According to the seller, this is the “Holy Grail of Disneyland Tickets”. I pretty much have to agree there. From the listing “On October 11th 1955 Disneyland put out it's first Ticket Book which had 8 tickets in it 3 A Tickets, 2 B Tickets and 3 C Tickets. This book up for auction has 2 A Tickets, 1 B Ticket and 2 C Tickets all in Excellent to Near Mint Condition. Only the Very First Ticket Books had the Word RIDE under the Large Letter on each ticket, which makes this ticket book real RARE. Towards the end of 1955 Walt Disney had made a decision to take the word Ride off the ticket books and replace it with the word COUPON. He said the word RIDE made him feel like it was a carnival ride”.
The eBay auction is here (link). As far as the price; it's at $975 now which was the opening bid. There was a “buy-it-now” option for $1,475, but now that someone has bid (not me!) that option is gone. Is that price fair? I have no idea hard evidence, but that seems about right.
I’ve heard that there is a ticket book out there that may predate this one. It is reported to have little drawings of the attractions (or rides) on each ticket. This information comes from the utmost reliable source; however I’ve never seen them myself.
Here's the tickets in the auction.
The tickets do look to be in excellent condition.
The “C” ticket in 1955 was the top of the line. I love the special font for all five of the realm titles.
Christmas is just around the corner – wouldn’t this make a great gift for that special Disneyland Ticket collector/blog operator you know?
The tickets do look to be in excellent condition.
The “C” ticket in 1955 was the top of the line. I love the special font for all five of the realm titles.
Christmas is just around the corner – wouldn’t this make a great gift for that special Disneyland Ticket collector/blog operator you know?
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