The animation celluloid (or cel, spelt with one "l") is the most sought after form of animation art. The cel is made by the artist, who traces the outline of his drawing onto a sheet of celluloid or acetate in ink. They wait for the ink to dry, turn the cel over, and paint is applied to the back of the cel. After this, the cel is ready to be photographed. Why are cels so rare and collectible? One obvious reason is that with the advent of computer graphics, cels are no long used for animation (the last movie to use cels was "The Little Mermaid" in 1989). Another is that cels were often erased, then reused for another scene or movie to save money (even Walt Disney did this in his early years). Storage could also be a problem. The typical animated film would have 24 frames (cels) per second. That would make literally hundreds of thousands of cels for the average movie. A tragic event occured in the late 60's, when Warner Brothers destroyed nearly all the art they had in storage, because they had no room for it!

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