“Bambi” hit theaters in 1942. Suddenly Archbold realized he had an original Disney animation cel – a hand-drawn image on a celluloid sheet – with much more value than he had initially thought.

It was later, he said, when he took the picture out of the frame, that he realized it was valuable. A certificate on the back said it was an authentic 1937 animation cel from the classic Disney movie.

Cels in the $10,000 to $20,000 range are commonplace. Consider an image from Bambi (1941) featuring the spritely fawn and bunny pal Thumper: The cel brought $19,800 in 1991.

EDMONTON—A homeless man who found an authentic animation cel from the classic Disney movie “Bambi” in a tattered, dirty frame will use his earnings to reunite with his family in Ontario ...

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Cel animation is the “old-school” style of animating and is what Walt Disney used to film classics such as "Dumbo" and "Bambi." Cartoon characters are hand-drawn on paper in pencil.

Equally distracting were so-called cel shimmers, caused when the original animators recycled their materials. “When the film was being made, the world was at war, and there were shortages of ...

Alexander Archbold says a homeless man named Adam sold him an authentic 1937 animation cel for $20. After selling the picture for $3,700, Archbold made it his mission to track down Adam and give ...

An animation cel from the 1933 Mickey Mouse adventure Building a Building. ... For 1942’s Bambi, the studio brought in live animals to help animators learn to draw realistic deer.

“Bambi” hit theaters in 1942. Suddenly Archbold realized he had an original Disney animation cel – a hand-drawn image on a celluloid sheet – with much more value than he had initially thought.

When Adam Gillian found a ratty picture of Bambi, the Disney character, in an Edmonton trash bin, he thought it might be worth a few bucks. He had no idea it would change the trajectory of his life.