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Eldorado 1966

Eldorado is the second mug made by the Mug ShopIt was also produced on one of the “Victor” mugs.   

This is the last mug at our site from the Paul Fix Collection.  Paul Fix was a prolific actor whose career spanned 56 years.  John Wayne and Paul were close friends and the story goes that Fix taught Duke his distinctive walk.  John Wayne was extremely loyal to his friends and helped them whenever possible to land roles in his movies.  Fix was a great example of this, as he was in at least 24 movies with Duke, at least 10 of which he was given a mug for.  Paul Fix once said about John Wayne, “He was too generous. He was just like his father and that I respect.”  Marilyn Carey, Paul’s daughter was once quoted speaking of her dad, “Do you know what he did? He got mad at Duke one time and threw them all out!”  When I read this quote in “Campfire Conversations” by Tim Lilley many years ago I thought what a waste for this incredible collection to end up in some landfill.

Surprisingly in July of 2018 a group of Duke’s mugs showed up on Ebay with this description, “We have 8 that were given to Paul Fix.  They all have “Paul from Duke”… Had someone struck gold in a landfill?  As it turns out, the lady selling them on Ebay was doing so for her boss who was moving.  As they were going through his “junk” she came across the mugs and asked “What are these”.  Her boss told her how at one time he lived next door to an actor named Paul Fix who gave the mugs to him.  She suggested they might be worth something and put them on Ebay.  You can imagine their surprise when they sold for thousands of dollars.

Sold Ebay

Jul 01, 2023

$3,850.00

“Vintage John Wayne signature “Good Luck” signature El Dorado Movie Mug. Gold Handle
1960’s era.”

01 JUl 2023  Ebay     3850  Good Luck
09 JUl 2018  Ebay     1600  Paul
23 MAY 2019  RR Auct  1367  Bob

IMDB Eldorado
victormug.com  A History of the Victor Mugs

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