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For over 40 years, S/R Lab Listing auctions have brought collectors the FINEST in animation art. This is just a sample of images from previous auctions.
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Lab Listings Auctions

For over 40 years, S/R Lab Listing auctions have brought collectors the FINEST in animation art. This is just a sample of images from previous auctions.

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Lamination failure? This one’s for you!
A lot of cels had been laminated in 70s and 80s as part of the Disney Original Art Program and they were beginning to have problems as early as the...
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Lamination failure? This one’s for you!
IS IT WORTH RESTORING?
“Is it worth restoring?” That is the single question we are asked with increasing frequency about all types of animation art. The answer isn’t as e...
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IS IT WORTH RESTORING?
Can you? WE CAN!
It’s no secret that since 1977, S/R Laboratories has been renowned for out expert in animation art, restoration, and conservation. But you wi...
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Can you? WE CAN!
WHAT WAS WAS AND, CONTRARIWISE, WHAT ISN’T ISN’T
The oldest cels we were focused on in 1976 and 1977, when S/R began, were already more than 50 years past their prime. It wasn’t until the 19...
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WHAT WAS WAS AND, CONTRARIWISE, WHAT ISN’T ISN’T
HOW DO WE KNOW OUR COLORS ARE ACCURATE?
Color is a fascinating and sometimes confounding subject. Colors come from many sources. Some are derived from minerals found in the earth, some fr...
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HOW DO WE KNOW OUR COLORS ARE ACCURATE?
CELS ARE MADE OF WONDER STUFF
A BRIEF HISTORY In 1872, the Celluloid Manufacturing Company opened in Newark, New Jersey, where the first man-made plastic, called Celluloid, was ...
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CELS ARE MADE OF WONDER STUFF
DISNEY PAINT COLORS FROM CEL TO SCREEN OR WHY IS ALICE’S HAIR GREEN?
Disney, unlike other studios, made their own animation paint until 1985, when The Black Cauldron was released as the last film to be made with the ...
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DISNEY PAINT COLORS FROM CEL TO SCREEN OR WHY IS ALICE’S HAIR GREEN?
Part 5 – Last, But Not Least…
Even though computers are part of our everyday life today, many people still have an uneasy feeling about them. Much of that feeling, incidentally,...
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Part 5 – Last, But Not Least…
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The First Name in Disney Art

When animation art once again began its stellar climb to fame in 1984, S/R Laboratories Animation Art Conservation Center director Ron Stark was already well familiar with the Courvoisier name. He was quick to recognize that for nearly 40 years the name of the once-famous art distributor had lain quietly in history’s memory and might be reactivated in order to bring attention to S/R, the only facility in the world able to service the famous artwork the long-gone gallery had represented so well. In 1997, with the encouragement of the Walt Disney Company, S/R Labs became the new owner of the Courvoisier Galleries name and trademark.