Cels Forum

Well, I would like to make one comment here. The douga you're 
talking about that Anime Taro had for sale was for cels that 
would be well out of the price range of most people (multiple 
hundreds of dollars). I have a douga of Deedlit from OAV that 
is quite beautiful. The cel that matches the drawing would be 
in the $2000  range. In my mind, if you can pick up a pencil 
sketch of a character or scene you really like for $50-$100 when 
the matching cel would go for $500-$2500, then it's a pretty good 
deal. 
Soon collecting pencil sketches is going to be the way people 
collect anime, because there won't be production cels available.
Look at Disney production art, for instance. Pencil sketches are 
about all anyone can much afford, even if the production cels /were/ 
available. With more and more studios switching to computer art,
soon production cels will be a thing of the past like those little 
pictures you put like a lampshade on a pencil and twirl around.
I think the real trend here is that prices are just going up on 
all kinds of anime art. It's depressing, but you either deal with it 
and pay the price, or just don't buy production art.
Ryochan