My Lion King Forum

I was wondering if any of you had heard of this before. Apparently, 256 pieces of original production art from The Lion King was auctioned off in February 1995.

[spoiler=image courtesy of the los angeles daily news archives][/spoiler]

The sale was a huge success, bringing in around $2 million dollars that all went to charity. Each piece of art cost somewhere in the $25,000 range.

[spoiler=image courtesy of newspaperarchive.com][/spoiler]

I also was wondering if anyone had the catalog they sold (copies were available for $25). You can find them listed on Ebay and Amazon, but I have only seen shots of the cover. I haven't been able to tell what pictures were sold.


CNN's Archives had a brief videoclip of the day of the auction. It at least gives a few images. I uploaded it to Youtube and apologize in advance for the watermark.
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Does anyone happen to own the catalog? Or maybe even had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend the event?

Never heard of this until today.

Wonder how much those pieces of art go for now?

I never heard of this eather.

I love the Simba figure at the end of the clip!

Nope never heard of this. I wasn't even born so there's no way I could of gone. It would probably of been an amazing experience though.

I love the art, the figure of Simba at the end is so cute and it's the most detailed figure I've seen so far.

Unfortunately, no; I was one-year-old when the auction took place. Never heard about until now.

[quote="TheLionPrince"]Unfortunately, no; I was one-year-old when the auction took place. Never heard about until now.[/quote]

I also would have been one years old. And three thousand miles away.