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Don Winton Pictures and Values

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  • Disney Collector? Do you have the standing Mickey Mouse phone? Winton designed it. Winton has been a freelance sculptor with Disney starting in the 1950s until his death. Perhaps you were a Snoopy fan and had the Snoopy telephone? Yes, he did that one as well.
  • Have you ever watched the Award Shows?
    Winton designed one of the Emmy Awards and the award still used for the Academy of Country Music.
  • Heard of the Rose Bowl Parade?
    Don met his future wife, Norma, when he offered to sculpt a bust of the Rose Queen. She was chosen as the Rose Queen in 1947 and they were married in 1948. They wound up becoming good friends with Bob Hope, who was the Grand Marshal of the Rose Bowl Parade.
  • Have you ever been to a Presidential Library?
    He sculpted the Reagan bust in the Presidential Library, as well as medals sold in the gift shop, he also did commissions for the Nixon Presidential Library.
And there is so much more - find out about Don Winton, not only of Twin Winton fame.
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