✦ Animation art ✦
Original production cels, hand-painted limited editions, sericels, drawings and concept art — animation art is the fine art of Disneyana, and pricing it takes real knowledge. We have it, and our offers show the work.
Get My Free OfferThe word "cel" covers a canyon of value. Original production cels — actually photographed under the camera for a film — are the trophies, and early ones with original backgrounds or Courvoisier setups reach serious five figures. Hand-painted limited editions made for galleries trade in the hundreds to low thousands. Sericels — screen-printed editions — are lovely wall art worth far less than their 1990s gallery prices. Sellers get hurt in both directions: giving away a production cel priced like a sericel, or expecting sericel money nobody will pay. We identify exactly what you have and price it against real sold comparables.
Provenance and paper matter: gallery certificates, seals, studio stamps and original invoices all move the number. Bring or photograph everything — including the back of the frame.
Cel paint cracks, lifts and separates; backgrounds fade; tape and non-archival mats do slow damage. If your cels have lived in frames for thirty years, don't open them up — photograph them framed, glare and all, and let us assess. Our guide to storing and displaying collectibles covers what to do (and not do) in the meantime.
✦ How it works ✦
Nine steps, no surprises. Here is exactly what happens after you hit send, and roughly how long each part takes.
Name, email, and a rough idea of what you have. It takes about a minute — you don't need to inventory anything yet.
1 minuteA private link to build your list on our system. It saves as you type, so you can start tonight and finish on the weekend from the same link.
ImmediatelyOne item per line, approximate is fine, photos straight from your phone. When you're done, hit “Send to Main Street.”
Every piece is valued against what it has actually sold for recently — not asking prices, not guesses. A human double-checks anything of real value.
Broken down so you can see how we got there. Our offers run up to 40% of your collection's market value — that's what a direct, no-commission, no-waiting sale looks like.
Within 7–10 business daysWe help you start to finish, which includes arranging shipping. This is typically at your expense, but you're never left to figure it out: once you accept, we agree on the carrier, packing and a pickup from your door (if you choose) with you before anything is booked, and send a step-by-step packing guide. On some collections we build a shipping allowance into the offer that is paid with your payment.
Pack it the way the guide says and it travels safely. Stuck halfway through? Call us — we ship millions of items a year and we'll talk you through it.
We check that everything matches the photos and descriptions you sent. No surprises in either direction.
In full, within 7 days of your collection reaching us. Straight to your PayPal.
Within 7 daysNo obligation at any point, and no fee for finding out. If the offer is not right for you, say so and we close the file — no hard feelings.
✦ Get your offer ✦
Downsizing, settling an estate, or thinning the shelves? Send a few details and photos and we'll come back to you within 7–10 business days with a fair, no-obligation offer — whether you're down the road in Augusta or across the country.
Not sure what you have? That's fine — our guides to what collections are worth and how selling works can help, or just send photos and let us do the homework.
✦ Questions we hear ✦
Look for studio seals or stamps, registration peg holes, paint applied by hand on the reverse, and paperwork from the studio or original gallery. Sericels are screen-printed with uniform ink and usually carry edition numbering. Send photos, front and back — we identify what you have as part of the offer.
Honestly: usually $50–$300 today, often less than their original 1990s gallery price. Hand-painted limited editions do better; original production art does far better. We price by what each actually is.
No — opening a frame risks paint lift and mat damage. Photograph it framed and let a buyer who handles animation art do any unframing.