Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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The Fall Manuscript, Collectibles, Stamp and Space Memorabilia Auction

Animation Art

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1092		It Was A Short Summer Charlie Brown - Production-Used Cels. Five items: Bill Melendez directed this sixth prime time animated Charlie Brown special based on the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles Schultz which aired September 27, 1969. Charlie Brown and the gang find themselves in school, retelling their experiences from attending camp in a 500 word essay. Offered are five production-used cels, three of Snoopy in his bus driver's cap; the one with white car lane stripes is two production cels. The remaing cels are fantastic groupings of the cast of SHORT SUMMER, most especially the 4 cel stack to create the characters from the entire camp, both the girls and the boys. Opaque watercolor on acetate, each measuring 10.5 " x 12.5" all in excellent, colorful, untrimmed condition. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $552
Lot 1093		Three Looney Tunes Cels From Warner Brothers - Seven Arts Animation 1969. Three Items: During the period of 1967 to 1970, Seven Arts acquired Jack Warner's controlling interest in Warner Brothers and merged with it. During that time the studio's animation department was headed by William Hendricks and Laverne Harding for this, short, three year period of time for Warner Brothers-Seven Arts Looney Tunes. In superior condition are Bugs Bunny, The Roadrunner, and Coyote and Roadrunner, gouache on celluloid (with the dust and blurred leg movement rendered in a collage effect as it is not part of the cell but affixed) each measuring 17" x 14" in custom mattes. Estimated Value $250 - 400. From the Dann Cahn Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $528
Lot 1094		Bob Clampett Original Birthday Greeting with Illustrated Tweetie Bird and Signature. Bob Clampett (1913-1984), legendary animator and illustrator for Warner Brothers Looney Tunes (1931-1946) illustrated this wonderful image of Tweetie Bird, then hand lettered and signed this birthday greeting to 35 year veteran television editor, director and producer Danny Cahn. Another bit of whimsy is the reference to Beany and Cecil (another of Clampett's animated creations later in his career) with the "Beany Copter" over the letter 'B' of his name. In very fine condition. Piece measures 10" x 8½, rendered in ink, colored pencil and marker. Some evidence of handling otherwise very nice. Estimated Value $250 - 350. From the Dann Cahn Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $234
Lot 1095		Freleng, Fritz (1906-95) American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer; he introduced or developed many of the characters in Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the cat, Yosemite Sam, and Speedy Gonzalez. Original pencil drawing of Bugs Bunny's face, on card stock, signed at lower right, 7½ x 10½". Slight edge roughness, not affecting image, due to a former framing, else fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $148
Lot 1096		Disneyana Collection from The 1940s -1960s. Over 20 items: A diverse collection of Disneyana including three vintage original blank US Treasury War Bonds from the 1940s, but strikingly, the back sides were used as correspondence dated Aug. 29, 1952 to Papeeti, Tahiti from Walt Disney Pictures regarding the proper projection needs of their films. From 1959, a limited edition hard back copy of WISDOM magazine dedicated to the career of Walt Disney with over 30 pages of articles and photos spanning his career at the time including movies and Disneyland. From the Fall of 1966, virtually all the promotional material for members of the Directors Guild of America Day at Disneyland including three badges, VIP passes, tickets, parking discount passes, information brochure on The Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln attraction, two Mark Twain Pilot's Certificates to Dann Cahn renowned editor and director of early television and film, a promotional piece dated October 1, 1966 for a concert appearance of Louis Armstrong in a "tailgate ramble" down Main Street, a brochure for a Kodak Camera Tour of Disneyland and small map of locations, and informational brochure for ticket book plus their Fall 1966 schedule and hours of operation. All in very fine to pristine condition. Estimated Value $250 - 300. From the Dann Cahn Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $172