Question RE: Dean Mickey Mouse Dolls from the 20's/30's

[Marc-Barr]

I have a couple of Mickey Mouse Dolls from the 20's/30's made by a company called Dean. I have tried selling them on Ebay,but have had no luck. Can anyone recommend somewhere for me to sell these for a fair price? Also,I did some research and have priced them at $300. A Disney collector friend told me they are in way too good of condition and that I could probably get more than that out of them. Any suggestion? . Many thanks again in advance!

[wendy177]

 welcome marc could you please post photos , I do know of a Mickey Mouse 13 3/4" high Stuffed early  dean rag- valued at good condition $400.00 very good $600.00 mint $800.00 but in this economy you will not get book value, my advice hang on if you can and sell at a later date.

[Marc-Barr]

Both look almost identical,but one has a ribbon around the neck the other does not. One is 6 inches tall the other is 7 1/2 inches tall. The owner I inherited them from bought them in the 60's and he kept them in a "Disney Room" in a glass cabinet with no windows or sunlight. I have inspected them closely and see no tears rips or any damages at all. When researching I noticed many had faded where these still are actually black.Thanks again for looking and any advice would be helpful.

[Marc-Barr]

Couple more

[Marc-Barr]

Here are a couple pics of the second doll. Sorry for the crappy pics. Need a new camera!

[wendy177]

Nope not the dean rags I have found to small and no reference to dean making that size in any of my research. maybe someone else will chime in. good luck

[talesofthesevenseas]

Is there anything to indicate that Dean is or is not the manufacturer? Maybe a tag?

[talesofthesevenseas]

It sure looks like this one sold by Christies for just over $300, but it says the size is 5-1/2". Any chance the ears could not have been included in the measurement? I'm not a Disney person, so I'm just taking a shot at this.
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS279&q=dean+mickey+mouse

[Marc-Barr]

Hey thanks for the advice. VERY helpful. I am pretty sure they are made by Dean,just because some of the pictures are identical to some others I discovered during my research. Of course, I could be wrong. No tags or markings,but there are serial numbers on the chin.Knikerbocker made some similar but slightly different.

[regularjoe2]

Thanks for posting your wonderfully frightening & valuable Mickey items , Marc-Barr .

[Dean Perdue]

Maybe Hakes might be good enough to help you out on a ID if you shot them a email.
They've specialized in this sort of stuff for as long as I can remember.

http://www.hakes.com/

[Dean Perdue]

Any possibility this could be it??

http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?Auction=199&ItemNo=85686

http://www.hakes.com/images.asp?ItemNo=85686&ImageNo=001

[ironlord1963]

  Pretty good match Dean.  But the hands, feet look too big, and the pants are a bit different too.   Maybe that is the issue with trying to sell them Marc-barr. 

[KC]

Gotta admit...these are pretty scary looking Mickey's!  LOL

[regularjoe2]

One thing that has to do with time-frame is the advent of Mickey being depicted with gloves .
This happened ('toon released) March 8 , 1929 .