Originally Posted By Mr X So we're packing up to move, and Mrs. X comes across a LOAD of coupon books from long ago. Some partially used, some completely unused. Worth anything? (Just Curious, we ain't selling)
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi Id be glad to take them off your hands MrX, especially if you're offering them MURYO! (wink) -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By Mr X Yeah, RIGHT. (you have mail, by the way...hope everything is relatively okay in your neck of the woods with water and food and denki and NO genshiryoku!)
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 I know that older DL ticket books('50's and even '60's)are quite valuable on Ebay - I know because we recently bought a lovely large display cabinet for my Olszewski Main Street miniatures along with some old framed postcards of Walt at opening. It really does look GREAT! In addition I recently bought a '70's ticket book from Ebay which is going in there as well, along with a vintage park map. It wouldn't hurt to try selling them!
Originally Posted By Mr X Interesting info Bob, thanks! I'm thinking we should keep them "in the family" for a while (like 50-60 years) and then they should be REALLY worth something (even 12 years or so ago, they were still selling them, so it's till pretty recent comparatively speaking...I suppose we should put them in plastic or something! lol).
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I know that older DL ticket books('50's and even '60's)are quite valuable on Ebay<< IIRC it's the unused ones that are worth the big bucks. If there are coupons missing, not so much.
Originally Posted By Mr X We only have a couple of unused ones, they are complimentary OLC stockholder coupon books. I suppose they might be of interest. ;p
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 ">>I know that older DL ticket books('50's and even '60's)are quite valuable on Ebay<< IIRC it's the unused ones that are worth the big bucks. If there are coupons missing, not so much." Indeed - I remember seeing a completely unused FULL ticket book from about the second month of operation in 1955 and it was going for around $2000! Personally, I would have asked for more because that is just SO rare.
Originally Posted By Mr X Indeed. One would wonder why anyone would keep such a thing rather than use it. I suppose savvy collectors existed back then too though. Either that, or else someone lost it in a sock drawer and found it years or decades later or something! Well, that puts a relative cap on the value of MY stuff anyway lol. Neat to look at though. TDL WAS the LAST Disney park to continue selling coupon books, after all. I even remember seeing them when I first came to Japan back in 98! Although at that time passports had surpassed the books for the most part (lanyards for passports were in demand!), nearly everyone had one but you still had to show your pass at every turnstyle. Ah, the good old days.
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi Just and FYI, attraction ticket sales at Tokyo Disneyland ended on March 31st, 2001, almost the 10th anniversary. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By fkurucz "We only have a couple of unused ones, they are complimentary OLC stockholder coupon books. I suppose they might be of interest. ;p" If they are labelled as such that might make them even more valuable. "I'm thinking we should keep them "in the family" for a while (like 50-60 years) and then they should be REALLY worth something." Probably true, but who knows? 50-60 years is a long time, and a lot can happen. I doubt the Japanese will lose their interest in TDR, but you never know.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Don't know if this is true for TDL, but at Disneyland old coupons (tickets) are still honored. A gate admission still gets you through the door, and the value of an individual coupon can be applied to admission. Granted, most tickets are relatively low value. They are mostly worth more to collectors today. Top value (as stated above) is for complete books, particularly with the admission coupon still attached. But there is value these days in all the tickets, especially old "E" tickets. People use them to make up framed presentation pieces. They are getting harder and harder to find. I remember years ago when someone offered me a cardboard box FILLED with old, partially used ticket books. Too much to store, even at the low asking price: $5!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I have loads of partially used WDW ticket books, none complete ... and mostly A and B Tix (naturally!) Never thought about selling them really. And collectors are a weird group ... they always want everything in a pristine, untouched, unused state, which tells me that whatever they collect never really brought enjoyment to anyone. I remember as a young Spirit watching people collect comics without ever reading them and thinking 'what's the point here?' Oh well, I'll trade you an MK E-Ticket for a TDL E! ;-)
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I even remember seeing them when I first came to Japan back in 98! Although at that time passports had surpassed the books for the most part (lanyards for passports were in demand!), nearly everyone had one but you still had to show your pass at every turnstyle. >>> I remember those days! At least in 1999, they still had the ticket booths open inside the parks (one in Tomorrowland and one in Fantasyland) where you could buy extra tickets if your booklet ran out during the day. Those must have been very lonely jobs during the last few years when almost everyone had a passport. Anyway, I made it a point to purchase a single TDL E Ticket that year as a souvenir from the booth in TL. The CM was reluctant to sell it to me, as she didn't want me to waste my money.
Originally Posted By Mr X lol. That reminds me of the time I saw two young Japanese girls at the Magic Kingdom carefully each remove a single dollar bill from their purses at Guest Relations and didn't even have to SAY anything as the GR rep handed over two Disney Dollars in exchange.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I understand the last official ticket books sold at the TDR were sent to a well known collector here in SoCal: Tony Baxter. He has quite a notable collection of tickets and ticket books.
