Yesterday, I had a wonderful experence concerning 
cels. My parents and I went to a dinner party at 
this guy's house, that my father is buisness 
partners with. I didn't know it at the time, but 
this guy as it turns out has this enormous house 
overlooking the Puget Sound, and is an avid 
collecter of Asian Art. 

Sooo, After dinner, I was wandering through some 
of the rooms, I came across this darkened room 
which looked like a den/library type room at 
first glance. As I peeked inside, I noticed 
something rather stunning. This guy collects 
cels! As I tried to make out what they were in 
the darkenss, the guy suddenly appears behind me, 
(really creepy) and asks if I would like to see 
his cel collection. I said yes, trying to 
restrain myself from looking too excited, and he 
flipped on the lights. MY GOD..... It was like a 
museum. He had at least 20 cels all framed on the 
3 walls, each with it's own lamp and a brass 
plate telling what the cel is.... The floor was 
solid marble, and the walls were all ornately 
carved wood. (Think Bruce Wayne's house from 
Batman)

His collection was mostly all American, except 
for one Original Evangelion Cel of Rei. It was 
absolutely gorgeous, and I have no idea how he 
found it. And he had 2 Lion King Cels (Both 
originals) one of which cost him 82,000 dollars. 
Yes, you read that correctly...

I told him about my Tenchi Muyo collection, and 
he said that he would like to see it sometime! Of 
course, I said that I would bring them the next 
time we visited. Mabye Im acting strange, but I 
am just awe struck at how broad ranging this 
hobby is. It was a truly incredible experence to 
see someone's collection displayed in this manner.

Well, I just wanted to share this story with you 
all! Later!

-Derratte