Eugene bookstore says Disney-signed book will go up for bid

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published April 29, 2024 at 9:37 PM PDT

Man examining book. — Scott Landfield of Tsunami Books reviews the 1937 first edition of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

Earlier this month, KLCC reported that a Eugene bookstore acquired a 1937 children’s book with Walt Disney’s signature and note to its owner.

The handwritten autograph and message have now been authenticated twice, and Tsunami Books’ general manager, Scott Landfield, tells KLCC that “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” will go up on eBay on Tuesday.

The starting bid is $5,000.

A Eugene woman, Janet Moursund, got the book from her aunt and uncle in 1942, when she was four-years-old. She and Tsunami Books will split the sales profits 50-50.

Note: An earlier version of this story gave the publication year as 1938. It was actually 1937.

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Brian Bull

Brian Bull is a contributing freelance reporter with the KLCC News department, who first began working with the station in 2016. He's a senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and was recently a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his nearly 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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