# Original Pokémon Art... **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** general-board\ **Created:** [July 3, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312 "2020-07-03T04:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jeremypadawer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jeremypadawer/32/1701_2.png) [@jeremypadawer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jeremypadawer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/1 "2020-07-03T04:29:29Z")
I’ve seen very little if any of this available. Am I looking in the wrong places?! ---
**Author:** ![chrispy](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/chrispy/32/254275_2.png) [@chrispy](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/chrispy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/2 "2020-07-03T04:37:12Z")
what do you mean by original pokemon art? ---
**Author:** ![jeremypadawer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jeremypadawer/32/1701_2.png) [@jeremypadawer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jeremypadawer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/3 "2020-07-03T04:39:53Z")
> [@chrispy](#): > > what do you mean by original pokemon art? Anything by hand meant for TCG, animation, or other manufactured product. ---
**Author:** ![subf](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/subf/32/725_2.png) [@subf](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/subf)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/4 "2020-07-03T04:43:36Z")
There have been animation drawings and storyboards that occasionally pop up on auction sites. I have also seen some of the original work used in Pokémon cards in person at artist meets. A few of the artists have some of the works on their website already but it tends to be the digital drawings. ---
**Author:** ![trainerm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/trainerm/32/1599_2.png) [@trainerm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/trainerm)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/5 "2020-07-03T04:58:04Z")
This was an amazing piece in a recent auction: [goldinauctions.com/2006\_Ken\_Sugimori\_Pokemon\_Pichu\_Original\_Hand\_Draw-LOT59653.aspx](https://goldinauctions.com/2006_Ken_Sugimori_Pokemon_Pichu_Original_Hand_Draw-LOT59653.aspx) Final prices include buyers premium.: $55,350.00 ---
**Author:** ![Quuador](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/quuador/32/237215_2.png) [@Quuador](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Quuador)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/6 "2020-07-03T09:30:45Z")
If you search for “pokemon anime cel” you’ll usually find a bunch of the original anime art cel frames for sale on eBay and alike. I currently see thirteen for sale, but prices vary between 375-5000 USD for those. There was a very brief thread about them a couple of months ago: [www.elitefourum.com/t/animation-cel-collectors/27527/1](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/animation-cel-collectors/27527/1) Without that I wouldn’t even have known about [the term ‘cel’](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel) to be completely honest (English isn’t my native language). Greetz, Quuador ---
**Author:** ![trainerm](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/trainerm/32/1599_2.png) [@trainerm](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/trainerm)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/7 "2020-07-03T11:42:47Z")
Here’s a gem: [page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b384567062](https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b384567062) Comparable to the ‘Scratchy’s arm’ animation cel Bart Simpson receives. ---
**Author:** ![Fireftw\_TCG](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/fireftw_tcg/32/545_2.png) [@Fireftw\_TCG](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/Fireftw_TCG)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/8 "2020-07-03T11:53:23Z")
> [@trainerm](#): > > This was an amazing piece in a recent auction: > > [goldinauctions.com/2006\_Ken\_Sugimori\_Pokemon\_Pichu\_Original\_Hand\_Draw-LOT59653.aspx](https://goldinauctions.com/2006_Ken_Sugimori_Pokemon_Pichu_Original_Hand_Draw-LOT59653.aspx) > > Final prices include buyers premium.: $55,350.00 This is a awesome piece of Pokemon art/history! Thanks for sharing ---
**Author:** ![jeremypadawer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jeremypadawer/32/1701_2.png) [@jeremypadawer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jeremypadawer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/9 "2020-07-03T13:21:02Z")
> [@trainerm](#): > > This was an amazing piece in a recent auction: > > [goldinauctions.com/2006\_Ken\_Sugimori\_Pokemon\_Pichu\_Original\_Hand\_Draw-LOT59653.aspx](https://goldinauctions.com/2006_Ken_Sugimori_Pokemon_Pichu_Original_Hand_Draw-LOT59653.aspx) > > Final prices include buyers premium.: $55,350.00 This is exactly what I’m talking about. More like this out there!!? ---
**Author:** ![zorloth](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/zorloth/32/1561_2.png) [@zorloth](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/zorloth)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/10 "2020-07-03T13:30:04Z")
There was a discussion of this on the MTG art Facebook group. There’s no real equivalent to original MTG art with Pokemon, and it’s because of the ownership of the original art. With MTG, the artist owns the right to their artwork in addition to WotC. So the artist is legally allowed to sell the original painting, prints, and the like. With Pokemon art, the rights were signed over to WotC, and so there’s little chance that original artwork ever comes up for sale. Very unfortunate, but that’s my understanding. ---
**Author:** ![jeremypadawer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/jeremypadawer/32/1701_2.png) [@jeremypadawer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/jeremypadawer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/original-pokemon-art/28312/11 "2020-07-03T19:29:13Z")
> [@zorloth](#): > > There was a discussion of this on the MTG art Facebook group. There’s no real equivalent to original MTG art with Pokemon, and it’s because of the ownership of the original art. With MTG, the artist owns the right to their artwork in addition to WotC. So the artist is legally allowed to sell the original painting, prints, and the like. With Pokemon art, the rights were signed over to WotC, and so there’s little chance that original artwork ever comes up for sale. Very unfortunate, but that’s my understanding. I’ve worked with every major IP holder, from Disney to Warner Brothers to Universal to Nickelodeon, and I’ve always been particularly impressed with Pokémon in terms of keeping key assets under the radar prior to a launch date…