2020 Late December Auction Closing January 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/3/2021
Offered is a limited-edition William Hanna and Joe Barbera signed, hand-painted animation cel featuring their popular animated cartoon characters “The Flintstones”. The pair of co-creators and animation studio producers signed their names in black marker in the lower center of the 10 x 14-inch cel, with “Bill Hanna” at left and “Joe Barbera” at right. The print depicts the two main characters of the beloved 1960’s television cartoon series, Barney Rubble (at left) and Fred Flintstone (at right) in an operating room setting, with Barney strapped to a table and Fred standing with a wrench in his hand, wearing a medical mask, while a nurse (at left) and two doctors (at right) look on. The cel is inscribed “251/300” in the lower right. The dual-signed cel is mounted in a tan with brown accent matte and displayed in a 15 ½ x 19-inch brown wood with glass frame. This item comes with a COA from Hanna-Barbera.