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Here is a Walt Disney Pinocchio signed cel we have sold:

Walt Disney Signed Original “Pinocchio” Cel Featuring Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket on Original Background — Signed Mat Measures 15″ x 16″ — With Phil Sears COA & Courvoisier Galleries Label

Walt Disney signed animation cel used in Disney’s 1940 classic “Pinocchio”, the groundbreaking follow-up to the first full length Disney animated film, ”Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Very large cel, featuring Pinocchio & Jiminy Cricket, measures 4.5″ x 5.5″, with original background measuring 7.5″ by 9.5″, and mat measuring 15″ x 16″ upon which Disney signs, “To Gorden Crier / Best Wishes / Walt Disney”. Disney gifted Gordon Crier the cel after Crier produced a BBC program about Disney in the late 1940s, at the conclusion of which Disney asked Crier what his favorite cartoon was, to which Crier replied, “Pinocchio”. With Courvoisier Galleries sticker affixed to backing certifying that both the background and cel were used in the filming of “Pinocchio”. Walt Disney Productions stamp appears on mat, above Disney’s signature, reading “original / WDP”. Uniform toning to mat and small amount of abrasion to edges. Cel itself is near fine. With an LOA from Crier’s daughter and a COA from Phil Sears. A rare, special Disney signed cel from one of the classics in animated film, also unusual for its size. Sold for $12,000.

The following are some additional Walt Disney signed items we sold:

Walt Disney Signed ”Bambi” Cel on Original Production Background, Personally Inscribed to Norman Rockwell

Walt Disney signed display of Bambi and Thumper cels, uniquely inscribed to fellow American icon Norman Rockwell, and on an original production background also used in the movie. Disney signs the mat in green wax crayon, ”To Norman / With Best Wishes / Walt”. Large display includes cels of Bambi, Thumper, two quail birds, grass and log, used in the 1942 classic film ”Bambi”, with the hand-painted background measuring approximately 11” x 9”, framed to a size of 19.375” x 17.5”. With ”Original WDP [Walt Disney Productions]” stamp above Disney’s signature. Some foxing and light discoloration to outer portion of mat. Cels remain in beautifully well-preserved condition, with only one hairline crack appearing on Bambi’s leg. With an LOA from Carl Sprague of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Norman Rockwell’s town, whose wife Susan Merrill was previously marred to Jarvis Rockwell, Norman Rockwell’s son. Sold for $13,401.

Walt Disney Signed Donald Duck Cel, for ”Der Fuehrer’s Face”

Walt Disney signed cel of Donald Duck from ”Der Fuehrer’s Face”, the anti-German short made in 1943 to promote the U.S. war effort. Signed by Disney without inscription in brown wax crayon underneath cel, ”Walt Disney”. Cel was used in the marketing of the short, showing Donald Duck comically shouting into a phone, on an air-brushed background. Image measures 8.5” x 7.5” in frame measuring 15.5” x 15.125”. With Walt Disney Productions label on verso. Cel was given to film critic Merle Potter, and then by descent to his family. Sold for $6,406.

Walt Disney ”Pinocchio” Book Signed — With The Signatures of More Than 20 Early Disney Animators

Walt Disney signed ”Pinocchio”, published by Random House: New York: 1939. Hardcover volume is inscribed upon the copyright page in giant bold letters in Disney’s distinctive hand, ”To Al / Best / Wishes / Walt Disney”. A small note appears to the upper right, ”To Al Parke” in an unknown hand, and 1940 has been lightly written at the bottom of the page. Unpaginated children’s story book is illustrated in both color and black and white, and is signed throughout by more than 20 early Disney animators. Bound in pictorial paper boards with blue cloth spine and pictorial endpapers. Measures 8.5” x 11.5”. Ever so slight toning to leaves, cocking to spine and wear to the bottom edges of boards. Near fine. Sold for $3,438.

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