Warner Brothers art

[mrbean]

I have a question about a piece of Warner Brothers art I picked up years ago and try as I might I have never been able to find anything about it. My wife and I about 6 or 7 years ago picked up three lithographs from the Warner Brothers store. Two of them were signed LE pieces called 'Pyramid Power' and 'Java Joint' by Mueller and Wray which I have now hanging in my TV room. They tend to surprise my friends as in general I am not a huge Looney Tunes fan and yet here in my TV I have these nice Looney Tunes prints decorating my walls.

The third piece is a bit different however and the one I have questions about. It's a rather striking movie poster from a cartoon short called "Marvin the Martian in the 3rd Dimention". I was a big Marvin fan when I was a kid so I loved the poster. It hangs here in my home office with my Civil War art collection (It's the only non Civil War piece in the room). Does anyone know anything about this cartoon or the piece of art? It's a artist print signed by the producers, director and Joe Alaskey.

I'm thinking about having it reframed along with the other two pieces because they're still in their original frames from Warner Brothers. They're all in fine shape but with Warner Brothers stores now closed (unfortunately) I'm wondering if these pieces are something that have really grown in value and I should make the effort to get it a nice preservation framings for them? Or were so much Looney Tunes art made that they're really not as rare and special as I like to think they are and thus not worth the effort or expense to get it a top notch framing and I can leave them the way they are?

I've looked all over and never been able to find any info on these pieces so any help would be appreciated.:marvin:

[J. B. Warner]

Well, I happen to know that "Marvin the Martian in the 3rd Dimension" was a 3-D cartoon produced for Warner Bros. Movieland theme park in Australia. Basically, the plot revolves around Daffy being abducted from his latest sci-fi movie set by Marvin, who believes him to really be a space hero and threatens to invade. I don't know how good it was, but I have seen several sericels from this particular short.

[mrbean]

It was also shown at their flagship Warner Brothers store in New York. You paid I think $1 and got a special token with Marvin on it to use to see the show. From what I've heard people would buy two and keep one of the coins as a souvenir.

[nj-duck]

Hey gang! New to the site, but I have some info about your art. I ran a WBSS Gallery for 5 years, so I should be able to answer most questions. All the pieces you are describing were limited edition serigraphs and/or lithos that retailed for $250 each. Unfortunately, as WB tended to absolutely FLOOD the market with art (especially towards the end there) your pieces are worth about what you paid. The earlier limited edition cels (with smaller runs) and more popular character Original production cels have increased in value, but the market for animation art is nowhere near what it used to be.
On another note, as I also worked in a frame shop, custom framing, done right, is going to cost you about as much as you paid for the art! Especially because of the sizes of the first 2! If you are just replacing frames on all 3, expect to shell out about $500-$600. However, if you want to get new matting as well, it's going to run you at LEAST $750, as the mats MUST be acid free, and I believe you MIGHT need an oversize mat or two, which will drive it up even higher! But, if you want the art to hold/increase it's value, please please please use a framer who does CONSERVATION FRAMING, or your art will be worthless in a few years, due to fading and acid burns.
I know, probably not what you wanted to hear, but I hope I was able to help!!!
Duck