Originally Posted By Elderp I am sitting here waiting to go to DL so I am looking things up on Ebay and I came across this: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/DISNEYLAND-SILHOUETTE-PICTURE-IN-FRAME_W0QQitemZ6604952507QQcategoryZ138QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/DISNEYLAND -SILHOUETTE-PICTURE-IN-FRAME_W0QQitemZ6604952507QQcategoryZ138QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a> Why would someone think I would want to buy someone else's silhouette?? I must say the guy's silhouette looks better than mine but still?! Why?!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad OH NY GOD! ITs a miracle but looks just like me and my wife! I am bidding right now!!! KIDDING! rofl I guess it just goes to show that people will put ANYthing on ebay.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut some people like to have that kind of stuff hanging on their walls. Or what if your doing a play and need props or what if you lost yours and you can say its really old and you dont look like that anymore or.....or..... I have no idea. Seems dumb to me.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I am sure most people don't know that there is a silhouette studio at Disney, and assume these are "generic." Those are the poeple who would buy it, as 'nuut said, to hang on their wall as a decoration.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins I remember our friends in the '60's who had silhouettes of poodles hanging in their parents' bedroom.
Originally Posted By Big Thunder As someone who used to scan eBay daily for vintage Disneyland souvenirs, I've seen many a DL silhouette up for auction. My thought was always the same "why would I want to buy someone else's silhouette?" Here's my theory People uncover things at thrift stores, yard sales, from relatives homes after they've passed away, and other sources. Somewhere the seller heard that "some people's junk is other another person's treasure" Sometimes they hear "Disneyana collectors will pay big bucks for old Disneyland stuff" [which is semi true but only the good stuff]So they post it up for auction hoping to make a few bucks. They use words like "rare" , "vintage", from Walt's day's" , and many times the erroneous use of "1955". 75% of the items in the vintage theme park Disneyana section of eBay is common $2.00 thrift store stuff from the 70's, but sometimes one can find rare items sold by uneducated sellers. I have seen pieces go from $5.00 to $100 in a day, if you click on sellers other auctions you can usually find similar items like more ashtrays from other places or other souvenir plates non related to Disneyland and they are getting $1.00 - $2.00. One seller even contacted me and asked why I was bidding so high LOL So... people hear of these one in a few hundred times that something was expected to sell for a buck but a collector paid $100, and they think anything with the Disneyland logo is gunna fetch big bucks. BTW I actually bought someone else's silhouette from Disneyland on eBay once. The reason was because it also came along with the original paper retail bag from the sixties, it was in pristine condition, I wanted the bag, I threw away the silhouette
Originally Posted By JohnS1 Ohmigod! That's a silhouette of Jesus and Mary! No wonder there are so many bids! I'll buy it to place next to my IHOP pancake with Moses' likeness on it!
Originally Posted By DlandDug I would buy a sihouette of someone else if it was from Disneyland, and a good example of an earlier version that is no longer available. (The logo and frame of the silhouette has been changed over the years.) This is, of course, a contemporary Walt Disney World silhouette, and holds no interest for me.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN People bring bathroom sinks on board planes as carry-on luggage... Why would this E-Bay item be something out of the ordinary? ...especially if you need money that bad??
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Also, the phoney thing is... It's advertized as a Disneyland sillouette when it fact, it reads WDW on it (in the photo). This seller needs to get his Disney parks straight!!!
Originally Posted By avromark Where I am there is a common misconception that the parks are the same thing. Some of my friends can't see why I say they should also visit DL at least once. As far as they are concerned it's Disney World Light. Back when I was in grade school going to DL instead of WDW my friends would make fun of me for going to the "poor mans Disneyworld". Back in the time when the Internet was non existent as we know it (BBS's etc. remember them?) some of my friends called me a liar when I said DL was the original park calling it an imitation park...
Originally Posted By Elderp Thanks guys at least I don't feel as if I am only one looking at this saying to myself, "this is stupid."
Originally Posted By avromark Elderp can you explain: used sandwiches, air guitars, your childs drawings (I'll value my children's when I have them but I doubt i'd want to hang your childs drawings up no offence), some of the stuff on eBay Elderp want to purchase some used serviettes or empty tissue boxes?
Originally Posted By Elderp "your childs drawings" What if your child was Diego Rivera? or Pablo Picasso?
Originally Posted By avromark How many children are? I wish I was mozart but my neighbours threatened to hack apart my piano
