I'm not Yann, but from what I know about
lithographs, the un-numbered set are usually
artist proof and screening proof. There price are
usually less than the signed and number group,
since how many of those released are unknown. They
are also semi-questionable, since they usually are
supposed to be destroyed or may have printed
without the artist or in this case the animation
house's permission.
Unnumbered lithos can become more expensive
(especially with artist proofs) than the number
edition, if they show some interesting changes
from test prints to the final printing. My dad has
several artist proofs of etching done my Rembrant
and in one case shows a complete change of the
layout from the initial test print to the final
produced etchings (he scratched out one of the
figure are replaced him with a wall to better
balance the image).
This may not be relevent to these cels, but that
about the only basis that I know of for examples
of unnumbered artwork versus numbered artwork.
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