Vintage Disney Snowdomes

The revelation that most of the older globes were manufactured by Marx has led me to this wonderful site http://www.andyzito.com/snowdomes/index.html You can find pictures there of lots of old snowdomes. You have to search through them to find the few Disney ones.

Vintage Song of the South

Found this on ebay while going through the closed auctions. I love it when I come across something like this because there is so little documentation on these older plastic domes. This one sold for $59.99 despite being cracked so it can no longer hold water. The seller says this was made by the marx company which is an old toy manufacturer who made the Disneykins line of plastic figurals which are highly sought after amongst collectors. There are collectors out there who collect all Marx items and that probably explains the high price. It also makes me think that the rest of these that I've found so far were very probably done by Marx.

Disney Christmas Snowglobe

I've seen this globe at Walt Disney World occasionally but have been ignoring it becasue I didn't think it was a snowglobe. BEcause of the jar shape of the globe, I thought it was just a figurine or music box with a glass cover. Turns out it is a snowglobe with glitter and music. The tree revolves inside the dome.

NEW DISNEY SNOWGLOBE

This was spotted in the Christmas shops at Walt Disney World and is probably also available at the Disneyland Resort. I don't know the exact price but was told it was somewhere between $40-$50. This particular victorian style image of Mickey and Minnie kissing under the mistletoe has been used for a few years now on ornaments and decorations so this style snowglobe may have been available in previous years but it wasn't in the Christmas shops last time I checked them.

Mary Poppins Auction Update

To my fellow americans, let me say I hope you had as nice a Thanksgiving Day as I had.

Two more of the Mary Poppins cathedral globes have sold on ebay. One sold with a Buy It now option of 530 and another one up for bids ended today at 470.

FREE DISNEY SNOWGLOBE

Once again, this year, JCPenney will be handing out free Disney snowglobes on the day after Thanksgiving starting at 4am. No I will not be there.

Mary Poppins snowglobe - new record price

Hmmm. I could make my monthly mortgage payment or buy a Mary Poppins snowglobe, which will it be? The Mary Poppins globe that we like to watch on ebay has set a new record price of $1538.11. There must have been some heavy bidding in the last hour or so. I had looked at it about an hour before it ended and it was only over $600. Not to worry if you missed this one, there is another one on ebay allready and it is currently only around $200.