An extremist - rare artefact from the founding days of Disneyland is go up for auction . The first map of the parking lot , which Walt Disney drew by hand to assist sell Disneyland to investor , is estimated to be the most worthful piece of Disney memorabilia ever auctioned , according to the auction sale theatre Van Eaton Galleries .
In the ‘ fifty , Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck , and Disney ’s feature films were already far-famed , but not quite so famous that investors thought a Disney paper park would be a slam stuff shot . In 1953 , after mortgaging his home and adoption as much money as he could , Walt Disney went to New York to fulfill with bank and television studio about finance his dream park . Knowing that his blueprints might not convince them , he and creative person Herb Ryman worked nonstop the weekend before the pitch meetings to sketch out an ethereal view of what the amusement park would look like .
ABC ended up giving Disney the funding , and Disneyland was born . The map hold out on , too . Disney get it to meetings with developer and kept it at his studio apartment to inspire his designers . In 1954 , he had the map color in and added a few more sketches , then made it the first promotional image used to sell the park to the world .
The original ended up in the bridge player of Grenade Curran , a Disney employee whom Walt gave it to after one of the last planning meetings for the initiative of the new park . Curran salt away the single-valued function away , and this is the first time it has appear in the 60 years since .
The item is going up for auction in June at Van Eaton Galleries in the L.A. expanse , and is on exhibit to the public until then .
