DCML digest, Vol 1 #612 - 1 msg

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In a message dated 7/22/01 3:08:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
dcml-request at stp.ling.uu.se writes:

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Hi,

Both the sketches mentioned in the last digest were done for the colored 
pencil drawings Carl did for his 96th birthday party at Walt Disney World. I 
believe both drawings are reproduced in Carl Barks Treasury, also done for 
the party.

The wrist watch signed by Carl with a full figure Scrooge on the dial was 
Carl's gift to the dinner guests. Probably less than 300 were made, to be 
sure each guest received one.

The wrist watch with the heads of Scrooge, Donald and the nephews was 
available for one day only at the watch store in the Disney-MGM Studios park 
on the day after the birthday party when Carl appeared in a parade honoring 
him and put his hand prints and signature in a block of cement in front of 
the Chinese Theater there. He also appeared at the animation gallery to meet 
fans and sign different items. According to the manager of the watch store, 
fewer than 30 of the watches were manufactured.

An interesting feature of the preliminary drawing for the Doom Diamond cover 
is that the cover is marked "Walt Disney Productions" and drawing is stamped 
"Walt Disney Company," which wasn't used until the early 1980s. Any ideas 
about this? Was the drawing not done until after 1982 or simply not stamped 
with the copywrite information until it was sold, presumably in the 90s?

There also are drawings by Don Rosa, William Van Horn and Patrick Block on 
ebay from time to time. Recently, there were two really unusual Rosa drawings 
on plastic comic book inventory dividers. At the moment, there are two first 
day covers signed and with drawings by Rosa, for anyone who's interested.

Regards,

William Price
236 West Portal #450
San Francisco