Heritage Auctions: The Art of Anime - Vol. VIII Signature® Auction, 7481, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 15, 2026 - May 17, 2026
Page Size: 1216 items in 49 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
16001 Takashi Hisaoka

The Hobbit Rare Gandalf Production Cel with Key Master Background and Original Storyboard Drawing (Rankin-Bass, 1977).

1977 Not Available USD 9,760.00
16002 Takashi Hisaoka

The Hobbit Original 6-Panel Storyboard Sheets Group of 5 (Rankin-Bass, 1977).

1977 Not Available USD 2,440.00
16003 Takashi Hisaoka

The Hobbit Smaug and Bard Original 6-Panel Storyboard Sheets Group of 2 (Rankin-Bass, 1977).

1977 Not Available USD 1,220.00
16004 Takashi Hisaoka

The Hobbit Smaug's Death Original 6-Panel Storyboard Sheets Group of 2 (Rankin-Bass, 1977).

1977 Not Available USD 2,684.00
16005 Takashi Hisaoka

The Hobbit Bard, Smaug, Thorin and Company Original 6-Panel Storyboard Sheets Group of 2 (Rankin-Bass, 1977).

1977 Not Available USD 2,196.00
16006 Takashi Hisaoka

The Hobbit Final Scenes Original 6-Panel Storyboard Sheets Group of 6 (Rankin-Bass, 1977).

1977 Not Available USD 5,856.00
16007

The Hobbit Bard, Bilbo, Thorin and Company Production Cel with Key Master Background (Rankin-Bass, 1977).

1977 Not Available USD 3,416.00
16008 Don Duga (1934-2021)

The Last Unicorn "Now That I'm a Woman" RARE Lady Amalthea and the Unicorn Concept/Storyboard Original Art with Signature by Don Duga (Rankin/Bass, 1982).

1982 Not Available USD 2,806.00
16009

The Last Unicorn "That's All I've Got To Say" RARE Lady Amalthea and Prince Lir Production Cel and Animation Drawing (Rankin/Bass, 1982).

1982 Not Available USD 1,586.00
16010

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Hunter's Moon" Spawn and Cogliostro 10.5" x 13.5" Pan-sized Production Cel with Church Key Master Background and Animation Drawing Group of 2 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 854.00
16011

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Hunter's Moon" Lilly Production Cel with Key Master Background and Animation Drawing (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 268.40
16012

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Prophecy" Spawn and Jade Production Cel with Animation Drawing Group of 2 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 402.60
16013

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Prophecy" Spawn and Jade Production Cel with Key Master Background and Animation Drawing (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 366.00
16014

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Prophecy" Spawn and Jade Production Cel with Key Master Background and Animation Drawing Group of 3 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 414.80
16015

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Prophecy" Spawn Production Cel Group with Key Master Background and Animation Drawing (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 1,128.50
16016

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Prophecy" 11.5" x 14.75" Jade Production Pan-Sized Cel and Animation Drawing (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 610.00
16017

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Prophecy" Spawn and Jade Production Cel and Animation Drawing Group of 3 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 244.00
16018

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Prophecy" Bounty Hunters and Spawn Production Cel and Animation Drawing Group of 2 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 292.80
16019

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Twitch is Down" Spawn Production Cel and Animation Drawing Group of 3 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 366.00
16020

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "A Made Guy" Medieval Spawn Production Cel Group of 2 and Animation Drawing Group of 2 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 463.60
16021 Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "A Made Guy" Spawn and Frankie Pan-Sized Production Cel and Animation Drawing Group of 2 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 854.00
16022 Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Seed of the Hellspawn" Spawn Production Cel and Animation Drawing Group of 2 (HBO, 1999).

1999 Not Available USD 390.40
16023 Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane's Spawn "Seed of the Hellspawn" Spawn Production Cel and Animation (HBO, c. 1997-99).

c. 1997-99 Not Available USD 292.80
16024 Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane's Spawn Spawn Pan-Sized Production Cel and Animation Drawing (HBO, 1998-99).

1998-99 Not Available USD 976.00
16025 Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane's Spawn Spawn Production Cel and Animation Drawing (HBO, c. 1997-99).

c. 1997-99 Not Available USD 414.80
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.