JIMINY CRICKET PARDON ME 1940 PINOCCHIO KEY DISNEY 12fld BG, VINTAGE NEW, MINT

PINOCCHIO PRODUCTION WATERCOLOR BACKGROUND SETUP FROM THE 1940 DISNEY FEATURE. HAND PAINTED AND INKED AND TRIMMED-TO-FIGURE CEL OF JIMINY CRICKET, PLACED ON A GORGEOUS, KEY MATCHING, HAND-PAINTED 12fld WATERCOLORED PRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF AN INTRIQUITELY CARVED SHELF IN GEPPETTO'S TOYSHIP, FILLED WITH A FIGURINE OF A VICTORIAN WOMAN IN A BEAUTIFUL DRESS WITH A HUGE BUSTLE, AN OIL LAMP, DECORATIVE PLATE AND A HAND-CARVED LEADED GLASS JAR.

THE CEL WAS TRIMMED-TO-FIGURE BY THE STUDIO, AND ADHERED TO ITS BEAUTIFULLY HAND-PAINTED KEY MATCHING WATERCOLORED PRODUCTION BACKGROUND, WHICH HAS ITS ORIGINAL STUDIO STAMP AND NOTATION "MB-4 PARDON ME" ON THE BACK, AND "Seq 1-1, Sc 6.2" ON THE BOTTOM MARGIN. ONE OF THE FUNNIEST SCENES IN THE ENTIRE FILM! AND YES, I KNOW I'VE PRICED IT QUITE HIGH-- BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE TOP JIMINY SETUP IN THE ENTIRE FILM ON ONE OF THE MOST GORGEOUSLY PAINTED WATERCOLOR BACKGROUNDS-- AND EVEN THE SIMILAR COURVOISIER SETUPS ARE SO POPULAR THEY GO FOR TOP DOLLAR AS WELL. I PAID HIGH FOR IT, SO IF YOU WANT IT, YOU'LL HAVE TO DO THE SAME IN TODAY'S DOLLARS.

This Original, Hand-Painted Key Matching Production Background Setup has been stored in our Light Controlled/ Temperature Controlled Gallery for the last several decades, and. Is still in Pristine MINT condition, with its Original, Lustrous, completely UNfaded Pastel colors.

Custome Double-Matted and Framed in a Heavy, Antique Gold Trimmed, Black Lacquer Finished Wooden frame, Ready to hang in your Office or Home. In addition to Limited Edition Cels, Sericels, and Production Cels, we also have a vast inventory of Cels on Production Backgrounds-- both Key (Matching) setups, and Wonderful "Marriages" not Key, but work really well together! We carry setups from Disney, Bluth, Bakshi, Fleischer, Filmation, Nest, Rich and Heavy Metal Studios.

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