MICKEY MOUSE "STEAMBOAT WILLIE" ORIGINAL PRODUCTION DRAWING PAIR.
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$2,875.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #215 - Part II
Item numbers 988 through 2613 in auction 215
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Item Description
Two 9.5x12" sheets of animation paper have lead pencil image areas w/figure of Mickey Mouse shown from the waist up w/arms extended and mallets in air. Attributed to Ub Iwerks. First image measures 3.5x4.75" long w/number "133" at lower right corner. Back of sheet has stamped "129" number at upper right. Second image measures 2-3/8x4.5" w/number "259" at lower right corner. Back of sheet has stamped "254" number at upper right. Both are from scene six minutes into the cartoon where Mickey uses mallets to play bull's teeth like a musical instrument. Sheets are both lightly aged w/second sheet having thin 1/8" to .5" by 7" long streak of moisture staining along bottom left margin w/some creasing. Scattered corner tip wear, but image areas remain clean and Exc. Nice images from sequence. Released on Nov. 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie" was the third Mickey Mouse cartoon to be produced, but was the first to be distributed and the first to be shown. It is historically recognized as the first cartoon to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack. Historic Disney animation art.
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