"Gryphon Emerald in Glass Case" Dragon's Lair (Ruby Spears) animation model sheet

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Title:	"Gryphon Emerald in Glass Case" Dragon's Lair (Ruby Spears) animation model sheet
Artist:	None Specified
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	39
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Comments:	1
Added to Site:	8/15/2025
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It may not be a high-end collectible from the elite talents at the old Don Bluth Animation Studio, but here's a piece of officially licensed Dragon's Lair animation art, via a humble Ruby-Spears model sheet of the Gryphon's Emerald from the 1984 episode "The Girl from Crow's Wood."

Referred to in-episode as "The Gryphon's Stone", this magical object is the key to unleashing the villainous Sybilla, who hypnotizes a peasant girl named Bronwen (a doppleganger of Princess Daphne) into retrieving the Emerald for her. At the end of the episode, Dirk the Daring destroys both the Emerald and Sybilla.

This model sheet is painted artwork on an acetate cel layer, stapled over a blank piece of paper. I can't be sure if it is THE original sheet or one of several copies used by the studio of animators, but I can't imagine they would waste time and resources painting multiple copies, so odds are that it's unique.

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	O. M. Winters
Joined:	July 2018
Last Login:	September 2025
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Country:	UNITED STATES
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 8/16/2025

The Mcguffin / grail object! Worth its own cel because of the story importance!

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