Celuloids, more commonly known as cels, were necessary for creating animated films during Disney’s Golden Age before digital processes dominated. Each cel was meticulously created by hand to capture a character’s movement frame by frame. Cels have become highly collectible since the animation field began transitioning to digital animation in the 1990s. We’ve sold a…
Animation cels were originally trashed once filming concluded until Disney realized their potential and sold them at studio gift shops during the 1930s and 1940s. The shift from traditional animation techniques using cels to digital animation has greatly increased their value among collectors. Each Disney cel is a carefully hand-painted piece of animation history and…
Animation pioneer Walt Disney is remembered fondly for his countless film contributions. “Steamboat Willie” (1928) was one of the first cartoons to synchronize sound with animation and the Walt Disney “Silly Symphonies” short “Flowers and Trees” from 1932 was the first animated film to win an Academy Award. At Nate D. Sanders Auctions we’ve had the…
FREE VALUATION. If you are looking to auction, buy, consign or sell Walt Disney cels, please email [email protected] or call the Nate D. Sanders Auction House (http://www.NateDSanders.com) at (310) 440-2982. Disney Cels For current Walt Disney auctions, please click here. Though Disney stopped using their celluloid process to animate their films in 1990 with the advent of computer…