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From Bedrock to Birmingham, the Flintstones now reside at Gallery Animato.
Celluloid Savvy
Championing the art ofHanna-Barbera.
DEBBIE WALLIS LANDAU SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
en David Baren- holtz. "Collecting Americana and er came in 1956, when MGM
holtz sat watching objects reminiscent of popillnr cul- closed down the cartoon unit of
Fred and Barney ture are all part of the huge boom its movie studio and animators
navigate the com- in nostalgia."
Hanna and Barbera were out of
"Animation art is to some jobs. Teaming up, they launched
plexities of Mesozoic life in the
late 1960s, he had no idea he'd younger consumers what the ac- their own animation business, in-
one day be working for the com- quisition of Tarkay and Agam troducing "Ruff & Reddy" in 1957.
pany founded by the geniuses works might have been to their It was the first venture any pro-
parents," says Barenholtz.
who created them.
ducer had made into television
Animation pieces can range in cartoons.
Today, the 33-year-old former
Oak Parker is director of anima- price from as low as $200 on up
In quick succession, the prolif-
tion art for Hanna-Barbera Inc. to $7,000.
ic duo produced "Huckleberry
"Sales of Hanna-Barbera art Hound" in 1958, "The Flint-
in Hollywood. He's charged with
the responsibility of selecting vin- account for 15-20 percent of our stones" in 1960 and 'The Jetsons"
tage cartoon images TV viewers business, says Bob and Elaine in 1962. The immensely popular
most remember from the 1950s Athey, owners of the Gallery An- Yogi Bear, drawn from "Huckle-
imato in Birmingham. Avid col- berry Hound," was awarded his
through the 1970s.
His staff of 40, which includes lectors themselves, they opened own show in 1961. In time, Tom
animators, artists, accounting their business in 1988 after sens- and Jerry, Quick Draw McGraw,
and sales personnel, reproduces ing a geographical demand for an- the Great Grape Ape, Hong Kong
the celluloid images of the likes imation art.
Phooey and other memorable
William Hanna and Joseph characters joined the anthropo-
of the Flintstones, Scooby Doo
and the Jetsons into signed and Barbera's mega-successful merg- morphic ranks of bears, hounds
numbered limited edi-
and cats emerging from
tions of cartoon art.
Hanna and Barbera's
Barenholtz oversees
joint imaginations.
Hanna-Barbera's mar-
During this creative
keting and distribution
time, David Barenholtz
to 200 authorized gal-
was studying art at De-
leries internationally.
troit Country Day
He also sells original,
School, and later at the
one-of-a-kind produc-
University of Michigan.
tion cels used in the
Eschewing the starving-
cartoons themselves,
artist circuit, he en-
as well as serigraphs
rolled in a retail-man-
and original pencil or
agement training
ink drawings.
program at Macy's in
"This aspect of the
New York, but found
art publishing busi-
the pay limiting. He
ness has really explod-
went to work for a Fifth
ed in the last 10 or 15
Avenue retailer, moving
years," says Baren- Yogi Bear and his friends first debuted in 1961. 31: "Parade."
into high-end attire and
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