Steve Geppi has acquired The Mad Doctor, one of the rarest Mickey
Mouse short film one-sheets, for a record price, $138,000, in the March 18-19
Heritage Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction. Its new home will be Geppi’s
Entertainment Museum at Camden Yards (GEM), which is set to open this
summer.

“I’m very happy to be able to bring this beautiful rarity to
Baltimore, where anyone who visits GEM will be able to see it,” Geppi
said.

The bidding was strong across the board for Disney posters (see
related report).

“The star of the show was the ultra-rare one
sheet for the Mickey Mouse short, The Mad Doctor, which realized a
staggering $138,000, against our pre-auction estimate of $60,000 – $80,000,”
said Grey Smith, Director of Vintage Movie Poster Auctions for Heritage. One of
the last posters that Universal produced for an individual cartoon, this is one
of only two copies known to exist of this fabulous sheet, with the second copy
in far lesser condition. We were confident that this piece would realize a
strong price, but even we were pleasantly surprised by the final result. To the
best of my knowledge, this price sets a new World Record for a Disney one sheet
offered at public auction.”