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

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 04, 2026 - April 04, 2026
Page Size: 327 items in 14 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
84001 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Tom & Jerry RARE Tom, Jerry, and Leo the Lion Publicity Cel Setup with Production Background (MGM, c. 1940s-50s).

c. 1940s-50s Not Available USD 1,342.00
84002 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Gene Hazelton

Tom and Jerry "Surgical Benefits" MGM Employee Benefits Manual Preliminary Drawing by Gene Hazelton (MGM, 1940s-50s).

1940s Not Available USD 439.20
84003 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Gene Hazelton

Leo the Lion "Hospital Benefits" MGM Employee Benefits Manual Preliminary Drawing by Gene Hazelton (MGM, 1940s-50s).

1940s Not Available USD 268.40
84004 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

The Midnight Snack RARE Tom Color Model Cel (MGM, 1941).

1941 Not Available USD 1,220.00
84005 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

The Night Before Christmas Jerry Production/Model Cel Pair (MGM, 1941).

1941 Not Available USD 1,342.00
84006 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

The Lonesome Mouse Tom and Jerry Animation Drawing Pair (MGM, 1943).

1943 Not Available USD 1,342.00
84007 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

The Lonesome Mouse Tom and Jerry Animation Drawing (MGM, 1943).

1943 Not Available USD 1,525.00
84008 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

The Lonesome Mouse Housekeeper Animation Drawing Sequence of 6 (MGM, 1943).

1943 Not Available USD 793.00
84009 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

The Zoot Cat RARE Tom Production Cel Setup with 25" Pan Layout Drawing Pair (MGM, 1944).

1944 Not Available USD 1,220.00
84010 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

The Zoot Cat Tom Animation Drawing RARE COMPLETE Sequence of 113 with Scene Timing Chart (MGM, 1944).

1944 Not Available USD 3,416.00
84011 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Flirty Birdy Tom and Jerry Animation Drawing (MGM, 1945).

1945 Not Available USD 6,100.00
84012 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Flirty Birdy Jerry Animation Drawing Sequence of 5 (MGM, 1945).

1945 Not Available USD 732.00
84013 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Flirty Birdy Tom, Jerry, and Eagle Animation Drawing Sequence of 13 (MGM, 1945).

1945 Not Available USD 1,342.00
84014 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Flirty Birdy Tom, Jerry, and Eagle Animation Drawing Sequence of 13 (MGM, 1945).

1945 Not Available USD 1,342.00
84015 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Flirty Birdy Jerry and Eagle Animation Drawing Sequence of 5 (MGM, 1945).

1945 Not Available USD 1,098.00
84016 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Flirty Birdy Eagle Animation Drawing (MGM, 1945).

1945 Not Available USD 317.20
84017 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Flirty Birdy Tom, Jerry, and Eagle Animation Drawing (MGM, 1945).

1945 Not Available USD 793.00
84018 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Springtime for Thomas Jerry and Effects Animation Drawing Pair (MGM, 1946).

1946 Not Available USD 390.40
84019 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Springtime for Thomas Tom and Jerry Animation Drawing (MGM, 1946).

1946 Not Available USD 1,281.00
84020 Bill Hanna

The Cat Concerto Preliminary Title Card Layout Drawing (MGM, 1946/47).

1994 Not Available USD 1,159.00
84021

The Cat Concerto Tom and Jerry Animation Drawing Sequential Pair (MGM, 1946/47).

1946 Not Available USD 1,586.00
84022

The Cat Concerto 1946 OSCAR(r) Nomination Certificate Presented to Fred Quimby (MGM, 1946/47).

1994 Not Available USD 1,342.00
84023 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

The Invisible Mouse Tom Animation Drawing Sequence of 22 (MGM, 1947).

1947 Not Available USD 1,952.00
84024 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Mouse Cleaning 30.5" and 34.5" Pan Background Layout Drawing Pair (MGM, 1948).

1948 Not Available USD 439.20
84025 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Mouse Cleaning Tom Animation Drawing Sequence of 9 (MGM, 1948).

1948 Not Available USD 1,342.00
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
    Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.
    Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.
    Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
    Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.
    Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”
  • Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950