Actually, I hope you mean "increases from initial
value of the CHIPPED cel," not increase in overall
value. ^_- A restored cel will almost always
remain *below* the undamaged-value base (unless
we're talking about something exceptionally rare
and vintage), but can be above OR below initial
damaged value. Work done by amateurs with e.g.
nonmatching palettes, of course, will depreciate
the cel further.
However, I have heard of some people "repainting"
a chipped cel by melting the chipped pieces of
paint *back onto the cel* - I've never tried it
and so can never recommend it, it's pretty
touchy; best tried on junk cels.
Another thing, if a touch up is really 'required,'
is to create a correction layer. This applies not
only to the usual line correction layers, but at
least with paints, you don't have to worry too
much about an exact palette match nor any
potential of ruining the original cel (you still
have to have the line overlay, though). For the
majority of people, a correction layer certainly
does not depreciate a cel in any way as long as
it remains unstuck from the cel. |