God,
I am so there with you I can almost shake your 
hand my friend.  I see most cels on YJ go for 
dirt cheap, until, that is, the news is posted on 
here, or elsewhere, then the prices go mad.  

I have seen a couple of things I wanted myself on 
YJ, but I know better.  Im not about to pay 30 
extra dollars for someone to place a bid that 
will get bumped.  Ive seen some cels, that should 
be cheaper, get smudged with outrageous prices 
lately.  I do think that it's the US market 
that's doing this.  Anime has become so 
mainstream that people are flocking to it,and 
when they find out about the neat little thing of 
cel collecting, they flock to that as well, to 
look cool at cons I guess.  Hell, I only want 
cels of characters I LOVE, and I dont care who 
thinks Im cool, or uncool cause I dont have a 
gallery full of gorgeous things.  In fact, I wont 
buy a cel now if there's a chance I'll resell it, 
cause then it's not worth it to me. 

Ive seen a whole chunk of cels lately sell on 
Ebay for huge tags, not to mention on dealer 
sites, and then, in 85% of those cases, the cels 
end up right back on the market.  Three Nuriko 
cels automatically come to mind.  Instead of a 
REAL fan, like me, getting the cel, someone(s) 
just fires up the price, and then realizes they 
overpaid or, even worse, dont like the cel 
anyways, and sells it again in like, a month or 
two--for a higher price >:(.  If it were a year 
or two, then I wouldnt mind near as much.  But 
dam, really.  And yeah, then dealers know they 
can charge the high tags, then when someone buys 
it and doesnt want it the next week, they too, 
think they can charge over their purchase price 
for the cel, making the tag even higher!

I dont know, Im not sure what cel you are ranting 
about, but, just know that others feel the same 
way.  I know you have to have $$$$$ to play this 
little game, but, at least make it a fair game 
people.