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
84301 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Tex Avery

Deputy Droopy Slim Wolf and Shorty Production Cel (MGM, 1955).

1955 Not Available USD 915.00
84302 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Tex Avery

Deputy Droopy Slim Wolf and Shorty Animation Drawing Pair (MGM, 1955).

1955 Not Available USD 89.00
84303 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Tex Avery

Deputy Droopy Slim Wolf Production Cel (MGM, 1955).

1955 Not Available USD 610.00
84304 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Tex Avery

Deputy Droopy Slim Wolf and Droopy Production Cel Setup with Custom Painted Background (MGM, 1955).

1955 Not Available USD 2,318.00
84305 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Tex Avery; Michael Lah; Ed Benedict

Dixie Wolf Original Model Sheet Drawing with Studio Printed Model Sheet Pair (MGM, 1956).

1956 Not Available USD 144.00
84306 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Michael Lah; Ed Benedict

Grin and Share It Droopy Original Character Study Drawing with Assorted Droopy Studio-Printed Model Sheet Group of 17 (MGM, c. 1940s-50s).

c. 1940s-50s Not Available USD 317.20
84307 Tex Avery

Sheep Wrecked Droopy and Dixie Wolf Production Cel (MGM, 1958).

1958 Not Available USD 610.00
84308 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Ed Benedict

One Droopy Knight Landscape with Dragon 16" to 57.5" Pan Background Layout Drawing Group of 11 (MGM, 1957).

1957 Not Available USD 34.00
84309 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Ed Benedict

One Droopy Knight Sir Droopalot, Sir Butchalot, Horse, and Dragon 16" to 42.5" Pan Background Layout Drawing Group of 4 (MGM, 1957).

1957 Not Available USD 94.00
84310 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Ed Benedict

One Droopy Knight Sir Droopalot, Sir Butchalot, Horse, and Dragon 16" Pan Background Layout Drawing Group of 6 (MGM, 1957).

1957 Not Available USD 89.00
84311 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Ed Benedict

One Droopy Knight Castle Courtyard and Interior 25" to 68.5" Pan Background Layout Drawing Group of 3 (MGM, 1957).

1957 Not Available USD 94.00
84312 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Ed Benedict

One Droopy Knight Sir Droopalot, Sir Butchalot, Horse, and Dragon 16" and 25" Pan Background Layout Drawing Group of 4 (MGM, 1957).

1957 Not Available USD 104.00
84313 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Ed Benedict

One Droopy Knight King's Proclamation Color Model Drawing with Sir Droopalot, Dragon, and Princess 16" Pan Background Layout Drawing Group of 3 (MGM, 1957).

1957 Not Available USD 183.00
84314 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Ed Benedict

One Droopy Knight Sir Droopalot, Sir Butchalot, Horse, and Dragon 16" to 67" Pan Background Layout Drawing Group of 7 (MGM, 1957).

1957 Not Available USD 104.00
84315 Tex Avery

Droopy Leprechaun Droopy Production Cel Setup with Production Background (MGM, 1958).

1958 Not Available USD 390.40
84316 Michael Lah

Sheep Wrecked Droopy and Dixie Wolf Production Cel (MGM, 1958).

1958 Not Available USD 451.40
84317 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Jim Ryan

Tom and Jerry Kids "Droopo: First Bloodhound" Droopy Title Card Production Cel (Hanna-Barbera, 1990).

0164-8945 Not Available USD 292.80
84318 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Pat Ventura

Tom and Jerry Kids "Foreign Legion Frenzy" Droopy and Dripple Title Card Production Cel (Hanna-Barbera, 1990).

0164-8944 Not Available USD 268.40
84319 Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera

Droopy, Master Detective Screwball Squirrel Segments Presentation/Pitch Cel Setup with Storyboard Print Master Background (Hanna-Barbera, 1993).

0183-9343 Not Available USD 317.20
84320 Tex Avery

Droopy "Going Up?" RARE Prototype/Color Model and Line Test Cel Pair for Limited Edition Sericel (MGM/Turner Entertainment, c. 1991).

c. 1991 Not Available USD 390.40
84324 Tex Avery

Tex Avery -- Dude Beanly Jr. First Appearance Comic Strip Illustration Signed Original Art (c. 1924-26).

c. 1924-26 Not Available USD 414.80
84325 Tex Avery

Tex Avery -- Dude Beanly Jr. Comic Strip Illustration Signed Original Art (c. 1924-26).

c. 1924-26 Not Available USD 463.60
84326 Tex Avery

Tex Avery -- Dude Beanly Jr. Comic Strip Illustration Original Art (c. 1924-26).

c. 1924-26 Not Available USD 207.40
84327 Tex Avery

Tex Avery -- School Dance Early Gag Illustration Signed Original Art (c. 1924-26).

c. 1924-26 Not Available USD 1,586.00
84328 Tex Avery

Tex Avery -- Early Gag Illustration Original Art (c. 1924-26).

c. 1924-26 Not Available USD 317.20
  • 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