You never know what may be a treasure, and if you have old toys, there's a big market for them. Others are also wanted for museums. Thanks to a quick-thinking employee working at a landfill in Wales a 90-something year-old toy was rescued from the trash and is now sitting in a museum! Here's the story from BBC News...
(Image: Mickey Mouse toy rescued from the landfill. The toy will be cleaned and go on display in a museum. IMAGE SOURCE,MONMOUTHSHIRE COUNCIL)
Mickey Mouse: Rare toy saved from Monmouthshire (Wales) landfill
A rare Mickey Mouse toy was saved from landfill after workers spotted it at a council tip. It dates back to the 1930s and had been thrown out by a resident in Monmouthshire, with contractors finding it at a recycling and waste site.
Experts from Abergavenny Museum found that the toy was actually made nearby - at the old Dean's toy factory in neighbouring Torfaen county.
It has now been donated to Pontypool Museum.
Research found that Deans toy factory was the first UK manufacturer to make Disney items in the 1930s.
The firm dated back to the 1700s, but disappeared after going into administration in 2005.
An almost identical example of the toy - the earliest version of Mickey, as he appeared in his debut 1928 film Steamboat Willie - is held within the collections of the V&A Museum in London.
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