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Heritage Auctions: The History of Animation - The Glad Museum Collection Signature Auction

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Auction Name	The History of Animation - The Glad Museum Collection Signature Auction	Total Sales (USD)	4,043,971.20
Auction Date	August 16, 2024 - August 19, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#7375	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	1597
Sold Lots	1597.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
17004	Ub Iwerks Plane Crazy Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Animation Drawing (Walt Disney, 1929).	1929	Not Available	USD 72,000.00
17246	Sleeping Beauty Maleficent Concept Painting by Marc Davis (Walt Disney, 1959).	1959	Not Available	USD 72,000.00
17001	Ub Iwerks Steamboat Willie RARE Mickey Mouse and Peg Leg Pete Animation Drawing (Walt Disney, 1928).	1928	Not Available	USD 57,600.00
17245	Lady and the Tramp "Bella Notte" RARE Key Master Setup with Hand-Painted Trimmed-to-Image Production Cel and Hand-Painted Key Master Production Background Attributed to Disney legend Eyvind Earle (Walt Disney, 1955).	1955	Not Available	USD 51,600.00
16070	Superman (The Mad Scientist) Superman and Daily Planet Building Production Cel with Key Master Background (Max Fleischer, 1941).	1941	Not Available	USD 39,600.00
17020	The Band Concert RARE Color Model Cel Setup with Master Production Background (Walt Disney, 1935).	1935	Not Available	USD 36,000.00
17270	The Little Mermaid Ariel and Ursula Production Cel Key Master Setup (Walt Disney, 1989).	1989	Not Available	USD 36,000.00
17055	Mary Blair - Dumbo "Baby Mine" Concept Painting on 8.25" x 8.75" Board (Walt Disney, 1941).	1941	Not Available	USD 31,200.00
17005	Ub Iwerks Plane Crazy Large Minnie Mouse Close-Up Animation Drawing and Layout Drawing (Walt Disney, 1929).	1929	Not Available	USD 28,800.00
17023	The Tortoise and the Hare Production Background (Walt Disney, 1935).	1935	Not Available	USD 28,800.00
17050	Mary Blair Winnie the Pooh Christopher Robin, Piglet, Kanga, and Roo Concept/Color Key Painting (Walt Disney, c. 1940s).	c. 1940s	Not Available	USD 28,800.00
17223	Song of the South RARE Key Master Setup with Production Cel Featuring Br'er Rabbit and Hand-Painted Pan-Size 25" Master Background (Walt Disney, 1946).	1946	Not Available	USD 26,400.00
16051	Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor Popeye and Sinbad Production Cel and Key Master Background (Fleischer Studios, 1936).	1936	Not Available	USD 21,600.00
16069	Superman (The Mad Scientist) Superman Layout Drawing (Max Fleischer, 1941).	1941	Not Available	USD 21,600.00
16035	The Sky Scrapper Oswald and Sadie Animation Drawing Sequence of 4 (Walt Disney, 1928).	1928	Not Available	USD 20,400.00
17241	Peter Pan Early Peter Pan and Captain Hook Concept Painting Signed by David Hall (Walt Disney, c. 1940s).	c. 1940s	Not Available	USD 20,400.00
17235	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Production Background Group of 2 (Walt Disney, 1949)."	1949	Not Available	USD 19,200.00
17075	Mary Blair The Little House Concept/Color Key Painting (Walt Disney, 1952).	1952	Not Available	USD 18,600.00
17011	Flowers and Trees Production Background (Walt Disney, 1932).	1932	Not Available	USD 18,000.00
17074	Mary Blair Alice in Wonderland Alice and Flowers Concept Painting (Walt Disney, 1951).	1951	Not Available	USD 18,000.00
17201	Fantasia "Ave Maria" Forest Pilgrimage Concept Original Art by Kay Nielsen (Walt Disney, 1940).	1940	Not Available	USD 16,800.00
16010	Winsor McCay The Sinking of the Lusitania Original Production Cel (Winsor McCay, 1918).	1918	Not Available	USD 15,600.00
16013	Alice the Collegiate Sports Fan Crowd Animation Drawing (Walt Disney, 1927).	1927	Not Available	USD 15,600.00
16169	What's Opera, Doc? Color Key/Concept Painting by Maurice Noble(Warner Brothers, 1957).	1957	Not Available	USD 15,600.00
17069	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad RARE Original Concept Featuring Ichabod Crane Signed by Disney Legend Mary Blair (Walt Disney, 1949).	1949	Not Available	USD 15,600.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.