Animation community, Sotheby’s announces the auction of fundraising
Animaid, a fundraising campaign that is launched to support members of the animation community that were hit by the forest fires in Los Angeles, starts an online auction with Sotheby’s with rare and unique pieces of animation history.
This includes original drawings, paintings, animation cells and model figures bound by animation films and series, including “Snow White”, “The Simpsons”, “Inside Out”, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”, “The Wild Robot” and “Beauty and the Beast.” These items were donated by studios, including The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers, Dreamworks Animation, Sony Pictures Animation and Paramount.
De Art of Animation-veiling bevat ook ervaringen, bijvoorbeeld de mogelijkheid om een klein personage te uiten in Sony Pictures Animation’s aankomende theatrale functie “Goat” of ontvangt een aangepast karakterontwerp en originele tekening door Nico Marlet, de Annie Award-winnende karakterontwerper achter Dreamworks Animation’s “How To Train Your Dragon”, “Kung Fu Panda” en “The Prince of Egypt. ” Also at an auction, tours will be through animation studios such as Disney, Sony, Dreamworks and Lucasfilm, as well as a peanut experience with a tour of director by the Charles M. Schulz Museum and the private studio of Schultz.
Animaid was formed by Animated Film Society Asifa-Hollywood (the group behind the Annie Awards, where the fundraising campaign was launched in collaboration with talent and studios in the animation industry.
Highlights of the auction are a black and white story sketch from 1935’s ‘Tortoise and the Hare’; 3D-printed Pinocchio faces that are used in the establishment of the 2022 Academy Award winner “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio;” and a colored pencil drawing from Woody and Buzz Lightyear, made to take advantage of Animaid and the 30 -year anniversary of Disney and Pixar’s Toy story edition. Estimates for these items vary from $ 500 to more than $ 25,000.
Many of these pieces will be on display at Sotheby’s New York Galleries from 11-15 April, with the auction open for online offering from April 23, April.
“Animaid is a powerful memory of the unity and compassion that our animation community defines,” said Aubry Mintz, executive director of Animaid and ASIFA-Hollywood. “While we are confronted with the devastating aftermath of the forest fires, this initiative enables us not only to come together to offer essential lighting, but also to honor the artists and professionals who have given so much to the world of animation. We are deeply grateful for the generous support of animal history, and we have been relocated to share.”
