and speaking for myself if offered a considerably 
high amount of money CASH even for one cel or my 
whole collection, personally I'd give serious 
consideration to any offer that would allow me to 
earn a double return or higher. Sorry Earl its 
most unrealistic of you to say you'd never sell 
off your NFS cels or that momo is a bitter 
collector b/c they couldn't get cels she wanted, 
she raises a very valid point. ALOT of things in 
life are for sale, that is a reality but that is 
partly why larger collectors got great 
collections its because they are willing to shell 
out the big bucks and make the sellers in Japan 
an offer they'd be very tempted to take and quite 
foolish to ignore. Remember cels do not have any 
intrinsic value they don't age well like wine or 
art and there is a very small market.

Also I don't know how old you might be but many 
people who do collect cels are by and large young 
below 35 years of age and without financial 
dependants (kids or sick parents), do you 
honestly think people including yourself won't 
reconsider selling once beloved cels IF they 
received a very good offer that might not exist 
years from now when they are faced with growing 
financial burdens? Unless you collect Miyazaki 
cels most TV and OVA series with few exceptions 
(GUNNM OVAs, GunBuster OVAs, BGC OVAs, Macross 
DYRL, Lodoss OVAs) don't maintain their value and 
certainly do not increase in value. As such they 
depreciate with the passage of time, something 
many collectors don't wish to acknowledge, myself 
included.

More importantly people DO incur debts and there 
are financial considerations that increase and 
change for nearly everyone as they get older. 
Planning for a marriage, purchasing a house/car, 
saving for children, dealing with aging parents 
etc. I for one know I will be incurring more 
debts ie saving for my j.d. and the need to 
increase my savings will be paramount as I reach 
my 30s and 40s. Very few things I have wouldn't 
find their way to other people collections or 
evilbay for that matter but maybe this is just me.

In any event don't be so harsh on someone just 
b/c they think differently it isn't as if they 
are directly attacking you, at most they might be 
addressing your comments and not you. ^_^