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Choice Collectibles
20-26 Industrial Av.
Fairview NJ 07022

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Choice Collectibles Guarantee: All artwork comes with a certificate of authenticity. Choice Collectibles Gallery is proud to unconditionally guarantee everything you buy from us. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, you may return it to us for a prompt exchange or refund. Please see return policy below.

Order Processing: Orders will ship within 5 business days on un-framed items, 10 business days for framed items. Call us if you need your item faster than that pending credit card verification or check/money order clearance. Back or special orders require additional time for processing. We will notify you via e-mail of the expected ship date and the actual date your order is shipped.

Payment options: Credit Cards that we accept:
Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover

International Orders: All prices are US Dollars. The exchange rate will be calculated by your credit card company and included in your statement. Shipping will be FEDEX global, please email for rates.

Duties and Taxes: If assessed, these fees are the responsibility of the package recipient, who will be billed by a local customs office. Please keep this in mind when shipping a gift to a destination outside of the U.S

Layaway Policies: If you have not paid for the layaway in full within the layaway term , the layaway will be considered to be forfeited. Returned Layaway purchases have a 20% restocking fee.

Sales Tax: We are required by law to collect sales tax on orders delivered to a New Jersey State address.

Shipping and Handling: Our standard shipping is FEDEX, rates are calculated online by FEDEX. The cost is based on the weight of your purchase, plus a small handling fee. We believe this to be the most economical and secure way to deliver your purchase. Shipping to Alaska and Hawaii is an additional cost of $15.00 dollars.

*Oversized shipments based on size and destination. *Overseas shipments based on our net cost; Duty fees not included.

Shipping Restrictions: We can not ship to APO/FPO, P.O. Box addresses.

How to Return Your Purchase: Any problems with the condition of your purchase? Please keep the original packaging, and email us at allanimationllc@yahoo.com We will give you a return authorization number to put on the box, and send a call tag to pick up the package. Simply tape it up, and adhere the enclosed return address label.

Damage Items: If item(s) got damage during the shipping process please send the item back within 7 days of the item being sent.

Return Policys: Return any item to us in good condition within 30 days of receipt for a refund. After the 30 days you only would be able to receive store credit. It is not necessary that we receive the item(s) within 10 or 30 days, but that you notify us that you are returning the item(s) to us within that time frame. Shipping fees are not refundable. The customer is responsible for postage on returned items. Send Returns & Exchanges to: Choice Collectibles Gallery
20-26 Industrial Ave.
Fairview, N.J. 07022
USA
877-422-4642
All SPECIAL ORDERS returns are subject to a Gallery credit only. Returned Comissioned art, can only be returned for a Gallery credit
Shipping fees are not refundable. International returns must be pre-paid Parcel Post. Sorry, no COD's. Our prices do not include duties and taxes. If assessed, these fees are the responsibility of the package recipient, who will be billed by a local customs office. Please keep this in mind when shipping a gift to a destination outside of the U.S.

Unclaimed Items: Any unclaimed artwork for more than 6 months would be restored in our gallery for future sales.


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ANIMATION TERMS

CEL: A clear plastic sheet on which an image has been inked or copied and then painted. Finished cels are placed over a background and photographed in sequence to create the illusion of motion.


SET-UP: The combination of a cel or cels with a background. May also include additional elements from the scene, such as overlays or special effects.


COLOR MODEL: Cel created by the Ink and Paint department for the purpose of maintaining color consistency during production.


CUSTOM/HAND PREPARED BACKGROUND: Background created by an artist for the purpose of enhancing a cel.


COURVOISIER SETUP: Courvoisier Galleries of San Francisco represented Disney animation art from 1937 through 1946, selling and distributing production Disney cels and other art in specially prepared set-ups, which included custom backgrounds, certificates, and hand-lettered mats. Courvoisier Galleries is now a service mark of S/R Labs.


DISNEYLAND SETUP: In the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, animation art was sold at Disneyland, primarily in a small Tomorrowland exhibit called The Art Corner. The art was prepared at the studio using production cels, trimmed in size, and backed by color cards or printed backgrounds. These Litho or lithograph Backgrounds were reproductions of production backgrounds from Disney films and did not necessarily match the cels with which they were sold. The setups were sold in mats with distinctive gold Art Corner labels on the rear.


DISNEYLAND ART CORNER: Cels sold at Disneyland from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Cels are trimmed, against a litho background, and have a gold seal attached to the back.


KEY MASTER SETUP: Cel or cels with their original matching background that can be cued up in the film Layout: Detailed drawings depicting master scenes for a sequence often showing master background, camera movements and placement of characters. Characters appear in classic possess, whether reproducing a classic scene or creating a new one mixing characters that do not traditionally appear together. Each cel is individually hand numbered, stamped with a seal of authenticity, placed on lithographic or photograph background, and in many cases signed by the original artist. Limited editions are easily identified by a fraction (47/250) located in the lower right-hand corner designating individual number within the edition.


BACKGROUND: A piece of artwork, usually a painting, over which the cels are placed to be photographed, and which serves as the setting for the action.


MASTER BACKGROUND: Cel or Cels with an original background from a different sequence in the same film. Cannot be cued up in the film.


KEY OR MATCHING: Cels, backgrounds, and other elements, such as overlays or effects, that appeared together in the final, released version of a film.


NITRATE: Older type of cel used until the 1950's. Often showing signs of aging such as rippling or yellowing.


ACETATE: Polyester material that is more stable than nitrate, currently a common material used for making cels.


MODEL SHEET: A sheet of drawings of a character or characters, showing construction, relative size, or how they appear in various poses, used as reference by the animatior.


PRODUCTION: Any cel, drawing, background or other item created for the production of an animated film. Production cels do not necessarily appear in the actual film. Many pieces of original production art have either been lost or destroyed over the years. Also known as Original Production.


PRODUCTION CELS: Cel created for the production of an animated film. Cels do not necessarily appear in the actual film. Many pieces of original production art have either been lost or destroyed over the years. Also known as Original Production Cels.


PRODUCTION BACKGROUND: Background created for use in the production of an animated film.


PUBLICITY CEL: Non-production cel created for promotional or publicity purposes.


SERICEL: Non-production silk-screened cel with no work done by hand. Images are either recreated from a classic film or newly designed for the collectibles market. Similar to limited editions and often produced editions of 5000.


TRIMMED: An image from which the excess cel material has been trimmed to the character line, usually affixed to a background, often seen in Courvoisier and Art Props set-ups.


12-FIELD: Standard cel size of approximately 12 1/2" wide by 10 1/2" high. Refers to the field or area seen by the camera.


16-FIELD: Standard cel size of approximately 15 1/2" wide by 12 1/2" high, primarily used by Disney.


PAN: Short for "panoramic", it refers to a cel or set-up that is wider than standard, used for moving camera shots.


DRAWINGS: Several kinds of drawings are done during the production of an animated film. Most common is the Animation Drawing of the character in sequence to create the illusion of movement. Other include Story Sketches, to establish direction and narrative flow; Concept Sketches to work out design, atmosphere, or other elements; layouts, which establish background and staging; and many kinds of studies, such as character, action, and costume.


PRODUCTION DRAWINGS: Original, one-of-a-kind production drawings created by an animator from which the cels are later created. One of the first steps in creating a production cel. Also known as Original Production.


ROUGH DRAWINGS: Drawing done by an animator to indicate the position and pose of the character. Later, a clean-up drawing is created by referring to, or drawing directly over, the rough drawings. The cels are then created by tracing or coping over these drawings.


CLEAN UP DRAWINGS: Drawing done by referring to the rough drawing. From these drawings, the cels are then created. Story Board: Complex drawings or series of drawings depicting the story of a scene, used while defining the storyline of the film.


LAYOUT: Detailed drawings depicting master scenes for a sequence often showing master background, camera movements and placement of characters.


LIMITED EDITIONS: Non-productions hand-painted cels produced in limited quantities and created as fine art specifically for collectors. Characters appear in classic possess, whether reproducing a classic scene or creating a new one mixing characters that do not traditionally appear together. Each cel is individually hand numbered, stamped with a seal of authenticity, placed on lithographic or photograph background, and in many cases signed by the original artist. Limited editions are easily identified by a fraction (47/250) located in the lower right-hand corner designating individual number within the edition.


REPRODUCTION BACKGROUND: Copy of an original production background usually a photo copy or lithograph. Custom / Hand Prepared: Background created by an artist for the purpose of enhancing a cel.