Heritage Auctions: The Art of Tom and Jerry and the MGM Studios Animation Art Showcase Auction, 40300, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 04, 2026 - April 04, 2026

Page Size: 327 items in 14 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
84151	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	The Stork's Holiday Doc Stork and Anti-Aircraft Shell Animation Drawing Pair (MGM, 1943).	1943	Not Available	USD 159.00
84152	Joseph Smith	The Rookie Bear RARE Barney Bear Production Cel Setup with Key Master Background (MGM, 1941).	1941	Not Available	USD 732.00
84153	George Gordon	The Unwelcome Guest Barney Bear and Skunk Production Cel Setup with Custom Painted Background (MGM, 1945).	1945	Not Available	USD 671.00
84154	George Gordon	The Unwelcome Guest Barney Bear Production Cel Setup with Custom Painted Background (MGM, 1945).	1945	Not Available	USD 195.20
84155	Preston Blair	The Bear and the Hare Barney Bear and Rabbit Color Model/Test Cel (MGM, 1948).	1948	Not Available	USD 114.00
84156	Michael Lah	Goggle Fishing Bear Barney Bear Animation Drawing (MGM, 1949).	1949	Not Available	USD 207.40
84157	Michael Lah	Goggle Fishing Bear Barney Bear Animation Drawing Sequence of 6 (MGM, 1949).	1949	Not Available	USD 317.20
84158	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Barney's Hungry Cousin Jellystone National Park 94" Pan Background Layout Drawing (MGM, 1953).	1953	Not Available	USD 149.00
84159	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Barney's Hungry Cousin Barney and Wild Bear Background Layout Drawing Pair (MGM, 1953).	1953	Not Available	USD 69.00
84160	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Barney's Hungry Cousin Barney and Wild Bear 17" Pan Background Layout Drawing (MGM, 1953).	1953	Not Available	USD 44.00
84161		Barney Bear Studio-Printed Model Sheet Group of 9 (MGM, c. 1940s-50s).	c. 1940s-50s	Not Available	USD 305.00
84162	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Good Will to Men "Peace on Earth" Deacon and Chorus Mice RARE Original 25" x 18" Oversized Model Sheet with Studio Print (MGM, 1955).	1955	Not Available	USD 463.60
84163	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Invitation to the Dance and Hugh Harman-Directed MGM Shorts Studio-Printed Model Sheet Group of 10 (MGM, c. 1940s-50s).	c. 1940s-50s	Not Available	USD 390.40
84164	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Dangerous When Wet and Invitation to the Dance Lobby Card Pair (MGM, 1953/56).	1950s	Not Available	USD 195.20
84165	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Invitation to the Dance "Sinbad the Sailor" RARE Animation/Layout Drawing Pair (MGM, 1956).	1956	Not Available	USD 366.00
84166	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Invitation to the Dance "Sinbad the Sailor" RARE Animation/Layout Drawing with Publicity Photo Print (MGM, 1956).	1956	Not Available	USD 341.60
84167	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Author Preston; Preston Blair	How To Animate Film Cartoons Published Book Signed by Author Preston Blair (Walter Foster Art Books, 1980).	1980	Not Available	USD 292.80
84168		Hot Foot Lights Backstage Background Layout Drawing (Columbia, 1945).	1945	Not Available	USD 59.00
84169		Hot Foot Lights Theatre Balcony and Audience Background Layout Drawing Pair (Columbia, 1945).	1945	Not Available	USD 207.40
84170	Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera	Silent Tweetment RARE Flop the Cat Rough Animation Drawing Sequence of 4 (Columbia, 1946).	1946	Not Available	USD 390.40
84171	Tex Avery	Red Hot Riding Hood Red Hot Limited Edition Cel #12/35 (MGM, c. 1943/1994).	c. 1943	Not Available	USD 671.00
84172	Preston Blair	Swing Shift Cinderella Red Hot and Wolfie Rough Animation Drawing by Preston Blair (MGM, 1945).	1945	Not Available	USD 1,586.00
84173	Preston Blair	Swing Shift Cinderella Red Hot Animation Drawing Sequence of 3 (MGM, 1945).	1945	Not Available	USD 1,220.00
84174	Preston Blair	Swing Shift Cinderella Red Hot Animation Drawing Sequence of 3 (MGM, 1945).	1945	Not Available	USD 1,220.00
84175	Tex Avery	Swing Shift Cinderella Red Hot Animation Drawing Sequence of 3 (MGM, 1945).	1945	Not Available	USD 1,098.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000

Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000

Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000

Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000

Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000