Heritage Auctions has put online hundreds of new lots coinciding with their upcoming December 8th and 9th signature animation auction in Beverly Hills. In addition to a voluminous amount of rare Disney art, the auction features numerous intriguing pieces from Warner Bros., Fleischer, Peanuts, MGM, Bakshi and others. Of special noter, a selection of pencil originals from animator, designer, artist extraordinaire Dan Haskett. Below is a small selection of the art going up for bid:

Bugs Bunny original cel and background from “My Bunny Lies Over The Sea”.

Model sheets and layout art by master animator Dan Haskett is being offered for the first time.

Cel set up from Disney’s “Two Gun Mickey”

Original pencil animation from Fleischer’s “Sock-A-Bye Baby”

Original pencils from Tex Avery’s “Screwball Squirrel”

Evind Earle color key from Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty”

Private Snafu from Chuck Jones’ “A Lecture on Camouflage”

A model sheet from Ralph Bakshi’s “Fritz The Cat”

Rare cels and backgrounds from a 1940s Bit-O-Honey commercial

For more information on this amazing auction – go to the Heritage Auctions website. Be prepared to spend several hours going through the lots. Even more art from this sale is in the video below:

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Jerry Beck

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

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