ARCHIVE // ANIMATION ART FILE ANM-001
Cels Off the Cutting Room Floor
The real production art behind G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Original hand-painted cels, multi-layer setups and gouache color-key backgrounds from Marvel and Sunbow for the 1983 to 1986 cartoon. The first dossier lists pieces that crossed the auction block, ranked by realized price; below it, standout cels held in private collections.
30 AT AUCTION 8 IN COLLECTIONS MARVEL / SUNBOW
// SOLD AT AUCTION ranked by realized price
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01 Painted Background Color Key Paintings, Group of 12 $4,080 -
02 Color Key Paintings, Group of 27 $3,840 -
03 Color Key Paintings Group of 7 $1,560 -
04 COBRA Headquarters Color Key Background Painting Pair $1,560 -
05 Baroness, Tomax and Xamot Production Cel with Production Background $1,440 -
06 Production Cels with Animation Drawings Group of 59 $1,320 -
07 Color Keys Background Paintings Group of 5 $1,320 -
08 Cobra Commander Production Cel and Animation Drawing $1,320 -
09 Color Key Background Painting Pair $1,080 -
10 Color Key Paintings Group of 3 $900 -
11 Production Color Key Backgrounds by Andrew Phillipson Group of 3 $750 -
12 Background Concept/Color Key Painting Group of 2 $720 -
13 Production Color Key Backgrounds by Andrew Phillipson Group of 3 II $720 -
14 Production Cels and Master Backgrounds Group of 3 $660 -
15 Color Key Background Paintings Group of 5 $660 -
16 Destro Production Cel Animation Art Setup $621.40 -
17 Painted Background Color Keys Group of 3 $552 -
18 Color Key Paintings Group of 2 $504 -
19 G.I. Joe & TMNT Color Key Backgrounds (Phillipson) $408 -
20 Production Cels with Master Backgrounds $408 -
21 Color Key Pan Background Paintings Group of 4 $408 -
22 Production Color Key Backgrounds by Andrew Phillipson Group of 4 $384 -
23 Color Key Paintings Group of 2 II $384 -
24 Production Color Key Backgrounds by Andrew Phillipson Group of 3 III $312 -
25 Cobra Commander Production Cels, Master Backgrounds, and Animation Drawing $312 -
26 Publicity and Production Cels with Painted Backgrounds Group of 4 $204 -
27 Duke Commercial Cel $192 -
28 Resolute Animation Drawing Group of 12 $94 -
29 Snake Eyes Drawing $69 -
30 Cobra Crimson Command Helicopter Production Cel and Animation Drawing $44
