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Disney Studios - Original Advertising Art...

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Disney Studios - Original Advertising Art...
Disney Studios - Original Advertising Art "Donald's Lucky Day" (Disney Studios, 1939). Good Housekeeping was one of the most popular magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, going into millions of American homes. In the early 1930s, the Disney company decided to feature a single page in each issue of GH to promote their films, first the cartoons and then later their features. Two of Disney's very finest artists, Tom Wood and Hank Porter, created finished art for advertising and publicity purposes, and also created all of the early GH pages in ink and watercolor. The typical GH page contained four or five large color illustrations, together with text, each one based on a Disney cartoon. These appearances in GH were timed to coincide with the appearance of the corresponding cartoon in theaters around the world. "Donald's Lucky Day" was a Donald Duck cartoon produced and released by Disney in late 1938, and the GH page featuring this cartoon was in the February, 1939 issue. Offered here are three of the five illustrations for "Donald's Lucky Day", each one a complete painting in itself. No finer Disney artwork has ever been done, before or since, an opinion supported by the fact that several of the complete five-panel GH originals have sold for over $50,000 each. From the collection of Russ Cochran.Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate of 200-250 per hour. Sometimes eBay Premier live bid software cannot keep up with that pace, so we strongly recommend that you place a realistic proxy bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Also please note that all Heritage/CAA lots purchased through eBay Premier carry a 20% Buyer's Premium.