Disney Animation Cels

Q I’m writing on behalf of the owner of 46 original Disney animation cels he wants to sell. Most are in frames, a few are comics drawings. Most of the cels were purchased during the mid 1990s from Christie’s and Sotheby’s.

A Early animation cels, original sketches, and painted drawings on celluloid used to make animated cartoons made by the Walt Disney Studios and other studios are popular with collectors. Modern animated cartoons are made using computer-generated pictures. Some of these are being produced as cels to be sold to collectors but are not popular with collectors. Early cels were hand colored, not mechanical copies. Your originals should be easy to sell but prices are lower now than they were a few years ago. The owner should contact the auction houses he bought them from to see if they will sell them. If not, ask online or at shops that do sell them . Cels bring $100 to $500 today. Cels with well-known figures like Donald Duck, cels with studio backgrounds, or authentic autographs get the best prices.