I totally agree!

While I haven't been a cel collector for years,
I have been an antique collector and dealer for 
many years and it comes down to one thing. 

Buy the best you can afford. The best will always 
be worth more. It's that simple, whether it's a 
cel or an antique. Both are an area of collecting 
where the prices are set by the consumer market 
and are driven up/lowered depending on quality, 
rarity, and popularity. 

If a dealer sets a price too high, they have two 
options, hold onto it or lower the price. I 
personally buy and sell a lot of merchandise, in 
terms of antiques. My goal is to sell it, not have 
it sit in a shop (or a website) for months. That 
money is being tied up in a product when it could 
be better served somewhere else.

Obviously, you should enjoy what you collect, 
that's a given. But it doesn't hurt to look
at it as an investment either. I thoroughly enjoy
what I have in terms of cels and I'm very glad
and fortunate to have found what I have. But it's
also nice to know if there ever comes a time when
I do need money, that I do have something to lean 
on. :)

Just my opinion, like everyone's else. :)

Deb