Q: I have an unusual lithograph that I received when I purchased the Cinderella DVD. It is a picture of Cinderella in her torn gown, but when you tilt it a certain angle it transforms into her ball gown. Is this what they used to call a sericel?
Pat, Doraville, Georgia
A: The process is called lenticular printing. Several of the Cinderella lenticular prints from 2005 sold on eBay recently for $25 each. A sericel, on the other hand, is a cel made with a silk-screen process (i.e. not painted by hand).
Dave Smith