Here's something you don't see every day. I've decided to let us a few of my SEALED marvel studio animation cases go. Finding stuff like this is basically unheard of.
This is for one original sealed case titles listed below in following paragraph. There was a warehouse FULL! One of most amazing things I have run across as an animation dealer. This case is filled with original layout drawings inside the original production folders. Once again, it has never been opened.
These cases can be absolute gold mines. It varies from case to case. I have sealed cases from the following marvel, animated movie/series: guardians of the Galaxy, avengers, assemble, fantastic four: worlds greatest heroes, Hulk and the agents of S. H, and ultimate Spider-Man and Dr. I have enough cases to last me a lifetime.I will never get to them all so sadly I need to let a few go. Maybe more depending on the deal. In the last set of 7 pictures I ripped open a box from the ultimate Spider-Man animated series to give you guys an idea of what to expect.
In that particular box, there was roughly 28 folders filled with layout drawings. I then took out a folder and then took out the stack of drawings inside that folder.
The amount of art in each folder varies anywhere from roughly 20 layouts to 150 depending on the folder but if I remember correctly there are anywhere from 1.5-2.5k drawings per box. There were no cels created for these series/movies the art was hand drawn overseas by animation companies hired by marvel. The drawings was then used as references to digitally animate the films/shows. It's not for you.
The quality of art in each case varies from case to case. Some cases or gold mines. If this is a problem then this listing is not for you. You could run into a single folder with 50-100. Good quality Spider-Man layout drawings for example.
The next would have maybe 20 and the rest are partial layouts legs. Some cases will have drawings to big to fit inside the folders, and will be damaged (bent/folds on corners).
I included a picture at the very end showing an example or two of this. It's not a big deal. Usually it's just a few drawings but does happen! What you can do with these type of drawings is trim them down. It's a little trick I've learned after going through so many cases. You could also get 2-6 times your investment depending on your sales model/connections.I have gone through maybe 20 to 30 cases myself and I'm being 100% transparent. These cases would be ideal for comic book shops, resellers of any type, comi-cons, YouTube videos, comic book/animation/marvel enthusias. These cases are very exciting to open.
You never know what you're going to get.