Disney movie posters soar in auctions at Heritage

"Snow White" poster from 1937 sells for $81,250

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A 1933 "Mickey Mouse" poster and the 1937 "Snow White" artwork both reached $75k. (Credit: Heritage Auctions)

In Heritage Auctions' signature movie poster event of the year, Disney artwork stole the show.

A 1937 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" poster, measuring 40 inches x 60 inches, set the high mark in the auction thus far, selling for $81,250.

That artwork narrowly edged out another Disney poster, a 1933 "Mickey's Pal Pluto," which sold for $75,000.

The Snow White poster, designed by Swedish illustrator Gustaf Tenggren, was last offered by Heritage in 2007.

Disney produced the top four items overall, between Snow White, Mickey and a 1924 poster from "Alice in the Jungle".

Three Mickey Mouse posters eclipsed the $30,000 mark, tied with Frankenstein for the most, though no Frankenstein poster reached $45,000, while two Mickey Mouse posters did.

Only one movie poster from the last 50 years reached the five-digit threshold, with a 1975 "Jaws" poster selling for $18,750.

Matt Liberman is a reporter and video producer for cllct.