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Auction archive: Lot number 221

DISNEY, Walt (1901 - 1966) - A collection of ten typed letters signed by Walt Disney to Mrs. Marjorie Davis of Beverly Hills, California, with a signed portrait.

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,872 - US$6,496
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$8,120
Auction archive: Lot number 221

DISNEY, Walt (1901 - 1966) - A collection of ten typed letters signed by Walt Disney to Mrs. Marjorie Davis of Beverly Hills, California, with a signed portrait.

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,872 - US$6,496
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$8,120
Beschreibung:

A collection of ten typed letters signed by Walt Disney to Mrs. Marjorie Davis of Beverly Hills, California, with a signed portrait.
1) [N.p.:] Christmas, 1957. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' (Marjorie Davis wife of Disney art director and later Disney legend, Marvin Davis) on Disney's personal stationery. Disney details his Christmas gifts of Stock Certificates for shares in Walt Disney Productions for the Davis children, Melinda, Geoffrey and Nannette. 2) [N.p.:] Christmas, 1958. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. Disney is pleased to send along Voting Trust Certificates to the Davis children as a Christmas gift this year. 3) [N.p.:] Christmas, 1959. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. A warm Christmas wish to accompany the annual stock gift. 4) [N.p.:] 30 June 1960. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. An early Christmas letter to accompany the annual stock gift. With the original envelope. 5) [N.p.:] 11 August 1961. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. The annual gift arrives 'a bit early' but with every good wish. 6) [N.p.:] 16 July 1962. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. An almost identical letter to the previous sending along the annual stock gifts. 7) [N.p.:] 26 June 1963. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. A further early letter to announce the annual Christmas stock gifts. 8) [N.p.:] 6 March 1964. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. ' I know it is much too early, but I hope you consider these as advance Christmas gifts and accept them with our very best. ' 9) [N.p.:] 28 April 1965. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. A letter to accompany the annual gifts, this time for Melinda and Geoffrey Davis. 10) [N.p.:] 8 February 1966. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. An identical letter to the previous with changes only in the number of shares. a fantastic collection of walt disney autograph material. Each letter accompanied a gift of Walt Disney Productions stock for the Davis children each year from 1957 until 1966. [With:] Autograph portrait of Walt Disney and his dog 'Lady' signed 'To Annie Bickel Best Wishes Walt Disney' in black felt-tip pen, matted. [N.p., n.d. (c. 1950)] a secretarial signature, likely Disney artist Floyd Gottfredson.

Auction archive: Lot number 221
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A collection of ten typed letters signed by Walt Disney to Mrs. Marjorie Davis of Beverly Hills, California, with a signed portrait.
1) [N.p.:] Christmas, 1957. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' (Marjorie Davis wife of Disney art director and later Disney legend, Marvin Davis) on Disney's personal stationery. Disney details his Christmas gifts of Stock Certificates for shares in Walt Disney Productions for the Davis children, Melinda, Geoffrey and Nannette. 2) [N.p.:] Christmas, 1958. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. Disney is pleased to send along Voting Trust Certificates to the Davis children as a Christmas gift this year. 3) [N.p.:] Christmas, 1959. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. A warm Christmas wish to accompany the annual stock gift. 4) [N.p.:] 30 June 1960. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. An early Christmas letter to accompany the annual stock gift. With the original envelope. 5) [N.p.:] 11 August 1961. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. The annual gift arrives 'a bit early' but with every good wish. 6) [N.p.:] 16 July 1962. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. An almost identical letter to the previous sending along the annual stock gifts. 7) [N.p.:] 26 June 1963. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. A further early letter to announce the annual Christmas stock gifts. 8) [N.p.:] 6 March 1964. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. ' I know it is much too early, but I hope you consider these as advance Christmas gifts and accept them with our very best. ' 9) [N.p.:] 28 April 1965. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. A letter to accompany the annual gifts, this time for Melinda and Geoffrey Davis. 10) [N.p.:] 8 February 1966. Typed letter signed 'Walt' to 'Dear Marjorie' on Disney's personal stationery. An identical letter to the previous with changes only in the number of shares. a fantastic collection of walt disney autograph material. Each letter accompanied a gift of Walt Disney Productions stock for the Davis children each year from 1957 until 1966. [With:] Autograph portrait of Walt Disney and his dog 'Lady' signed 'To Annie Bickel Best Wishes Walt Disney' in black felt-tip pen, matted. [N.p., n.d. (c. 1950)] a secretarial signature, likely Disney artist Floyd Gottfredson.

Auction archive: Lot number 221
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2009
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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