Most expensive animation cell in black and white
Who
Walt Disney's The Orphan's Benefit
What
286000 US dollar(s)
Where
United States (Christie's,New York)
When
On 16 May 1989, a black and white drawing from Walt Disney's The Orphan's Benefit (US 1934), depicting Donald Duck being punched by an orphan, raised US$286,000 (£174,390) at Christie's, New York, USA. The above amounts are equivalent to £254,000 or $455,000 in the year 2000.