Old Stock Yard Collectible Stock and Bond Certificates. PIXAR (Pixar Animation Studios). Nicely matted and framed. Printed signature of Steve Jobs as Chairman of the Board. Attractive certificate with vignettes of Toy Story characters. Pixar, also referred to as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California that is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Pixar began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of the Lucasfilm computer division, before its spin-out as a corporation in 1986, with funding by Apple Inc. Co-founder Steve Jobs, who became the majority shareholder. Pixar is best known for CGI-animated feature films created with RenderMan, Pixar’s own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan image-rendering application programming interface, used to generate high-quality images. Pixar has produced eighteen feature films, beginning with Toy Story (1995), which was the first-ever computer-animated feature film, and its most recent being Cars 3 (2017). All 18 of its films have debuted with CinemaScore ratings of at least an “A, ” indicating positive receptions with audiences. The studio has also produced several short films. Thirteen of Pixar’s films are also among the 50 highest-grossing animated films of all time. The studio has earned sixteen Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and eleven Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Many of Pixar’s films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since its inauguration in 2001, with eight winning; this includes Finding Nemo and Toy Story 3, along with The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), Brave (2012), and Inside Out (2015). (2001) and Cars (2006) are the only two films that were nominated for the award without winning it, while Cars 2 (2011), Monsters University (2013), The Good Dinosaur (2015), and Finding Dory have not been nominated. Up and Toy Story 3 were also the respective second and third animated films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the first being Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Beauty and the Beast (1991). A character from the studio’s 1986 short film of the same name, is the studio’s mascot. On September 6, 2009, Pixar executives John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich were presented with the Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement by the biennial Venice Film Festival. The award was presented by Lucasfilm’s founder George Lucas. This includes franchises like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Cars, and Monsters, Inc.. Pixar’s headquarters are located in 1200 Park Ave, Emeryville, California, USA. Old Stock Yard Policies and FAQs. Items are sent via U. Usually first class, but occasionally priority or parcel post. Policy, my listings are setup to accept. Are you your certificates authentic or copies? Everything I sell is original and authentic. I do not sell copies or reproductions. Is the certificate pictured the exact one I will receive? Occasionally, I do list certificates of the same type without rescanning. In this case, the certificate you receive will be virtually identical same color, size, vignette, etc. To the one pictured. What is the best way to store, protect, and display my certificate collection? The best thing, by far, that I have come across for storing certificates are profolios and sleeves made by Itoya. I have several sizes available. Do the certificates you sell have financial value? The item “PIXAR stock certificate computer animation studios Steve Jobs Walt Disney” is in sale since Sunday, September 17, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Stocks & Bonds, Scripophily\Entertainment & Sports”. The seller is “oldstockyard” and is located in Jacksonville, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.