JIMINY CRICKET Walt Disney BEN COOPER Mask Costume Original box 1950s Pinocchio

Description: Item: Costume - VintageItem: Jiminy CricketWalt Disney's favorite cricket from PinocchioMaker: Ben CooperMade in USASize: Small (Age 4-6)Box Dimensions: (Approx) 11.25 x 8.5 x 4.5"Color: Multi-Color Nice Unrestored Old Original.Year Made: Late 1950s-1960sCondition: Everything is in Very Nice Shape. Original Cellophane still on the box. Original Price tag still on the box. Mask is in excellent used shape. Some roughness around the eyes.Costume is fully intact but has some stains on it. I didn't try to clean them off. Black Felt Long Coat and Black cowl (probably to wear under a top hat) are in excellent shape. Clean Unique and Solid. Please view the pics to grade for yourselfNice one for the collector, this one is looking for a good home to care for it.Very Very Hard to find, fully intact. This is the only one of its kind on eBay (at time of this listing)Plenty of listings & auctions to be listed. Proceeds will be heading to one of our local effective charities and help pay for my daughter's college books and other costly things.... All who bid/buy you have my deepest thanks to help further her indoctrination um errr, education 😁 Note: You are buying, bidding or making an offer on the item listed in the title of this listing and description above. If multiple items are shown - they are in separate listings. Jiminy CricketFirst appearancePinocchio (1940)Created byWard Kimball (from the unnamed cricket character originally created by Carlo Collodi) Walt DisneyPortrayed byRaphael Sbarge (adult) (Once Upon a Time) Adam Young (child) (Once Upon a Time)Voiced byCliff Edwards (1940–1971)Clarence Nash (1971–1973)[1][2]Eddie Carroll (1973–2010)Hal Smith (1992)[3][4]Phil Snyder (2010–2014)Joe Ochman (2014–present)[5]Raphael Sbarge (Cricket form; Once Upon a Time)Joseph Gordon-Levitt (live-action remake)In-universe informationSpeciesCricketGenderMaleOccupationConscienceJiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the "Talking Cricket" (Italian: Il Grillo Parlante), a fictional character created by Italian writer Carlo Collodi for his 1883 children's book The Adventures of Pinocchio, which Disney adapted into the animated film Pinocchio in 1940.[6] Originally an unnamed, minor character in Collodi's novel who is killed by Pinocchio before returning as a ghost, he was transformed for the Disney adaptation into a comical and wisecracking partner who accompanies Pinocchio on his adventures, having been appointed by the Blue Fairy (known in the book as the "Fairy with Turquoise Hair") to serve as Pinocchio's official conscience. In the film, he sings "When You Wish Upon a Star", widely considered the Walt Disney Company's signature song.Jiminy Cricket's appearance differs somewhat from that of actual crickets, which range from black to light brown and have long antennae and six legs; Jiminy Cricket has short antennae, a greenish-brown hue, and four limbs; like most Disney characterizations, he is bipedal. He dresses in the manner of a 19th- or early 20th-century gentleman, characteristically wearing a blue top hat and carrying a burgundy umbrella. Since his debut in Pinocchio, he has become an iconic Disney character, making numerous other appearances, including in Fun and Fancy Free (1947) as the host and in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) as the Ghost of Christmas Past. Ben Cooper, Inc.TypePrivately heldFounded1937FounderBen Cooper, Sr.Defunct1992HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York (1937-1991); Greensboro, North Carolina (1991-1992)Area servedUnited StatesProductsHalloween costumesBen Cooper, Inc. was a privately held American corporation which primarily manufactured Halloween costumes from the late 1930s to the late 1980s. It was one of the three largest Halloween costume manufacturers in the U.S. from the 1950s through the mid-1980s.[1] The company's inexpensive plastic masks and vinyl smocks were an iconic American symbol of Halloween from the 1950s to the 1970s,[2] for which Cooper has been called the "Halston of Halloween"[3] and the "High Priest" of HalloweenFounder Ben Cooper was born on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1906.[3] He studied accounting and briefly sought a career as a songwriter before founding a theatrical costume business in 1927.[5] Cooper designed costumes and sets for the legendary Cotton Club in Harlem and several editions of the Ziegfeld Follies.[3][5]With live theatre becoming rarer in the 1930s due to the Great Depression and Halloween becoming a more popular holiday, Cooper established Ben Cooper, Inc., in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937.[3][5] The firm assumed control of A.S. Fishbach, Inc.—which had a license to produce costumes based on characters owned by The Walt Disney Company such as Donald Duck and Snow White—in 1937 and began selling Disney costumes under Fishbach's Spotlight brand.[5][6] The two companies formally merged and incorporated as Ben Cooper, Inc., on December 8, 1942.[7]By the late 1940s, Ben Cooper, Inc. was one of the largest and most prominent Halloween costume manufacturers in the United States.[8] Its costumes were generally very thin fabric with a silk-screened image on the front that sold for less than $3.[9] The company began selling its costumes through large retailers such as J. C. Penney, Sears, Woolworth's, and five-and-dime stores.[8] Costumes often sold for $1.25 ($15 in 2021 dollars).[8] At the time, the most popular costumes were traditional Halloween figures such as devils, ghosts, skeletons, and witches.[8] In the 1950s, television characters such as Davy Crockett, Superman, and Zorro were more popular.[3] As parents became more concerned about safety in the 1950s, the company responded by creating its "Glitter Glo" costumes, dresses, and jumpsuits with large amounts of blue glitter glued to the front (which would reflect the headlights of oncoming automobiles).[1] The company banked heavily on the popularity of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, but had to destroy thousands of masks after Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963Products made by Ben Cooper, Inc. remain highly collectible. Collectors prize the boxed costumes with mask the most.[30] In 2002, photographer Phyllis Galembo published Dressed for Thrills: 100 Years of Halloween Costumes & Masquerade, a book of text and photography which features some of the costumes produced by Ben Cooper, IncScans/Photos of the actual items are shown. Condition should also be considered by viewing the photosYou can check the Stores, Shows and Sales. Risk Losing a last second auction, if another one is ever available.Or I'll send it/them from my kitchen to yours for the price listed 🎁🎄🌮😹💗🍻Looking for something to enhance your collection? Trying to find that gift for a family member or close friend? I have over 15,000 listings currently on eBay.Check back in & Save me as a favorite seller! I'll be listing a large number of unique hard to find items, clothes, cards, books, comics, mags, music etc... 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Price: 354.99 USD

Location: Reading, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-02-07T23:10:40.000Z

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