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Mickey Mouse Leather Zipper Wallet Circa 1948 - Ultra Rare - Near Mint Condition

$ 158.4

Availability: 78 in stock
  • Time Period Manufactured: Vintage (Pre-1968)
  • Franchise: Disney
  • Type: Accessory
  • Year: 1948
  • Character/Story/Theme: Mickey Mouse
  • Condition: Looks to be unused except for filled out identification cards. All leather intact except for very slight cracking on inside fold where paper currency would go. Color of character and western scene is crisp and bright. Leather still has its original sheen. Top of snap button has slight wear from rubbing against plastic photo holders.
  • Color: Multicolor

    Description

    Up for sale is this ultra rare Mickey Mouse leather zipper wallet made around 1948.
    I have researched high and low for another example of this Walt Disney item and have come up empty.
    The front of the wallet is embossed with a colorful southwestern style scene of Mickey Mouse twirling a lasso.
    The back has an embossed decoration of a band with stars and a silhouette of a cowboy on a bucking bronco framed in a circle.
    The main color of the wallet is reddish-brown.
    "
    ©
    W. D. P."
    embossed in lower left of scene (left of Mickey Mouse's foot).
    "IMPORTED PIGSKIN" is gilded at the bottom edge of the coin pouch.
    Zipper company name "MARVEL" on pull.
    Wallet is in original box that it was in when given to my father as a 6 year old child.
    This item has remained in a controlled environment since it was given to him.
    All pictures will show what great condition it is in for its age and is part of the description.
    Item will be well-packaged and insured for delivery.
    Please contact me if you have any questions or need further pictures.