12 Most Expensive Puppets Sold At The Laika Auction

Heritage Auctions scored a big hit last Thursday with an auction of stop motion puppets, props, and other artwork from Laika’s three features: Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls. It was the first time that artwork from the films had ever been made available to the public. The auction of more than 250 lots generated over $1 million in sales, with 100% of the lots selling.

While the drawings and paintings sold respectably, the puppets were the real stars of the auction, with twelve of the figures achieving over $20,000, and twenty others selling for over $10,000 apiece.

The top lot of the auction was an Evil Other Mother puppet that sold for $50,190, five times its pre-auction estimate of $10,000. The top artwork lot was a Boxtrolls movie poster concept from the ad agency Weiden+Kennedy, which sold for $4,063.

Below are all the pieces that sold for over $20,000:

Coraline Evil Other Mother Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $50,190

ParaNorman Norman Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $28,680

Coraline Other Mother with Rooster Mitt Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $26,290

The Boxtrolls Archibald Snatcher Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $23,900

ParaNorman Judge Hopkins Zombie Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $23,900

Coraline Blue Star Sweater Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $23,900

Coraline in Orange Pajamas Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $22,705

ParaNorman Pilgrim Norman Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $22,705

ParaNorman Eben Hardwick Zombie Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $21,510

ParaNorman Will London Zombie Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $21,510

ParaNorman Thaddeus Blackton Zombie Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $21,510

ParaNorman Norman Pajamas Original Animation Puppet
Sold for: $20,315

[Disclosure: Heritage Auctions is an advertiser on Cartoon Brew.]