{"id":3535,"date":"2026-08-03T17:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3535"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:42:37","slug":"artifacts-from-gillians-wonderland-pier-are-still-up-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3535","title":{"rendered":"Artifacts from Gillian\u2019s Wonderland Pier are still up for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The vintage Gillian\u2019s Wonderland Pier Canyon Falls Log Flume Bathing Guy is still up for grabs, with a $2,000 price tag.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3533\">Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>So is the 12-foot-by-6-foot fiberglass Haunted Dark Ride Skeleton head, including the top hat and the skeletal hands that once gripped the front of the ride, for $8,500.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Nearly two years after the iconic Ocean City boardwalk amusement park closed down, and with the future of the site still uncertain, 20 of the kitschy and spooky disembodied artifacts from Wonderland remain unsold at Obnoxious Antiques in Burlington, New Jersey<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>John Polito of Obnoxious Antiques said the massive skeleton head and hands are the work of Bill Tracy, a noted and hugely influential creator of dark ride amusements.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Much of the other work is the creation of former Wonderland staff artist Wayne Seddon. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The relics were part of three truckloads hauled off for sale in late 2024 after the park shut down.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The rotating Wonderland Pier letters sold for $10,000, and Obnoxious Antique\u2019s website lists dozens of other pieces that have already sold, ranging from a Haunted House Moonshine Drunk Weasel to a Smiling Pier Lobster in a Trap to the Dark Ride Devil in a Cage. The sale prices are not listed.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Polito is hoping another Halloween season will tempt buyers for the skeleton and the other dark ride props for sale, including a pair of coffin speakers ($600), an animated man in a closet ($1,150), and a spider automaton ($750).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3531\">Phillies acquire NL batting leader Luis Arraez from Giants before the trade deadline<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Polito said about half the sold objects were sold to out-of-state buyers, but the other half \u201cwent back to Ocean City,\u201d including the Monkey Band, which is on display with other Wonderland artifacts in the Boardwalk food court as a \u201cWonderland Pier Museum.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Some of the exterior figurines were bought by nearby Storybook Land in Egg Harbor Township.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Polito says the $8,500 price tag for the skeleton and hands \u201cis a steal,\u201d and would be perfect for a committed Halloween house decorator. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He estimates it cost $20,000 to create. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s heavy,\u201d he said. \u201cThey would have to commit to it and they would have to really want it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Over objections from some nearby residents, Ocean City Council recently voted to designate the former Wonderland site at 600 Boardwalk in need of rehabilitation and will now negotiate with developer and owner Eustace Mita, who has proposed a seven-story luxury hotel on the site.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mita bought the site from Mayor Jay Gillian, who made the decision to close the beloved amusement park his family had owned for 65 years in October of 2024.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mita\u2019s original proposal called for restoring the Ferris wheel and historic Carousel, and preserving several iconic kiddie rides from Wonderland.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3529\">Source: Phillies trade for Mets left-handed reliever Brooks Raley<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two years after the beloved Ocean City boardwalk amusement park closed down, 20 iconic artifacts are still available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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