illUSTrATiON AND ANiMATiON

Lots 356-374

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356* BEMELMANS, LUDWIG Bagpipers, ink and watercolor on paper, signed (“Ludwig Bemelmans”), from an unknown work. 10 1/4 x 9 inches. Property from the Collection of Donovan and Ellen Ljung, Geneva, Illinois $1,000-2,000

357* DEMPSEY, JOHN Original cartoon for Playboy Magazine, ink and watercolor on board. Signed in the lower left corner. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of Chet Suski, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

358* (DICK TRACY) GOULD, CHESTER An original pen and ink drawing, four-panel comic strip of Dick Tracy, featuring The Brain and Toots, with one panel in color. 9 x 17 inches. Property from the Collection of Al Valanis, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 359 (YOGI BEAR) HANNA-BARBERA An original pen and ink drawing by Gene Hazleton, comprising a four panel comic strip of Yogi Bear playing baseball (the Yogi Cubs verses the Ranger Eagles), Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc., 1965., signed and inscribed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera on the verso. 17 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches. $200-400 360* RAEMAKER, (LOUIS) The Century Edition De Luxe of Raemakers’ War Cartoons. New York: Century, 1917.

2 vols. Folio, publisher’s white cloth lettered in gilt, leather spine labels, cloth jackets, t.e.g. Illustrated with numerous reproduction plates by Raemaker. First edition, number 179 of 1,050 copies, signed by the secretary of The Century Co. Soiling to jackets and boards; hinges starting; ends and corners bumped; light fingerprint smudges to some leaves; otherwise the interior is clean. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

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361* (CHARLIE BROWN) SCHULTZ, CHARLES An original pen and ink drawing, comprising a four panel comic strip of Peanuts, signed in the fourth frame and inscribed in the third frame. Lucy: “What’s wrong with you Charlie Brown? Why won’t you let my brother study your failure face? Think of how he’ll be able to stand up in school this fall during ‘show and tell’ and say how he saw an authentic ‘failure face.’ Creased to the center; framed and matted. 6 1/2 x 29 inches. Property from the Collection of Al Valanis, Chicago, Illinois $10,000-15,000

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363 362 (CARTOONISTS) A group of seven books signed by famous cartoonists, including Jim Davis (Garfield), Bill Keane (Family Circus), Ted Rall (My War With Bryan), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy), Lynn Johnson (For Better or For Worse), and Chuck Jones (Warner Brothers).

[Titles include:] Jim Davis, Garfield’s Top Ten Tom Cat Foolery, 1997, inscribed with and original drawing; Bill Keane, Through the Years with Family Circus, 1992, inscribed with original drawing; Ted Rall, My War with Brian, 1998, laid in autographed letter signed, one page; Cathy Guisewite, The Cathy Chronicles, 1978, inscribed with original drawing, and, with Mickey Guisewite, Dancing through Life in a Pair of Broken Heels, 1993, inscribed with original drawing; Lynn Johnson, Starting from Scratch: A For Better or For Worse Collection, 1995, inscribed with original drawing; and Chuck Jones, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist, 1989, inscribed. (7 total) $100-200

363 BETTY BOOP A group of three original production cels from Dizzy Red Riding Hood, 1950. Scene 33: Betty escapes from the wolf while exclaiming “My! What strong arms you have, Grandma”; Scene 32: Betty sings to the wolf; Scene 31: Wolf dressed in Grandma’s night gown and cap. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches each. $300-500

364 BETTY BOOP A group of three original production celluloids from various Betty Boop films, including S.O.S. (“Sink or Swim”), scene 7 featuring a ship-wrecked Betty; Whoops! I’m a Cowboy, scene 17 featuring Whiffle and Piffle shopping for a Stetson; and Bizzy Bee, unknown scene featuring Betty serving from a lunch wagon. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches each. $300-500

365 BETTY BOOP A group of two original production celluloids from Swat that Fly, scene 10 featuring Betty showing annoyance with a pesky fly, and Betty Boop Crazy Inventions, scene 36, showing Betty listening with wonder at playback of her own voice. 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches each. $200-400

366* (WALT DISNEY) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Original production celluloid from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937, featuring a squirrel and hummingbirds, gouache on celluloid, on a Courvoisier hand-painted watercolor background. Copyright Walt Disney Enterprises, 1937 and label to verso. Framed and matted. 5 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of A. Phillip Trier, Wilmette, Illinois $1,000-2,000

367 (WALT DISNEY) DUMBO Original production celluloid from Dumbo, 1941, featuring Timothy Q. Mouse, gouache on trimmed celluloid applied to a handpainted background, likely Courvoisier. Framed and matted. 8 1/3 x 7 inches. $300-500

368 (WALT DISNEY) FANTASIA A set of one 12 x 10-inch and four 15 1/2 x 12 1/4-inch animation sketches in pencil on animation paper for the character of Chernabog, from the “Night on Bald Mountain sequence of Disney’s Fantasia, 1940. $200-400

369 (WALT DISNEY) FANTASIA An original model drawing, pencil on animation paper, of a Dancing Flower from the “Dance of the Flowers” sequence of Disney’s Fantasia, 1940. $100-200

370 (WALT DISNEY) FANTASIA A group of 13 photostats from Walt Disney Studios. 11 x 14 inches each. $100-200

370A (WALT DISNEY) SLEEPING BEAUTY An original production sketch of “Malificent” the dragon from Sleeping Beauty, in pencil on animation paper, with “D-15” in lower right. 12 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches. $100-200

371 (WALT DISNEY) LITTLE HIAWATHA Original production celluloid from the Disney short Little Hiawatha, 1937, gouache on trimmed celluloid applied to a Courvoisier hand-painted watercolor and airbrush background. Original Courvoisier Gallery sticker to verso. Framed and matted. 8 x 8 1/2 inches. $1,500-2,500

372 (WALT DISNEY) MICKEY MOUSE AND PLUTO Original production celluloid from Mickey Mouse: The Society Dog Show, 1939, featuring a begging poodle. Gouache on trimmed celluloid placed on overlay, over a wood grained and air-brushed Courvoisier background. Framed and matted. 8 x 6 3/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

373 (WALT DISNEY) MICKEY MOUSE Two production drawings of Mickey Mouse, in pencil, on a single sheet of animation paper, from the animation sequence “Mickey’s Steamroller,” 1934, inscribed “July 20, S.Q.” 9 1/4 x 12 inches each. $200-400

374 (WALT DISNEY) MICKEY MOUSE A group of limited edition serigraphs of Mickey and Minnie Mouse ice skating. 10 3/4 x 14 inches each. $200-400

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