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Disney Hand-Painted Cel Roger Rabbit

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Animation Art & Characters Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Disney Hand-Painted Cel Roger Rabbit
Hand-painted cel of Disney's Roger Rabbit, full face in a red jumper and polka-dot bow tie, atop a rare drawn background. In her New York Times interview, President of Christie's East Kathleen Guzman said "95 percent of what collectors want is Disney material" and "the truly high bids go toward pieces used in the making of Disney classics." She adds that cels with frontal views are key, since "You want to see all the features and the eyes should be open." In the same NY Times article, Christie's Head of Animation Art Francie Ingersoll-Thomas advises that those who can afford it should buy cels with a background, because "there are fewer backgrounds available." In the live action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence in a murder rap is to hire a toon-hating detective (Bob Hoskins). Cursive Disney logo at bottom right of cel. Approx. 8" x 10" in a 9" x 11" frame.