Collecting Production Art

As I was helping prepare items for this week’s eBay auction, I came across concept art for a Viper Mark VII cockpit interior that blew my mind. It’s an Ivana Vasak original pencil sketch on vellum and very cool. After raving about it to my co-workers, I noticed four additional drawings by Ken Rabehl that didn’t have item numbers. Steve then informed me that all five were a set. I nearly fell out of my chair.

I’ve been collecting animation art for nearly 20 years, plus the women in my family are visual artists, so I have a pretty good eye and consider myself somewhat of an aficionado. Here are some of the great things about collecting production art:

1) You can frame and display it at home or in your office;

2) Its value generally appreciates with age; and

3) It’s frakking awesome!

Thomas