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E-mail: 		"The Secrets of Cel Collecting": The Three Grades (Mon May 15 18:41:21 2000 )
oion

drakaina.oion@nospam.net 
Someone brought this up on a different thread, so now I'm curious;
how many of you pay attention to what "level" or "grade" a cel
is when you buy? I usually take that as meaning just how serious
of a 'collector' someone is, but all things are subjective, don't
byte me just yet. ^_-

A: portrait shot, shoulders up, facing camera, eyes open,
   mouth closed, centered, generally no hands (etc.). 
   "Closeup"

   I agree that sometimes the closeup portrait shot is overrated.
   But then, these tend to be among the best quality cels, too.
   What I'm curous about, in relation to B grade cels, is where
   a full body shot would be (nothing is cut off, character 
   facing forward in a normal posture). 

B: anything not A (often by only one or two factors); profiles;
   off-centered; smaller image; mouth open; etc.

C: off-center, small image, eyes closed, etc.

So do people really pay attention to this? More importantly - do
you think these standards are fair/useful/etc.?
I know the Japanese collectors do given the pricing 
differential. Hmm, I think I only have half a dozen grade A 
cels...



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