Most expensive animation cell in black and white

According to Official Guinness Records,

On 16 May 1989, a black and white drawing from Walt Disney's The Orphan's Benefit (US 1934), depicting Donald Duck being punched by an orphan, raised US$286,000 (£174,390) at Christie's, New York, USA.
The above amounts are equivalent to £254,000 or $455,000 in the year 2000.

For a complete list of 1989 records, please visit 1989 Guinness Records in United States.

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