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In a break from the usual tradition, Disney offered the Villains Event dies as framed souvenirs, to eager attendees at the event for bargain prices. The Villains Event dies were spruced up a bit and mounted in very nice themed frames, but, otherwise delivered just as they were when in the event machines.
The sale was very different from the public auction of the three canceled Mulan penny press dies. They were not engraved "canceled" or "retired" as were the unframed Mulan dies and sold for about the same price, only $300.00 each! Yep, another time when I was caught snoozin'!
It was reported to ParkPennies that these penny press dies were sold by lottery at the Villain’s Event. After the dies were framed, they were then delivered to the lucky lottery winners. The only reported resale of either die that we know of was the Divas die for $750.00 in 2001.
Both of the event's quarter press machine signs or marquees were auctioned via Disney Auctionears in 2001. The unframed, unchanged marquees ranged in condition from mint with button insert to good condition with a corner chip outside of the printed area. Winning bids for these unframed penny press signs ranged from just over $200.00 for the first marquee in mint condition to just over $300.00 for the second marquee auctioned at a later time.
Related articles:
 Mulan Canceled Dies
Disneyland Framed Pennies.
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