The institute was recruited by Disney's Animation Research Library to preserve cels from some of the studio's most iconic films. In 2009, Kristin McCormick noticed a problem. As the art ...

Saving ‘Snow White’: Disney, Getty Extend Animation Cel Conservation Research Effort. The organizations want to learn the optimal way to save cels from classics such as 'Snow White and the ...

Preserved cels for an animated opening is not something that pops up half as often, especially since animation was beginning to make the jump to digital by the mid- to- late-'90s.

ANIMATION CELS are drawings done in parts on a thin, transparent celluloid acetate or “cel,” used in the production of “cartoons.” As computer-generated animation replaces artists painting ...

Cels in the $10,000 to $20,000 range are commonplace. Consider an image from Bambi (1941) featuring the spritely fawn and bunny pal Thumper: The cel brought $19,800 in 1991.

Q. My son received this original hand-painted celluloid drawing used in a Walt Disney production. He would like to know its value, and where he could sell it. –Mrs. Carson P. Stiff Jr., Roano… ...