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Heritage Auctions: The Art of Disneyland - Featuring the Marc and Alice Davis Archive Signature Auction

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Auction Name The Art of Disneyland - Featuring the Marc and Alice Davis Archive Signature Auction Total Sales (USD) 2,521,298.80
Auction Date April 05, 2024 - April 08, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #7370 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 1290
Sold Lots 1283.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 99.46% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
16073

Marc Davis -- Disneyland Television Show An Adventure in Art - "Four Artists Paint One Tree" Original Art Water Color and Conte Crayon on 17" x 22" Charcoal Paper

1958 Not Available USD 84,000.00
16036

Mary Blair Lemonade Girl Original Painting with Signature and Letter to Marc and Alice Davis

c. 1970s Not Available USD 66,000.00
16045

Mary Blair "It's a Small World" Concept Painting

1964/66 Not Available USD 44,400.00
16052

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs RARE Disney Legend Marc Davis's Personal Binder with 116 Original Production Drawings

1937 Not Available USD 33,600.00
16049

Mary Blair Alice in Wonderland Alice and Flowers Concept/Color Key Painting

1951 Not Available USD 28,800.00
17034

Disneyland -- Walt Disney Signed Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad Honorary Vice President Pass

1956 Not Available USD 26,400.00
16035

Mary Blair Watermelon Boy Original Painting with Signature

c. 1970s Not Available USD 22,800.00
16050

Mary Blair Peter Pan Neverland Concept/Color Key Painting

1953 Not Available USD 21,600.00
16031

Alice Estes Davis' Disney Legends Award

2004 Not Available USD 21,000.00
16211

Marc Davis Alphonse's Restaurant Original Acrylic Painting

1957 Not Available USD 21,000.00
16048

Mary Blair Alice in Wonderland Alice and Frogs Concept/Color Key Painting

1951 Not Available USD 20,400.00
16196

Disney Studio Gag Art RARE One-of-a-Kind Caricatures of Marc Davis and Milt Kahl Celebrating 40-Years of Friendship by Milt Kahl

1976 Not Available USD 19,200.00
17086

Disneyland - RARE "Enchanted Tiki Room" Park-Displayed Silk-Screened Attraction Poster Presented by United Airlines

c. 1960s/70s Not Available USD 18,600.00
16034

Mary Blair Girl and Cat Original Painting with Signature

c. 1970s Not Available USD 18,000.00
16177

Disneyland - The Yestermorrow Time Machine Illustrated Binder by Ray Bradbury and Marc Davis

1970s Not Available USD 18,000.00
17091

Disneyland - RARE "Haunted Mansion" Park-Displayed Silk-Screened Attraction Entrance Poster

1969 Not Available USD 18,000.00
17011

Eyvind Earle Sleeping Beauty Maleficent and Prince Phillip Concept/Color Key Painting

1959 Not Available USD 17,400.00
16209

Marc Davis Captain Ahab's Nightmare Published Original Oil Painting

1952 Not Available USD 16,800.00
16056

Pinocchio Color Model/Production Cel

1942 Not Available USD 15,600.00
16057

Pinocchio RARE Color Model/Production Cel from the Collection of Marc and Alice Davis

1940 Not Available USD 15,600.00
16198

Disney Studio - Mickey Mouse Mousecar Award Presented to Disney Legend Marc Davis

c. 1970s Not Available USD 14,400.00
17010

Eyvind Earle Sleeping Beauty Maleficent Concept/Color Key Painting

1959 Not Available USD 13,200.00
17084

Disneyland - RARE "Art of Animation" Park-Displayed Silk-Screened Attraction Poster

c. 1960s Not Available USD 12,000.00
17088

Disneyland - Tomorrowland "Carousel of Progress" Attraction Poster

1967 Not Available USD 11,700.00
16013

Alice Davis Main Street Window Replica, Window Dedication Invitation,"It's a Small World" Alice Davis Photo, and Alice Davis Photo Album

2012/2010s Not Available USD 11,400.00
  • Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.