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Auction Ended: An Auction for Any Day of the Week! -- Hidden Mickey and Non-LE bids only!

Auction Ended: An Auction for Any Day of the Week! -- Hidden Mickey and Non-LE bids only!

MerlinEmrys

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Hey gang!

As many of you know, I'm an English instructor at my university and each day I teach, I wear a different Disney pin. It's always a great conversation starter and people around the department have started hunting me down and finding out what pin I'm wearing that day. As it turns out, the secretary of our department and her two daughters are going to Disney World for the first time this summer and she has been asking me all about pin trading! They're super excited about going and would really like to pin trade, but pins in the park are expensive and, once she found out about scrappers, she refuses to buy them in big lots on ebay (good girl!!). So! I'm planning on getting them each a lanyard stuffed with good in-park trader pins from my own stash, but I certainly don't have enough to properly fill three lanyards and extras! SO! I've decided to have a wee little auction!

Up for auction is the Pluto Days of the Week completed Hidden Mickey set! They're all official, in great condition, and personally collected by me in the parks!



Now this isn't an earth-shattering set up for auction! So I don't expect anything crazy.

In fact, the only specific RULE for this auction is just that: Bids must be either Hidden Mickeys or Non-LE pins and/or Lanyards!!!!!!!

I'm really looking at quantity rather than quality. These are going to be traders for a family who has been so incredibly kind to me (she calls me one her her baby chicks and I call her Momma Hen) and whom I want to have a really good time pin trading without being immediately concerned with the cost. So please, bid some HMs that you've got hanging around! I won't be keeping any of these pins! They're all for them!

OH! And Lanyards!!! I need three lanyards!! So adding those to your bid will REALLY help your cause!

And if you're wondering, here are some specific characters they like, but bids don't have to adhere to this:
Momma Hen -- Star Wars
Daughter 1 -- Mickey / Stitch
Daughter 2 -- Minnie / Tiana

All standard DPF auction rules apply. But here are some specifics:
Only bids on this thread are allowed, no PM bids.
No cash bids.
If you want to help someone else bid, please contact them and bid through them. So that things stay tidy. :3
HAVE FUN!!! This is a fun hobby. :3

Thanks in advance for helping me make this family's trip to Disney a little more magical!

Auction will end Sunday, April 29th at 9pm Eastern Standard Time (WDW time).


~Merlin
 
Anyway, I'll bid:

1 Star Wars lanyard, unused
1 Cars lanyard, unused
36831 DCL - Disney Cruise Line Sailing Ship
10989 WDW - Disney's Animal Kingdom Slider & Bobble w/Goofy
78081 Captain EO Logo Pin

That should be random enough! lol.
 
How fun!! When I get home I'll see what I have. I know I have between 1-5 lanyards, I'm just not sure what I have left in the way of OE pins. Great auction for a great cause though! I hope you get some great bids!
 
How fun!! When I get home I'll see what I have. I know I have between 1-5 lanyards, I'm just not sure what I have left in the way of OE pins. Great auction for a great cause though! I hope you get some great bids!

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! These guys are going to be soooo surprised! I can't wait!

~Merlin
 
I'd love to use these and make a cute calendar set up! Like pin them into a cork board with a dry erase board or something to make a really cute weekly planner.

I'll bid:

1 New Custom Lanyard made with an industrial sewing machine (I think the colors could work for Star Wars). About belly button length on a 5'5" person and can hold lots of pins. About 2.5" wide.


OR

Pin 94922 Disney Characters as Cars - Stitch ONLY
Pin 2864 Euro Disney Kodak-Pluto in Tomorrowland
Pin 17757 DLR - Lilo and Scrump Doll
Pin 89368 Character Hats - Collectible Pin Pack - Princess Aurora Only
 
Thanks so much! And we have our first official leader board!

1. liveinnightcity -- 2 lanyards and 4 pins -- The Star Wars Lanyard is excellent! As is the Figaro pin!
2. PersinettePins -- 1 lanyard and 4 pins -- This was SOOO close to First! The custom lanyard is beautiful and I know they would love the Stitch and Lilo pins!
3. Purplemandms -- 3 pins -- These are great pins! The Mickey/Minnie is super precious! And obviously, I love the Merlin. ;P

Thanks so much for these amazing bids! I really appreciate it guys!

~Merlin
 
CORRECTION!!! I see that for PersinettePins's bid is 1 Lanyard OR the Pins! I think the Pins will be best. But the leaderboard remains the same. Sorry about that!

~Merlin
 
Hmmm, I'm going to pin trading night this Friday so I'll wait to bid again until after the event to see what new traders I have (and I don't want to bid pins I might want to trade). I'll be back! Oh, and a bump for you!


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Woohoo! Another bid!

1. docfish2u -- 3 lanyards and 6 pins!
2. liveinnightcity -- 2 lanyards and 4 pins -- The Star Wars Lanyard is excellent! As is the Figaro pin!
3. PersinettePins -- 1 lanyard and 4 pins -- This was SOOO close to First! The custom lanyard is beautiful and I know they would love the Stitch and Lilo pins!

Thanks so much everyone! You're all really helping a really great family to have a wonderfully magical trip to WDW!!!

~Merlin
 
Hey Merlin, I think you missed something. liveinnightcity upped their bid to 5 pins and 2 lanyards. I know I missed it when I posted about upping the ante.