The Bob Clampett Collection Session 2 2025-03-23 Auction - 545 Price Results - Van Eaton Galleries in CA - Page 2
A “What’s Cookin’ Doc?" Production Cel and Background.A Bugs Bunny on the Warner Brothers Shield Drawing.The "Horton Hatches the Egg" Original Title Cel and Background.
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Studio City, CA, United States
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The Bob Clampett Collection Session 2

Van Eaton Galleries proudly presents The Bob Clampett Auction, an incredible two-day event featuring the collection of one of animation?s most influential artists! Over 950 lots are up for auction, including animation art from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies classics, original puppets from ?Time for Beany,? Beany and Cecil merchandise, a Charlie McCarthy stop-motion armature, and even rare photos of Walt Disney. Clampett created or refined Warner Bros.? most beloved cartoon characters of all time: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Tweety Bird. He collaborated with famed author Edgar Rice Burroughs on a never-produced John Carter of Mars animated serial, art from which is included in this auction. A young Clampett even helped his aunt Charlotte Clark create the very first Mickey Mouse doll! Many of the shorts Clampett directed are considered among the looniest and greatest ever, including ?Porky in Wackyland,? ?The Great Piggy Bank Robbery,? ?Tortoise Wins by a Hare,? and the ?Fantasia? spoof ?A Corny Concerto.? He created the Emmy-winning puppet show ?Time for Beany,? which counted Albert Einstein among its fans, and its animated successor ?Beany and Cecil,? both rife with Clampett?s love of puns and topical humor. Not only was Clampett a talented artist, he was a collector. Clampett preserved countless pieces of his own work and kept many of the books and artwork that inspired him as a child. We at Van Eaton Galleries consider ourselves lucky to be able to offer these treasures up for auction to the public.
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A Bob Clampett 1942 Schlesinger Employee Card.: (Schlesinger, 1942) A Bob Clampett employee card for Leon Schlesinger Productions, dated March 13, 1942. This was a significant year for Clampett, as he directed classic films such as “A Tale of
0465: A Bob Clampett 1942 Schlesinger Employee Card.Est. $200-$400
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Three Bob Clampett Holiday Cards.: (Clampett, 1930s-40s) Three holiday cards from Bob Clampett. Included are a rhyming poem “from Bugs Bunny and Bob Clampett,” a card featuring original art of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig
0467: Three Bob Clampett Holiday Cards.Est. $200-$400
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A Bob Clampett on Motorcycle Christmas Card.: (Schlesinger, 1940s) A hand-painted Christmas card to Bob Clampett of him riding a motorcycle, signed by 17 of his colleagues at Leon Schlesinger Productions. Signatures include Bill Melendez, who
0469: A Bob Clampett on Motorcycle Christmas Card.Est. $600-$800
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A 1940s Studio Christmas Party Group Photo.: (Schlesinger, 1940s) A group photo taken at a 1940s Schlesinger Productions Christmas party. Bugs Bunny can just be made out as the angel on top of the tree, and a number of attendees are dressed in
0470: A 1940s Studio Christmas Party Group Photo.Est. $200-$400
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A 1943 Christmas Card to Bob Clampett.: (Schlesinger, 1943) A hand-drawn Christmas card to Bob Clampett, signed by 15 of his colleagues at Leon Schlesinger Productions. Signatures include Bill Melendez, who later produced Peanuts animated
0472: A 1943 Christmas Card to Bob Clampett.Est. $600-$800
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“The Mooch of Time" Gag Title Cel and Background.: (Clampett, 1940s) A title card cel and background for “The Mooch of Time” parodying “The March of Time,” a popular series of newsreels shown in theaters, often alongside the Warner
0473: “The Mooch of Time" Gag Title Cel and Background.Est. $800-$1,000
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Original Wrigley's Gum Advertisement Art.: (Schlesinger, 1940s) Original artwork for proposed new Juicy Fruit, Spearmint, and Doublemint characters for Wrigley’s gum advertisements. Accomplished in mixed media, the art has a character image
0474: Original Wrigley's Gum Advertisement Art.Est. $300-$500
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Original Doublemint Gum Advertisement Art.: (Schlesinger, 1940s) Original artwork for proposed new characters for Wrigley’s gum advertisements. Accomplished in mixed media, the art has a character image size of 9.5” x 8” on
0475: Original Doublemint Gum Advertisement Art.Est. $300-$500
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A Looney Tunes Logo Drawing.: (Leon Schlesinger Productions, 1939) An original drawing of the final version of the Looney Tunes logo. The blocky, skewed letters of the logo originally seen in the first Looney Tunes short,
0477: A Looney Tunes Logo Drawing.Est. $300-$500
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An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Layout Drawing.: (1930s-1940s) A layout drawing from an unknown production based on the nursery rhyme "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.” With an image size of 7.75” x 10.5” on 9.75”
0480: An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Layout Drawing.Est. $300-$500
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A Collection of Original Model Drawings.: (Warner Bros., 1940s) A collection of 12 pages of original model drawings for a chicken, rooster, and horse characters from an unknown cartoon production. Measuring 9.5” x 12”, the
0482: A Collection of Original Model Drawings.Est. $400-$600
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A Script for "Cross Country Detours.": (Schlesinger, 1940) A four-page script for the animated short “Cross Country Detours,” a comedic take on nature documentaries written by Rich Hogan. Ranging in size from 8.5” x
0483: A Script for "Cross Country Detours."Est. $200-$400
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A “Tokio Jokio" Layout Drawing.: (Schlesinger, 1943) An original layout drawing from the World War II propaganda film “Tokio Jokio.” This is the interior of a submarine, where the workers in the distance are shown in the
0484: A “Tokio Jokio" Layout Drawing.Est. $300-$500