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6/14/2024 - 6/24/2024
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Lot # 50
Group - Category Art - Prints / Lithographs
Lead "HOLD THAT NOTE" ORIGINAL VIRGIL ROSS BUGS BUNNY
Description
UNFRAMED SIZE OF THIS ORIGINAL GRAPHITE AND COLORED PENCIL ON PAPER DRAWING IS 12X10.5 UNFRAMED. 20X17.5" OUTSIDE EDGE OF FRAME. AMAZING PIECE HERE COMES WITH A COA FROM ANIMAZING GALLERY IN LAS VEGAS AND A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY ALSO. Virgil Walter Ross (August 8, 1907 – May 15, 1996) was an American artist, cartoonist, and animator best known for his work on the Warner Bros. animated shorts including the shorts of legendary animator Friz Freleng. Biography Early years Virgil Ross (as he was usually known) spent his early years in New York state and in Michigan, but his family moved to Long Beach, California, when he was in his late teens. This state was to be his primary home for the rest of his life. Cartooning and animation His introduction to cartooning was in high-school, where he took a class in that art form. He started drawing title cards for silent films before moving into animated films.[1] Early work was done for Charles B. Mintz (later Screen Gems), Iwerks Studio, and then on to Walter Lantz, where he began working on developing Oswald the Rabbit and met Tex Avery.[1] When Avery moved to work for Leon Schlesinger in 1935 on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, he took Ross, Chuck Jones, Sid Sutherland, and Cecil Surry with him.[1] Ross spent about 30 years there, first under Avery's supervision, and then Bob Clampett after Avery's departure in 1941. He later moved to Friz Freleng's unit after animating for Clampett for some time, presumably due to Ross' tepid relationship with him.[2][3] Ross would spend his career with Friz for the rest of him time at Warner Bros., with him animating on some of Freleng's most renowned shorts. Of the very many characters Ross animated, he is most closely associated with Bugs Bunny. As an animator for A Wild Hare (1940), generally regarded as the first appearance of Bugs Bunny, Ross had a first person view of the creation of the character. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cartoon Short Subject.[4][1] In an interview, published in Animato magazine #19, Ross recalled how the character of Bugs Bunny came to be. He says in the interview, "We received orders from the story department that they needed a drawing of a bunny. We all did drawings and tacked them on the wall, and the storymen voted on them. We had one writer named Bugs Hardaway, and for some reason, this one drawing became known as Bugs' Bunny. Leon Schlesinger liked the sound of the name and told them to keep it, and that's how Bugs Bunny got his name. Years later, before he died, Hardaway tried to get some credit for making the character, which he probably deserved. But Warner Bros owned the rights to everything we created."[5] He also did a great deal of work involving Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, and many others, including the Rudy Larriva-directed Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote shorts. When handling long-eared characters such as Bugs or Wile E., Ross occasionally tilted or waved an ear in otherwise-static scenes. His résumé also includes time spent with such firms as Filmation (where he worked on the early 1970s Star Trek: The Animated Series), Hanna Barbera, and Marvel Comics. In 1979 he animated Woody Woodpecker for a special scene at the 51st Academy Awards.[6] He briefly animated for Disney (Via Rick Reinert) for Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, for Chuck Jones at Warner Bros. again, and for 1984 educational short "Destination Careers: Explore Jobs" starring Disney's Donald Duck. According to animator Dave Bennett, Ross struggled to animate Donald after animating Daffy for so many years.[7] He was known as being self-effacing. In an interview with John Province in 1989, he is quoted as saying "I always had an eye for movement, and I think this kept me in the business a lot longer than a lot of guys, despite the fact that I really wasn't very good at drawing. When I started out in animation, you didn't have to be a good artist. I just had a little natural talent, and it's mostly just timing anyway."[5] Personal life and death He married Frances Ewing in 1940 and they had a daughter. They were married until Ross' death at the age of 88 on May 15, 1996, in Los Angeles, California, United States.[8] Awards Virgil Ross received the highest awards available in his profession: the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Golden Award (1984) and the Winsor McCay Award (1988). Four of the cartoons he had animated won Oscars: Tweetie Pie (1947), Speedy Gonzales (1955), Birds Anonymous (1957), and Knighty Knight Bugs (1958).[1][9] [10] [11] [12] [13] References "Obituaries". Daily Variety. May 24, 1996. p. 11. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help) "Animation Profiles: VIRGIL ROSS |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021. "Bob Clampett's "A Tale Of Two Kitties" (1942) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021. "1940 academy awards". Retrieved September 20, 2007. "Animato!, no. 19 (1989), Province, John. "Termite Terrace Tenancy: Virgil Ross Remembers". p. 19". October 22, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2009. Woody Woodpecker Secondary source from Devon Baxter, animation historian Denis, Gifford (May 27, 1996). "Obituary: Virgil Ross". The Independent. Retrieved April 10, 2023. "Animato!, no. 19 (1989), Province, John. "Termite Terrace Tenancy: Virgil Ross Remembers". pp. 16-19". Retrieved November 14, 2007. "Animation Guild Golden Honorees, 1984-2005". The Animation Guild. Retrieved December 31, 2007. Canby, Vincent (2012). "NY Times biography of Virgil Ross". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2007. "Clampett Studio biography of Virgil Ross". Clampett Studio. Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2007. "AWN Virgil Ross obituary". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
Name ANTIQUES, TOYS GLASS, COLLECTIBLES, NICE HARLEY, WV CONE TOP
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Type Online-Only Auction
Date(s) 6/14/2024 - 6/24/2024
Auction Date/Time Info
AUCTION BEGINS FRIDAY JUNE 14TH AT 7PM AND ITEMS START ENDING MONDAY JUNE 24TH AT 7PM WITH 2 ITEMS CLOSING PER MINUTE.
Preview Date/Time IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PREVIEW THIS SALE CALL 3049663091 TO SET UP A TIME TO SEE THE ITEMS.
Checkout Date/Time ALL CARDS ON FILE WILL BE CHARGED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SALE. PICKUP WILL BE TUESDAY JUNE 25TH 11-5 AND WEDNESDAY JUNE 26TH FROM 11-7PM AND ANY ITEMS NOT PICKED UP WILL BE GIVEN TO THE SHIPPER THE FOLLOWING DAY.
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0.00 - 50.00 1.00 USD
50.01 - 100.00 5.00 USD
100.01 - 1,000.00 10.00 USD
1,000.01 - 2,000.00 25.00 USD
2,000.01 - 5,000.00 50.00 USD
5,000.01 - 9,999,999.99 10,000.00 USD
Currency USD
Buyer Premium 10% BUYERS PREMIUM ON ALL ITEMS
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ALL CARDS ON FILE WITH HIBID WILL BE CHARGED RIGHT AFTER THE SALE ENDS. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CARD ON FILE IS UP TO DATE AND ABLE TO BE BILLED. NO ONE LIKES HAVING TO CALL AND BEG SOMEONE TO PAY FOR THEIR ITEMS.
WE CAN SHIP ANY ITEMS. SHIPPING IS HANDLED BY THE UPS STORE IN BELPRE OHIO. PICKUP WILL BE AT THE AUCTION HOUSE AT 358 EAST 4TH STREET WILLIAMSTOWN WV FROM 3-7PM ON TUESDAY JUNE 25TH 11-5 AND WEDNESDAY JUNE 26TH FROM 11-7PM . ITEMS NOT PICKED UP WILL BE SENT WITH THE SHIPPER ON THE 27TH AND THEY WILL CONTACT YOU WITH A SHIPPING PRICE. IF YOU HAVE CHANGED PHONE NUMBERS PLEASE BE SURE TO UPDATE YOUR HIBID ACCOUNT INFO ITS HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEIR NUMBERS ARE BAD.