 Cartoon animation art become spectacularly collectible in the 1980s and 90s. In the 1970s, collectors first discovered that not only the characters on film brought them grins, but also that
animation
cels, drawings and
storyboards were icons of happiness in their own right. You probably know that most original works of animation art were destroyed by the studios that created them because they were thought to be unnecessary! This makes one-of-a-kind cartoon animation art especially dear.
Here at Great American Ink’s Los Angeles, California gallery we have every sort of cartoon animation art imaginable. Maybe you’d like to glance at out
glossary or simply click through the navigation bar to your left? Plus, we have memorabilia you haven't thought of like animator’s screen-actor guild cards, photographs of the animators, production timing sheets, home movies from the animators, art from books about animation, scripts, children’s masks from film premieres,
color drawings and
pencil sketches the animators did for fun in their after-hours.
Great American Ink has been collecting art from spectacular animators like
Mel Blanc, Chuck
Jones, Maurice Noble, Walt
Disney, Bob Clampett and many others since 1992 when we fell in love with the art, like you have. And, there are animators you've never heard of, for example, Thelma Witmer, who vital to the history and preservation of animation. Witmer created stunning
story paintings and story boards for Walt Disney Studios. Or, have you ever heard of The Secret Sketchbook?
Within our fourteen years in cartoon animation art our experience has grown, as have our collections. We have around 8,000 works of animation art at any given time. Animators, artists and collectors from all over the world come each year to see what we have and take some home for their own. We know this art will touch your soul, like it has ours, and we have expert art consultants in cartoon animation art who can show you how to collect and care for your art.
We also appraise art for collectors and purchase private collections. If you have a collection of cartoon animation art in which you think we might be interested, please call us at 800 447 6490 (310 447 6490 outside North America) or e-mail us at  for a discussion. We’re especially interested in hearing from our collectors and other fans of cartoon animation art. From sketches and cels to cartoon voices, we believe it’s laughter and happiness that connects the innocence of our souls with our daily lives.
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