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Snow White's Dopey, Original Courvoisier Production Cel

Piece: Snow White's Dopey: Original hand-painted, hand-inked production cel from the 1937 feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."  This is a gorgeous Courvoisier setup!The Crown Jewel! During the course of selling this amazing collection of animation we have had more offers to sell this piece outright (and not put it up for auction) than any other piece.  As tempting as some of your offers were, we had to enforce our strict policy of listing each piece.  So here it is, the holy grail of Disney animation collecting - the Dopey Couvoisier!This piece has done some impressive traveling in its life.  Not only did it start off in the esteemed Courvoisier Gallery, it eventually made it to the J.J. Gillespie Gallery in Pennsylvania.  The J.J. Gillespie Gallery is well known to be America's oldest art gallery (visit http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2000/11/27/story1.html for more info).  It eventually ended up at the Stay Tooned Gallery where Jim Lentz sold it to the current owners.  The current owners hunted for this piece for years, and had Mr. Lentz doing the same.  They tell me they would occasionally see the opportunity to buy one, but were never impressed enough with either the pose or quality... until they found this one.  Not only is this in great shape, but Dopey's pose is very true to his character.Feel free to email us with any questions you may have on this one.  We understand this is a large investment and are more than happy to help you through it.Appraised Value: $5,300.00 Approximate Dimensions (in inches)Framed Picture: 13.25 x 13.5 Matte Opening: 5 x 5.25 Additional Information/CommentsSee pictures and COA for details.