Live Auction

CA: Fine Art, Chinese Art & Rare Books

Mon, Jan 5, 2026 06:00PM EST
Lot 110

WALT DISNEY SIGNED "WALT DISNEY'S GUIDE TO DISNEYLAND"

Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000

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Walt Disney signed "Walt Disney's Guide to Disneyland". A bright, mid-century souvenir booklet titled Walt Disney's Guide to Disneyland, presented in a horizontal format with a saturated yellow cover. The design combines a color portrait of Walt Disney at upper left with playful, line-drawn park vignettes-castle turrets, frontier and adventure motifs-printed in warm orange ink. At the lower left foreground, a bold black-ink signature "Walt Disney" is placed across the illustrated landscape, visually anchoring the cover. Light handling wear and faint edge softening are visible, consistent with a 1960s park-guide of this type.

Provenance and authenticity: According to information provided by the consignor, this lot is accompanied by documentation relating to prior opinions on attribution and authenticity, including a certificate of authenticity.

The auction house has not independently verified the provenance or authenticity of this lot, and all related information is provided for reference only.

Note: As an official Disneyland guide issued during the park's formative decades, this booklet embodies the optimism and technological showmanship that defined American leisure culture in the postwar era. By the early 1960s, Disneyland had become not only a theme park but a cultural export-an immersive, storyboarded environment that translated Disney's animated worlds into lived experience. Walt Disney's presence on the cover underscores the authorial myth of the park as his personal "show," and a signed example collapses the distance between visionary and visitor. The object therefore functions as both ephemera of a specific entertainment moment and a tangible relic of Disney's broader project of modern fantasy-making. Signed Disneyland guides from this period occupy a high-desirability tier within Disneyana and celebrity-autograph markets, particularly when the signature is on-cover, clearly legible, and paired with strong graphic appeal. This example benefits from an iconic, color-forward cover layout and an autograph that enhances, rather than interrupts, the design. Condition appears honest for age, and the overall presentation reads as display-ready. Collectability is further elevated by the scarcity of authentic Walt Disney signatures on period park publications intended for everyday visitor use.