# Disney auctioning off original plans? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-auctioning-off-original-plans/788562 "2017-06-10T01:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-auctioning-off-original-plans/788562/1 "2017-06-10T01:56:57Z")
I just caught the tail end of this on the news but I think they said Disney was selling off their original plans for a theme park. Starting bid would be 1/2 million. Why would a company of this size even consider selling off an item like this?? I can’t even imagine it for any amount of money. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-auctioning-off-original-plans/788562/2 "2017-06-10T02:14:14Z")
It’s a piece of paper. There are no secrets on it. And it’s worth a bunch of money. The financial reason to sell is that once Disney gets the money that piece of paper is worth, they could in turn invest it or reduce how much they owe in debts by that much and get a greater ROI than the annual increase in value of the paper. So it’s the financially correct decision. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-auctioning-off-original-plans/788562/3 "2017-06-10T02:29:41Z")
First of all, it’s just a hand-drawn map of Disneyland, made by Walt Disney himself and another guy as they were trying to raise the money to build the park. Second, it’s not being sold by the company, but instead [by a private collector](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/movies/walt-disney-hand-drawn-map-of-disneyland-is-headed-to-auction.html), who bought it from a Disney employee who asked Walt if he could have it. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-auctioning-off-original-plans/788562/4 "2017-06-10T13:50:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > First of all, it’s just a hand-drawn map of Disneyland, made by Walt Disney himself and another guy as they were trying to raise the money to build the park. Second, it’s not being sold by the company, but instead [by a private collector](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/movies/walt-disney-hand-drawn-map-of-disneyland-is-headed-to-auction.html), who bought it from a Disney employee who asked Walt if he could have it. That makes more sense, I never was a big fan of Disney Land but have always been a huge fan of Walt Disney. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-auctioning-off-original-plans/788562/5 "2017-06-10T19:17:04Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > First of all, it’s just a hand-drawn map of Disneyland, made by Walt Disney himself and another guy as they were trying to raise the money to build the park. It’s not even that. If you read the correction at the bottom of the article, it is a\*\*\* copy\*\*\* of the original drawn up by Disney. That Disney-penned original is owned by the Disney company and is not for sale. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-auctioning-off-original-plans/788562/6 "2017-06-10T21:12:52Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > It’s not even that. If you read the correction at the bottom of the article, > it is a\*\*\* copy\*\*\* of the original drawn up by Disney. That Disney-penned original is owned by the Disney company and is not for sale. This make a lot more sense I can’t even imagine them letting go of the original. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-auctioning-off-original-plans/788562/7 "2017-06-10T21:18:00Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > This make a lot more sense I can’t even imagine them letting go of the original. Why? Should every scrap of paper Disney ever touched be considered a holy relic? Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk