>It's called "good business sense". Admittedly, a 
>lot of dealers do this out of love for the 
>medium. I would guess that most of the online 
>sites are run by fans who just want to add to 
their personal collections. 


I usually think of those as two different types of 
people-- 

1st you have the people that are more concerned 
with doing business and making money--

2nd you have the people who just love collecting 
cels.  

The 1st person will sell cels to make the most 
profit  (think e-bay);  
The 2nd person who just loves cels would probably 
sell it for a reasonable increase-- possibly below 
what the current market price is.  

Does this mean that the 2nd person who sells for 
less than the going market price is an idiot since 
they are not making all the money that they could?    
No-- rather they are taking a cut in their 
potential profit to share their love of cels with 
others by making the cels more affordable.  And at 
the same time, they are helping to keep prices 
low.  When other people see a cel sell for a high 
price, they tend to raise their prices.  So they 
are "protecting" the hobby by not selling for the 
highest price possible.  

(That's just my opinion and argument against the 
reasoning about how high prices can be justified 
by people's right to make a profit.)  

Okay now, to post a cel from my collection ^_^.