Cookie Jar Guide
Mickey and Minnie make such a lovely husband and wife here is a version of Minnies latest latest jewelry.
Minnie is so lovely and her pals are always jealous about the playthings that Mickey always bestows on her
I think that Minnie will cook a special dinner tonight
Cookie Jar Guide
Remember Your Grandma and those delicious Cookies she used to make?
And how sweet she was pretending not to notice when you took two instead of one !
Even now just the sight of a cookie jar makes my mouth water. I can still taste her cookies and smell that delicious smell drifting from the Kitchen.
Many cookie jar collectors would be so jealous of those antique cookie jars she kept the treats inside.
Cookie Jars of course originated in England and were originally used to store and keep crisp the spiced and honeyed biscuits from earlier times.
In the 20th Century Cookie Jars really became a craze to collect – especially when Walt Disney began promoting Mickey Mouse and the combination of cookies and Mickey Mouse became quite irresistible to a whole generation of American and worldwide children.
Those early Mickey and Minnie jars are still avidly snapped up by cookie jar collectors (and I suspect still used to store cookies for new generations of kids.)
The most valuable Cookie jars for collectors are ones featuring early movie characters.
Cartoon characters like Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Clarabelle, Betty Boop, Donald Duck and the whole panoply of Disney favourites and other popular characters like Felix the Cat are very collectable and have all graced the Jars as have many famous early movie stars and more recently film stars and entertainers like Elvis Presley, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.
A whole fleet of Superheroes fiercely face unknown daners from the front of Grannies Cupboard including Superman, Batman and right up to date heroes are still being collected.
These are some of the cookie jars worth looking out for:
Jars from Dsney
All major characters
Quaker Oats
Aunt Jemima
Vandor Beatles or Elvis Jars
Uncle Sam jars
Nightmare before Christmas is a modern favourite
Nursery Rhyme and fairy tale cookie jars make a lovely display
Disney Princess Jars are really popular
Modern Film Heroes like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean are collectable but many have been sold.
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 Disney Themed Cookie Jar Salt Pepper Shakers  US $8.05
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 DISNEY CINDERELLAS SLIPPER COOKIE JAR US $9.99
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 Villian Cookie Jar by Disney US $74.99
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Some major collections have been sold at auction – Andy Warhols collection sold for $250,000 and he bought at regular stores ,flea markets and yard sales.(that must have been quite a sight - Andy Warhol with an armful of Disney Princesses !)- actually . I wonder if he signed any of them ?
Here are some average recent Cookie Jar auction Prices :
Mickey Mouse Fireman $25
Minnie Mouse $ 35
Donald Duck $20
Pluto Dining $150
Snow White $38
Lady and the Tramp $60
Haunted Mansion $90
Coca Cola $9
John Wayne $55
Snoopy $32
Dr Seuss Cat $35
Tazmanian Devil $15
Vintage Old King Cole $325
Vintage Pig $50
Shawnee Smiley Pig $15
Puppy Hound Dog $10
McCoy Mammy Jar $52
Vintage Kraft Bear $20
King Frog $30
Starwars R2D2 $100
Cat Treats $4
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 Disneys MICKEY MOUSE AS PUMPKIN COOKIE JAR MIB CUTE US $65.00
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 Disney Mickey Mouse Chefs Head Cookie Jar US $16.00
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 Disney Cookie Candy Jar With Mickey Minnie Donald US $10.00
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Auction prices are usually higher than prices in fleamarkets,yard sales , car boot sales.
Vintage Cookie Jars are nearly always more expensive
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Most Popular sections for collectors are :
Disney
Cats
Pigs
McCoy brand
Vintage Jars
Shawnee Jars
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