I love this candid behind the scenes shot from The Reluctant Dragon. Robert Benchley and Walt Disney on the left, of course and Disney artist Gyo Fujikawa on the right.

This just in from Jim Korkis:

[Shortly before her death, Betty Kimball got rid of a lot of Ward's stuff. Often she would just box up everything related to a particular project in a single box and sell that off. One friend of mine purchased the box with all the information and artwork on Epcot's WORLD OF MOTION and there is so much of it that he is considering creating a website to showcase it all.

On eBay this week, it looks like some other fellow got a box filled with Ward's work on "Mickey's Madhouse/Mickey's Movieland" that was going to be an element of a movie pavilion at Epcot to be located between The Land and The Imagination pavilion. That project later expanded into the Disney MGM Studios theme park but unfortunately without Ward's attraction. Here is the link to some of that paperwork. I hope whoever buys it shares some of it with the rest of us.]

A few items from the estate of the actor Henry Clavin (Sgt. Garcia in Zorro) are being sold at the moment on ebay, including this great drawing.

Thanks to David Lesjak for the information.

This just in from Gunnar Andreassen:

[For sale on Ebay just now, see enclosure.

Description:

This is an original issue of "INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND CRAFTS", the December, 1933, Volume 5., Number 11. edition of the Magazine, published in Hollywood, California. "This magazine represents the entire personnel of photographers now engaged in professional production of motion pictures in the United States and Canada.", according to the copyright page, with credit also given to Local 659, I. A. T. S. E., and M. P. M. O. of the USA and Canada.

This rare issue featured a nice range of articles by various experts in the field, including an interesting piece on "THE STORY OF SLIDES AND TITLES", by Earl Theisen, "MOTION PICTURE IN INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING", BY WILLIAM A. REID, "MOTION PICTURE SOUND RECORDING", by Charles Feldstead, and pieces on Cameramen, The Camera in the Everglades, Lab Men, The Newsreel World, Cinematographer's Note Book, Television Sets Football Record, and Classifieds, etc., plus great period advertisements throughout for technical products and services, much in the Art Deco style of the period, and of course the very nice cover illustration concocted by Walt Disney himself "in the spirit of Christmas...to get the Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf together...", drawn especially by Disney for the Magazine.

On page two of the magazine is written:

"OUR COVER FOR DECEMBER

The International Photographer is proud of the front cover for December.The subject is popular and timely and the art department of this journal enthusiastically hails the co-operation and good will of Mr. Walt Disney and his amazing assortment of livestock mad famous by the genius of himself and his extraordinary organization.In considering the aforesaid genius of Mr. Disney the reader will certainly call to mind, also, the large part taken in the production of the "Three Little Pigs" cartoon by Technicolor, whose new three color system has added so much to the attractiveness of this delightful novelty."]

This just in from ebay through Mark Sonntag. The caption reads:

[Vintage old lot of something from a great old scrapbook that encompasses Hollywood, Los Angeles, Long Beach California and a lot of other places, you are bidding on 2 1936 era Photos of the "MIckey MOuse Studios" as the scrapbook compiler wrote on the paper next to the photos. Walt Disney studios in the 1930's building exteriors in Los Angeles, California.]

Extremely astonishing piece of Disneyana found on ebay today:

[This rare box from Java Indonesia is from the mid 1900's and was used as a shop display. This box advertises a favorite Javanese snack called Kwatji with the worlds favorite cartoon character. This 3-dimensional art measures 20 1/2" high x 13" wide x 6 1/2" deep.]

If one of you decides to buy the "15 unpublished songs by Disney Legend Roy Williams" that are currently being sold on ebay, it would be great if you could share full scans of that rare doument.

This model sheet from Song of the South, attributed to Albert Hurter is currently being sold on ebay.

Fun caricature of Rudy Zamora curently on sale on ebay.

Speaking of ebay, Howard Lowery currently has for sale on ebay those two great photostats of Aristocats storyboard drawings created mostly by Ken Anderson.

Just spotted this German tin box from WWII on ebay and thought that some of you - especially David Lesjak, owner of Toons at War - might enjoy it.

Are those original drawings currently offered on ebay really from an Alice cartoon from 1925 (below) and from the Oswald cartoon Great Guns (above)?

Opening price: $48 without reserve! Weird...