>I was particularly perturbed by some cels on 
>[dealersite] which were marked up to $200, but 
>the 
>ones I got in Tokyo from the same series were 
>$70 
>AT MOST, and that's for key cels with 
>backgrounds 
>and A-grade cels. I've since lost respect for 
>this 
>dealer. There are definitely some dealers who I 
>respect a great deal because their markups 
>remain 
>reasonable to the knowledgeable... 

Sorry this is not a flame, just very curious

Perhaps you should show us your gallery, and let
 us be the judge, and see what kind of good stuff
 you found in Tokyo, It is extremely hard to get 
good cels, if you are not experienced, or have 
connection, you don't just walk into a cel store,
 and expect to find a bargain cel, it is possible 
to find a few great bargains, but definitely not 
a lot.

I am surprised that someone who been to Tokyo 
would make a post like that, perhaps, the last
 time you went was two years ago?????

It is not the same anymore, even for someone with 
lots of experience or connection, the difficulty
 of finding good stuff has definitely increase, 
so did the price.


Dealer can mark up whatever amount they want, 
they truely deserve it, consider the amount of 
time and hard work spent, marking up the price  
is just nature of any types of business, business 
do need to make money, other wise, why waste time 
and effort, most cel dealer collect too, have you 
seen dealer's galleries, these are build with 
lots and lots of effort hard work, and countless 
trips, I truely do not think anyone would go to 
Japan just to buy cels to resell, the true 
motivation for dealers to go to Japan is finding 
cels for their collection first, and sell the 
extra cels to pay for the expenses, and save up 
for next trip.

It is truely impossible to find lots of good cels 
that can truely sell, especially now, remember 
there is the Yahoo Japan, Japanese do the same, 
buy at cels store/conventions and sell on Yahoo 
Japan, this has increase the difficulty of 
finding good cels in Japan.