Look what a Buyer messaged about their recent purchase of the second best selling 2017 t-shirt design: “Finally someone has very cute Jiminy Cricket shirts! I’ll be shopping more with you!” “Charcoal and Oil – Jiminy Cricket” T-Shirt Buyer, Reno NV.
Holding Walt Disney Classics Collection sculpture Chernabog: “Night on Bald Mountain,” Douglas Rickard next to his “Fantasia Characters” art, at the Castle China event in 2014
First ever Walt Disney Classics Collection piece. From “Bambi” Field Mouse: “Little April Shower.”
“Cinderella:” “A Lovely Dress for Cinderelly” NLE 5,000, 9” Walt Disney Classics Collection.
In this fleeting video report of the day, catch farewell close ups of over 20 Walt Disney Classics Collection characters!
Never have three dimensions captured Disney characters so accurately, as the Walt Disney Classics Collection. Even vintage maquettes animators used as guides, in the making of Walt Disney’s movies like “Fantasia” and “Pinocchio,” don’t seem to have literally stepped out of the film, in both form and color in the same way this fine art sculpture line does.
Mr. Toad: “Blue Boy” 6 1/2” and “Pinkie” 7” Walt Disney Classics Collection Disneyland Exclusive 2000
In 1993 at the start, original animators like Marc Davis were around too, with advice for translating their creations into porcelain. Collectors enjoyed how Tinker Bell’s sculpture precisely mirrored her on-screen pose in “Peter Pan.” And it wasn’t just fairies that received this careful treatment, even behemoths like Monstro were caught by the WDCC artists and sculptors. And we could own these ourselves!
Tinker Bell: “A Firefly! A Pixie! Amazing!” NLE 12,500, 5” Walt Disney Classics Collection, sculpted by Kent Melton
“Pinocchio:” “Monstro’s Revenge” NLE 750, 8 1/2” 2001 Walt Disney Classics Collection, sculpted by Dusty Horner
Douglas Rickard and his Donald Duck drawing of the WDCC sculpture
Taking my framed art up from London a day early gave me the opportunity to un-box and experience close-up a couple of rare Disney “Fantasia” collectibles as you’ll see in this video:
I don’t think the initial Pixar characters were favorable to the line. Woody and Buzz look three dimensional already, and in 1998, better in life as… toys. Today though, the computer animated Disney character has the illustrative softness of those in a film Walt Disney himself had touched (films originally only ever chosen by the WDCC.) Elsa and Anna even look like fine porcelain.
New licensee Precious Moments in 2013 were about to put the WDCC name to Disney gift-ware. It was quite possibly the ire of collectors, that ensured the encasing of the Walt Disney Classics Collection line safely into a “vault” instead. After all, collectors had been educated on the finer points of porcelain figurines over the years by… the WDCC.
Snow White herself awoke from such a state and so one day I wish, will the Walt Disney Classics Collection. Could Olaf’s size and stature be more fitting for a starter sculpture? My first purchase was tiny Thumper. Once I had him home, larger “Bambi” pieces from that scene (with price tags I’d never once dreamed I’d pay) eventually followed. However, you and I can still open teal green boxes from the secondary market and in the meantime, here are a few, fun un-boxing videos:
My new still-life of the 1998 Walt Disney Classics Collection sculpture “Donald’s Decision” is now available in three versions as a Numbered Limited Edition of 12, and an ACEO card!
Decisions, decisions, Donald has a choice or two for you soon. Good or bad, this upcoming still-life art of a 1998 WDCC sculpture will fit perfectly between the two.
Number 1/12 “Angel Donald” 9.5”x13” art print version, and 1/6 “Devil Donald” 9.5”x13” Hand Embellished art print version both belong to Bob from Newark, DE, who took this photo of his premier pair!
It will be the color red I’ll use to finish the next addition to my “Charcoal and Oil” WDCC Still-Life series.
Out on the 26th July, but available this weekend, through my Valued Buyers Club, this sneaky looking Donald will be a Numbered Limited Edition of only six in three versions. And you’d better pray you have “Charcoal and Oil – Angel Donald Duck” to go with it!
Walt Disney Classics Collection pieces representing Duckberg and Hawaii via South America at the Castle China hosted event in Warwick yesterday. Jose Carioca, Donald Duck and Panchito: “Airborne Amigos,” (left), Donald Duck: “Wiki Wiki Waterfowl,” (front) and Scrooge McDuck: “Laundry Day,” (right).
Walt Disney Classics Collection pieces representing Duckberg and Hawaii via South America…!
