From: Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Disneyana - Auction Pt. 4
Distribution: world
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:26:04 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

Picking up in this part with Items #36-48 of the 1st Disneyana
Convention Auction conducted by Sotheby's at the Contemporary Resort
Convention Center Fantasia Ballroom Friday, September 25, 1992.
 
Comments and further detailed descriptions within [] are ours,
otherwise come straight from the auction catalog.
 
36.  Promotional Illustration of Walt Disney World Railroad, mixed
media created by Walt Disney Artist Ed French.  [Background of train
engineer and water tower has a sketched look, the train and its
whistle are painted, and heading toward and slightly to the viewers'
right.]  24 in. high by 36 in. wide.  Estimate:  $600-800.  Sold:
$1,500.
 
37.  Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World, gouache created by Alvin
White Studio.  [Looks like real estate developer/boardroom sales
presentation commercial art.  Has Mickey balloons sailing into the
sky behind the castle.]  18 in. high by 20 in. wide.  Estimate:
$1,600-$1,800.  Sold:  $1,100.
 
38.  Promotional Illustration of Swiss Family Treehouse, acrylic
created by Walt Disney artist Ed French.  [Looks like an artist's
conception of an attraction and the story behind it.  Sketched are
the shipwreck, floating crates and an elephant in the foreground,
main part of the painting is the tree and treehouse complete with
Spanish Moss hanging from limbs.]  24 in. high by 36 in. wide.
Estimate:  $600-800.  Sold:  $500.
 
[I think somewhere in this series, since the items were not commanding
the estimated prices, and the mood of the audience felt a little more
remote following the Ariel plate excitement a few items back, the
auctioneer quipped "Oh, bring back the plates!"  The audience
laughed.]
 
39.  Plate Illustration from "Fantasia", 1985-86, cel vinyl created by
Gene Ware at Alvin White Studio.  From the Nutcracker Suite scene.
Chinese Toadstool Dancers, including their small standout, Hop Low.
19 in. by 17 in. wide.  Estimate:  $600-800.  Sold:  $1,000.
 
40.  Plate illustration from "Fantasia", 1985-86, cel vinyl created by
Gene Ware at Alvin White Studio.  From the Pastoral Symphony scene with
Centaur and Centaurette.  18 in. high by 19 in. wide.  Estimate:
$600-800.  Sold:  $900.
 
41.  July 4, 1984 Illustration for Walt Disney World's Employee
Newspaper, mixed media for the cover of "Eyes and Ears" to celebrate
July fourth.  By Walt Disney artist Don Williams.  17 in. high by
15 in. wide.  Includes a mechanical of the front page.  [Liberty Bell
rings toward the reader, rung by MIckey wearing Patriot's clothes
and hat, doves fly out, black, white and greys.]  Estimate:  $600-800.
Sold:  $1,100.
 
42.  Golfing Goofy, used in Disney's 1982 annual Golf Classic at Walt
Disney World.  Created by a Walt Disney artist.  24 in. high.  [Can
best be described as a doll on a pedestal.  Goofy, with crossed eyes,
swings at a golf ball on a tee with pieces of broken golf clubs.  He
is wearing a red plaid hat with white pom-pom on the top, a yellow
pullover sweater, blue plaid golf knickers, red and white striped
socks and exaggerated leather black and white Oxford shoes with
leather fringe.]  Estimate:  $2,000-3,000.  Sold:  $5,000.
 
43.  Pinocchio Window, 1975 originally animated for the Walt Disney
World Village character shop.  Geppetto make the Pinocchio marionette
dance in his workshop as Figaro the cat looks on.  54 in. high by
72 in. wide.  [Window display, reminds you of an oversized dollhouse
room, depicting these Disney characters.  Has the goldfish bowl,
workbench and toys, stencilling on the frame depict tulips.]
Estimate:  $2,000-3,000.  Sold:  $8,000.
 
44.  Pinocchio Window, 1975, originally animated for the Walt Disney
World Village character shop.  Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket search for
Geppetto, who has been swallowed by Monstro the whale.  [Looks like a
hole in stone with seaweed, Pinocchio floats with strings, Jiminy
floats nearby.]  54 in. high by 71 1/2 in. wide.  Estimate:  $1,000-
$2,000.  Sold:  $1,900.
 
45.  Vase of Beast from "Beauty and the Beast", 1992, Ceramic.
Created by Brenda White and Jesse Rhodes.  23 1/4 in high.  [The top
rim is ridged like a castle turret would be, blue/slate colored
background, and Beast glaring taking up 90% of the area.]  Estimate:
$2,500-4,000.  Sold:  $4,500.
 
46.  Mug illustration, 1985.  Features Jiminy Cricket, Cleo,
Pinocchio, and Figaro dancing to the music of Geppetto.  6 in. high
by 17 1/2 in. wide.  Estimate:  $300-400.  Sold:  $2,100.
 
47.  Plate Illustration from "Fantasia", 1985-86, cel vinyl created by
Gene Ware at Alvin White Studio.  From the Pegasus Family scene, shown
circling an island on an Elysian Lake.  Estimate:  $600-800.  Sold:
$1,000.
 
48.  Plate Illustration from "Fantasia", 1985-86, cel vinyl created by
Gene Ware at Alvin White Studio.  Ostrich ballerina Mademoiselle
Upanova [first we heard she had a name and this is what it was!]
throws fruit to the ostrich chorus.  [Wearing pink bow on head, black
ribbon at throat, pink ballet shoes, carries horn o'plenty filled
with fruit with one wing, tosses an orange with the other.]  16 1/2
in. high by 19 in. wide.  Estimate $600-800.  Sold:  $900.
 

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