oh shit! look what i just found. a 49 page colour portfolio of neverland (when it was sycamore valley ranch) when it was for sale given to perspective buyers....floor plans and all.....ha, all this for only $700.00
"Michael Jackson purchased Sycamore Valley Ranch in 1988 and renamed it Neverland.
This handsome high quality book was professionally designed and produced specifically to be gifted, to a select group of people showing interest in purchasing Sycamore Valley/NEVERLAND Ranch. "
EDIT : it's on ebay
When the original owner/builder, Mr. Bone decided to sell Sycamore Valley Ranch he sent this beautiful 44 page book consisting of aerial views, dramatic panorama exteriors and interior views of virtually every room in the house, plus three floor plans, to friends, family and past guest including: Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, President Gerald Ford, Bob Hope, Kemmoms Wilson, Fred Hayman, Ernie Hahn, Ambassador Leonard Firestone, Farrah Fawcett, Paul Trousdale, Barbara Sinatra, Jack Wrather, The Bass brothers, The Pritzker family, Peter Ueberroth, Sir James Goldsmith, Joan Kroc, and others. Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney had previously stayed at the ranch as Mr. Bone's guests.
Each book is case bound in brown faux leather measuring 12.5”x15.5” is embossed with a ranch logo (a Sycamore Tree) on the cover. The books were printed in 1987 on Cameo lithographic paper and stored in a sealed, air conditioned space, for 22 years and are in excellent condition.
Michael Jackson loved the antiques and furnishings and purchased the house fully furnished, exactly as it was photographed, with only a few of Mr. Bone’s personal pieces excluded.
You are bidding on one of the 50 numbered books which are all that remain of the collection. All printing plates were destroyed in 1989.
Included with the purchase of the book is a letter of authenticity from Mr. Bone (on his letterhead) and a copy of the $100,000.00 deposit check signed by Mr. Michael Jackson, for the purchase of the Sycamore/Neverland Ranch.
Be amoung the few in the world who own this beautiful book and related history.