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It’s a Small World
Brings in Big Auction Results
DALLAS, TX – It took a big bid for the Castle Façade Concept art for the It’s It’s a Small World attraction sold for $66,000 against a $10,000 estimate. The
a Small World Disneyland attraction to set the all-time record for the highest piece set a new world artist auction record for Blair’s work, beating the previous
grossing Animation Art auction. The sale surpassed $2 million, setting a house $60,000 world record set by Heritage in 2018.
record for Heritage Auction’s June 15-16 event. Among Blair’s most iconic artwork, generating top bids was a Cinderella
An important group of rare art from Lady and Tramp also proved popular. Coach and Castle Concept/Color Key Painting, completed in 1950, which sold
The auction successfully featured art from every animation studio, including for $38,400. An Alice and Flowers Concept Painting for Alice in Wonderland
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Warner Bros., artwork by the legendary Bill It’s a Small World ended at
sold for $31,200, a surfers concept painting for
Melendez, MGM, and more, with strong sale results across the board. $28,800, and paintings for key scenes in the 1950 film Cinderella and a serene
Collectors sought early concept art for Walt Disney theme park attractions concept painting for the feature film So Dear to My Heart, sold for $22,800 and
and films. Artist Mary Blair's 1964 concept painting for Disneyland’s famous $21,600, respectively. For more information visit HA.com
The “Great One” of Hockey Ticket Stubs
If not for the age restrictions of the National Hockey League (NHL) banning Gretzky, their most valuable asset, off to another WHA
the signing of players under 20-years old this humble green-and-white ticket team with a better chance of joining the NHL as an
stub would be worth no more than the $20 that most similar stubs bring on expansion team in 1979.
After a fast-paced movie-esque saga that involved a
eBay. Luckily for collectors and hockey history aficionados throughout the
world, the World Hockey Association (WHA) had no such limitations on who private plane that took off without a destination, a high-
their teams were allowed to sign. This lead Nelson Skalbania, owner of the stakes backgammon game (sadly it fell through), credit
WHA’s Indianapolis Racers, to ink a 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky two a seven- card bills, and ownership shares Gretzky and two others
year $1.75M contract. would up in Edmonton with the Oilers.
A mere four months after signing the historic deal Gretzky suited up for the Estimated to bring $1,000 or more in Heritage Auctions’
Racers for his first of what would only be an eight-game stint, making his pro- 2019 Summer Platinum Night sale this stub is the only
fessional debut against the Winnipeg Jets. To put things succinctly the Racers example authenticated by PSA, a fitting designation for
were hemorrhaging money just a month into the season and decided to ship hockey’s “Great One.”
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Brings in Big Auction Results
DALLAS, TX – It took a big bid for the Castle Façade Concept art for the It’s It’s a Small World attraction sold for $66,000 against a $10,000 estimate. The
a Small World Disneyland attraction to set the all-time record for the highest piece set a new world artist auction record for Blair’s work, beating the previous
grossing Animation Art auction. The sale surpassed $2 million, setting a house $60,000 world record set by Heritage in 2018.
record for Heritage Auction’s June 15-16 event. Among Blair’s most iconic artwork, generating top bids was a Cinderella
An important group of rare art from Lady and Tramp also proved popular. Coach and Castle Concept/Color Key Painting, completed in 1950, which sold
The auction successfully featured art from every animation studio, including for $38,400. An Alice and Flowers Concept Painting for Alice in Wonderland
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Warner Bros., artwork by the legendary Bill It’s a Small World ended at
sold for $31,200, a surfers concept painting for
Melendez, MGM, and more, with strong sale results across the board. $28,800, and paintings for key scenes in the 1950 film Cinderella and a serene
Collectors sought early concept art for Walt Disney theme park attractions concept painting for the feature film So Dear to My Heart, sold for $22,800 and
and films. Artist Mary Blair's 1964 concept painting for Disneyland’s famous $21,600, respectively. For more information visit HA.com
The “Great One” of Hockey Ticket Stubs
If not for the age restrictions of the National Hockey League (NHL) banning Gretzky, their most valuable asset, off to another WHA
the signing of players under 20-years old this humble green-and-white ticket team with a better chance of joining the NHL as an
stub would be worth no more than the $20 that most similar stubs bring on expansion team in 1979.
After a fast-paced movie-esque saga that involved a
eBay. Luckily for collectors and hockey history aficionados throughout the
world, the World Hockey Association (WHA) had no such limitations on who private plane that took off without a destination, a high-
their teams were allowed to sign. This lead Nelson Skalbania, owner of the stakes backgammon game (sadly it fell through), credit
WHA’s Indianapolis Racers, to ink a 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky two a seven- card bills, and ownership shares Gretzky and two others
year $1.75M contract. would up in Edmonton with the Oilers.
A mere four months after signing the historic deal Gretzky suited up for the Estimated to bring $1,000 or more in Heritage Auctions’
Racers for his first of what would only be an eight-game stint, making his pro- 2019 Summer Platinum Night sale this stub is the only
fessional debut against the Winnipeg Jets. To put things succinctly the Racers example authenticated by PSA, a fitting designation for
were hemorrhaging money just a month into the season and decided to ship hockey’s “Great One.”
c oi
o biar
F l l a Sp tpor s M e mo ia l A uct n
Oc o t b r er1 8 | E e d e d O n i l n e Bid g
d nid
e t x n
7 – 1
-32 Lou Gehrig Gamme W or n 1 9 4 8 O n i g i r a l S u t d y f o r “ To h Ca ” l l
o gu
a
Yoork Y ankees Cap from The Lour b y N r o m a nR c k w l e l – G t f i e d t o L e g e n d r a y
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ig Collection, MEARS Authentic U mp e r i “ B e a n ” s Re a rdo n
d f r $o 2 6 0 , 0 0 0 S d l o o f r $ 1 ,6 8 0 ,0 0 0
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L ON N OD N S | A A M G K O N G
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l A w a y s A c cep n Q u y t i l a Con g i s n m e s t n i n 40 + C etaC g or e i s
n i t g
I m me d ia e t C a s h A dv a n c es s vv A i a la bl e
1 M o i l l i n + O n i l n e B d i d r e M- r e m b s r e
Paul R. Minshull #16591. BP 20%; see HA.com 52652
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