So i found this dish in my basement today and i was wondering if someone on here could tell me more about it. Things like how old it is what the rarity of it is and even what it could possibly be worth? Somebody please help me with this.
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Old Disneyland Dish
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ajrwdwgirl
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I have a dish similar to that too. I have a DL one and a WDW one, they are almost identical. I would suspect it is from the late 70's or early 80's.
i actually have 2 of these dishes, my family says that they are just junk but i think that they might be worth something, mostly this is just to throw it in there faces
Californian Elitist
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That's probably not worth anything.
unkadug
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to somebody that doesn't collect stuff like that.
Californian Elitist
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True. What I meant by my comment is it isn't worth a whole lot. That's what I mean when I say something isn't worth anything.
unkadug
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I realize that, but one man's junk is another man's treasure.
unkadug
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The bad thing is they probably cost $30.00 at the parks new!
Nemo14
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It depends on what they're called. On ebay they call them either a candy dish or an ashtray.
Californian Elitist
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Very true.
Cosmic Commando
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I have a dish sort of like this. I'm sure mine isn't worth anything, either, but it dates itself reasonably well. There's no New Orleans Square, but you can see the facade of the Haunted Mansion in the background of Frontierland. The Mansion facade was built around '62 and NOS opened in '66, so it's an interesting little window into history.
does anyone have a better year that these were produced?
Cosmic Commando
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Well, I put on my detective hat, and this is what I surmise:
So... best guess is between 1967 and 1972. I think that's a pretty good guess based on Pirates and Bear Country being there and not being there, respectively. Worst case would be sometime between 1966 and 1986. If you really wanted a specific answer, you could go with between Pirates opening in '67 and Mansion opening in '69, but that would not have a high degree of confidence.
- The plate has New Orleans Square, so it is likely 1966 or later.
- It has a scene from Pirates, which opened in 1967.
- There's no Bear Country/Critter Country. Bear Country opened in 1972. It's not crazy for something like that to be left off, but I think if it was open, it would be on the plate.
- Disney's company name was changed from "Walt Disney Productions" to "The Walt Disney Company" in 1986.
- I'm guessing if the plate was made between the time that BTMRR opened and the time the company's name changed, they would have used that for Frontierland instead of the Mark Twain. BTMRR opened in 1979.
- By the same line of thinking, you could possibly say that they would use Mansion instead of Pirates if it existed since it would be newer.
So... best guess is between 1967 and 1972. I think that's a pretty good guess based on Pirates and Bear Country being there and not being there, respectively. Worst case would be sometime between 1966 and 1986. If you really wanted a specific answer, you could go with between Pirates opening in '67 and Mansion opening in '69, but that would not have a high degree of confidence.