A Charlie Brown Christmas and How The Grinch Stole Christmas Artwork to Auction

Although it's a bit early to get excited about Christmas, two sections of Heritage Auctions' October 18 - 22 Art of Anime and Everything Cool auction offer some yuletide Peanuts and Dr Seuss excitement.

The latest in its annual Anime and Everything Cool series of sales features more than 2,300 lots including items from the 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas, including a hand-painted production cel on its hand-painted key master background of Lucy and Charlie at Lucy’s Psychiatric 5-cents Help office and a character production cel with master background featuring the Peanuts characters walking out into the snowy night to see their Christmas tree.

There are also production cels and storyboards from the 1966 special How The Grinch Stole Christmas, many signed by its director and co-producer Chuck Jones, depicting key scenes and characters from the story as well as several rare production cels of the 'blue-eyed Grinch'  after his change of heart.