There was another major hoopla about this
seller's Love Hina drawings a day or so ago,
which I believe were determined to be only
photocopies of the original design sketches.
As for this particular auction, I cannot tell you
for sure, but I think that you should check out
all his/her auctions and decide for yourself how
the seller could obtain well over 100 of these
sets of design sketches:
http://user.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/user/Dollman9?
And also you should ask yourself how come
virtually NO ONE is bidding on any of these
auctions (which usually is a good indicator as to
how authentic they are; if something looks legit,
there should be serious bidders already).
On the other hand, someone here who knows enough
Japanese could take a look at your auction and
tell her for certain if the sketches are
legitimate or not. And also, who's to say that
photocopies of these design sketches are not
worth anything?
Personally, though, I remember a few American
sellers trying to sell photocopies of Macross
design sketches in the past for $30-40 each set,
and they never sold well. So I would reconsider
spending around $100 for this Outlaw Star set (if
they are indeed only photocopies). |