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1950? Aesop's Fable Wallpaper. Pink and white. Four rolls 22" wide. $60 from Charles Luther, Mohawk, NY, through Ebay, April, '00.

I never would have suspected that there is Aesopic wallpaper! The paper here features a repetition of two scenes…

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2006 Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies . The Historical Musical Animated Classics. 2 dvd set. Introduced by Leonard Maltin. Unknown source.

As the promotion says, "This second volume of the revolutionary series boasts some of…

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2001 Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies. The Historical Musical Animated Classics. 2 dvd set. Introduced by Leonard Maltin. Unknown source.

To my surprise, the first disc in this two-disc set contains the three fables I am aware of…

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2003 Walt Disney: Silly Symphonies (?). Chinese and English. SimaCulture. Epic Music Video. $7.50 from Alexlau1998 through Ebay, March, '04.

Though this DVD was sold as "Tortoise and Hare Disney's DVD," it contains over 76 minutes of a…

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1949 Walt Disney's The Grasshopper and the Ants. Paperbound. Walt Disney Productions. $15 from Second Story Books, Georgetown, Dec., '10.

This is a genuine find! I was finishing up in Second Story when I noticed this combination of a booklet and a…

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1955? Walt Disney's The Tortoise and the Hare. Unbreakable 78 rpm Little Golden Record RD 150. Gil Mack, the Sandpipers, Mitchell Miller and Orchestra. Record by Bestway. Jacket by Simon and Schuster, New York. Gift of Wendy Wright, Nov.,…

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1990? Copper, brass, and wood weathervane artpiece. The rabbit is copper, 14" x 5½". The turtle is brass, 5" x 2½". They are mounted on a wooden peg, and the peg is mounted on a wooden base. A brass plate on the base is marked "Tortoise and the…

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1982 Wer kann die Wahrheit nackend sehn? Five fabulists. Holzstiche von Harald Metzkes. Slipcase with five folded pages. Leipzig: Verlag Karl Quarch. €33.88 from Leipziger Antiquariat, Oct., '21.

This fascinating work is a set of five…
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