Disney Parks Art Tribute to FIREFIGHTERS Mickey Mouse Fireman 14x11 Poster/Tube

This auction is for a hard-to-find Charles Boyer Mickey Mouse thanks a firefighter print. Print measures 11" x 14". The print was purchased in Walt Disney World in late 1997, never displayed, and stored in its original tube ever since. "The litho was originally made in 1993, a tribute to Southern California firefighters for their tough battle against that year's fierce California firestorms. The lithograph pictures Mickey Mouse standing with a fireman. A limited edition, the lithograph is all the more collectible due to two rare qualities. First, Mickey Mouse is shorter than the fireman and looks up to him. This is almost unheard of in all Mickey Mouse artwork. Second, Mickey is touching the firefighter's hand. Mickey Mouse has never in his long history been pictured touching a human hand. The Walt Disney Company has strenuously controlled the Mickey Mouse image since the character's 1927 debut in "Steamboat Bill Jr." That the company portrayed Mickey Mouse in second position to a firefighter makes the image a true tribute indeed."Will ship in the original tube.