Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Auction, Fifty Years of Spectacular Parade Memorabilia was an Event held on October 2, 1977. The auction was a Charity Event hosted by Macy's and Christie's for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
List of items auctioned off[]
- 2 Giraffes
- Gorilla (196?-1975)
- Jumbo the Elephant (1962) (Sold for $3,600)
- Carousel (1965-1968)
- Woman in the Shoe (1965-1976) (Sold for $15,000 to Bill Waugh)
- Clown Shack (1968-1976)
- The Tortoise and the Hare (1968-1976)
- Alli the Alligator (1969-1974) (Sold for $7,000 to Bill Waugh)
- Circus Wagon (1970)
- The Rolly Polly Clown (1970-1974)
- Elephant from the Collins & Aikman floats (1970-1973) (Sold for $500 to Eli Barzvi)
- Frosty the Snowman from the 1970 and 1972 Santa's Sleighs (1970-1974)
- The Tawny Scrawny Lion (1971-1973)
- Detective Arthur (1971-1973)
- The Pokey Little Puppy (1971-1973)
- The Golden Hippo (1971-1973)
- Sledding People from The Snowman Sleigh (1972-1974)
- Little Lulu & Tubby (1973) (Sold for $1,100 to Ronda Friedlander)
- Humpty Dumpty (1973-1976) (Sold for $4,000 to Lamar Hunt)
- Hare (1974) (Sold for $800 to Lamar Hunt)
- The Wizard of Oz (1974-1976) (Sold for $1,000)