Unique Zoitiques By Cindy Michalak

aving just returned from the BCOA 2015 national specialty, it felt like I was in a fantasy world. Seeing so many gorgeous dogs was unbelievably fun. I didn’t see one dog there that I wouldn’t love. That sort of put me on track to write about a fantasy, althoughH I’m not sure if that can be categorized as a fantasy or just a cartoon. Lady and the Tramp was one of my favorite stories as a child, even before I knew about Borzoi. Therefore, this column is dedicated to ’s Lady and the Tramp collectibles, fea- turing Boris, the “sad sad wolfhound” of course!

hear Boris howling in the background, singing his heart out about his “Bublichki,” Lady. Most people that purchased this set have broken it into single pins, selling them separately on eBay. Why would you break up the set? The set is valued at $50, although I’ve seen them selling the Borzoi only for $35.

The first several items are brooches. As a child, I always hoped the dogs in the pound were all rescued from there and not just Lady. All the main animal characters were included for this “photo shoot” from the Siamese cats to the dogs from the pound. I have noticed that the larger brooches were made like tie-tacs with the fasteners shaped like Mickey Mouse ears and made of rubber. This measures 1 ¼ x 2¾″. As with most (if not all) of the Lady and the Tramp products, once they were sold they were discontinued. This brooch is valued at $75.

The next brooch, also with the Mickey Mouse backings, shows the dog pound dogs only. What a lovely bunch. Even though there are other Last of the brooches is a 6-piece collection. I didn’t show all of the breeds involved, I’d adopt all of pins that were part of this set as it would have been too difficult them just to keep them together. to actually see Boris. All scenes included in this series of pins Not sure why they state this is were Lady and Tramp eating spaghetti; Si and Am the Siamese “Limited Edition” since all of the cats, Lady and Tramp’s first meeting; Jock the Scottie with Trusty items with Boris included seem to the ; Boris the Wolfhound with Trusty, Jock, Peg the disappear into Never-Neverland Peke, Pedro the Chihuahua and Bull the Bulldog. Oddly enough, (pun intended). Measuring 1½ x 2″ Dachsie the Dachshund wasn’t included in this set. The pins are this pin is valued around $50. done in enamel with goldtone trim and measure 1½ x 2″. The value on this discontinued, very hard to find set is $150-$200. As you can see, the singleton pin (pictured top of next column) has Here is an older ceramic Japan Boris the Wolfhound that has the all the dog characters included; however, some of them were only cartoon qualities you would expect. There is another one similar pictures and not made into a pin. Lucky for me Boris was “real.” to this that has “bumpy” porcelain attached to highlight the ears, Even as small as it is, measuring only 1½ x ¾″, it was still made as which I didn’t include. Either way, they are both cute enough to a tie-tac including the Mickey Mouse ears backing. I can vaguely Continued on page 18 Summer 2015 - 3 Unique Zoitiques continued from page 3 have found their way into my Tramp Dogs. I believe I have heart and cabinet. It measures 3″ all of the dogs from the set such tall. This was not a commissioned as Lady, Tramp, Jock, Trusty, item by Disney and would not be Dachsie and of course Boris. included in any of their archives. There was also a set of the cats, These sell for around $10, even but I was only interested in the though they are not that common. dogs for my collection. Made in Japan, as with #5 above, I’ve often wondered why there were no eyes painted in. Instead it Closing in on the best for shows blank white. It can’t be last, these 2 pieces could that the eyes were closed or have fallen into that cat- it would have been the same egory. The smaller piece gray color. When purchasing is known as a “Marx these shakers, Boris was usually Disneykins” from the included with one of the other 1960s, measuring only 1½″ dogs, and after buying set after set to complete the dogs, I ended tall. It is one of the hardest up with 4 of Boris. I have thought about selling a pair, but some- to find of an actual Disney how I just can’t pry them from my fingers to let them go. The set figure. It is made of hard is worth about $200, and to sell Boris alone is about $50. He mea- plastic. In 1956 Wade sures 3½″ tall. launched their Disney Hat Box series with miniature figurines of characters from the popular Disney movies, including Lady and Hopefully everyone made it home safely from this year’s National. the Tramp. This measures 2½″ and is a little easier to find than the Whether you came home with ribbons or trinkets, we hope you had Disneykins piece. However, it is much more desirable with the a good time. Out of all the specialties Mike and I have attended lovely expression and coy pose. Current value is about $25. over the years, this one is where we both had the most fun. No big wins as we only had our puppy champion entered, but the people The last item is one of my all-time favorites and wasn’t actually in attendance were absolutely delightful. Of course I did come commissioned by Disney. This pretty porcelain is one of a set of home with several collectibles, but you’ll have to wait for a future salt and pepper shakers that included many of the Lady and the column to see those, so stay tuned!

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