry.
Just before Disneyland’s grand opening, Disney artists like Bjorn Aronson were asked to create attraction posters that were simple enough to convey their message, but intriguing enough to draw a crowd.
Without the benefit of modern technology, this task required an astonishing amount of creativity as well as painstaking attention to detail.
Drawing inspiration from military recruitment posters, magic show posters, and World’s Fair posters, Imagineers produced a series of attraction posters that would adorn Disneyland in its early days.
In the years since, attraction posters have continued to grace the walls of Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Disney Parks across the globe. For nearly 70 years, these iconic posters have represented the nostalgia and magic for which Disney is known.
Rare Disneyland Posters Come to Auction
This week, 21 vintage posters will come to auction. The timeless masterpieces will undoubtedly draw the attention of Disney enthusiasts and rare art collectors.
So…what’s up for auction?
The sizeable collection includes Alice in Wonderland, Country Bear Jamboree, the Enchanted Tiki Room, Tom Sawyer Island, the PeopleMover, and Peter Pan, among others.
Finally, iconic Disneyland classics like “it’s a small world,” Pirates of the Caribbean, and Haunted Mansion round out the collection.
Minimum bids range from $250 for Pirates of the Caribbean to a whopping $8,500 for the Haunted Mansion.
Bidding ends at 5pm PST on February 29th, 2024, so head over to Nate D. Sanders Auctions to check it out!