It's not an effort to keep anyone else from 
owning a cel from the scene. One of the secondary 
joys I have from collecting cels is that my cel 
is the only one like it (barring fancels I don't 
know about).

In that same vein, I *love* to see other people 
get cels from the same sequences as mine, since 
then I get to look at theirs and play the "what's 
different here" game. (Anyone play this as kids? 
You get a picture of 20 duckies or somesuch that 
all look very similar and you either have to find 
the one that is different or find the two that 
are the same? ^_^)  I love even more when I find 
a "cel sibling" - someone who has a cel from a 
sequence that I do, and their sequence number is 
right next to mine. That is the most fun. ^_^

On the other hand. . . Take something that has 
been wrecked by fancels (both prfessional and non-
professional). . . Ah My Goddess. I adore this 
show and would collect from it - but there are so 
many damn fancels it takes a lot of effort to 
figure out which are real production ones and 
which aren't. I doubt the studio themselves could 
tell with 100% accuracy. So I don't bother. Even 
if I had an original, no one would believe it was 
anyway - and *I* would probably be unsure also. As
far as I'm concerned, collecting from that whole 
show was wrecked. . . by fancels.

So there are two sides to every coin. . . I think 
fancels are fun - I've made a couple myself and 
even considered making fancels of some of my own 
cels that I want to see framed but don't want to 
risk actually framing. And fancels of original 
artwork are themselves unique too! But I really 
don't think copy fancels should be sold at all. 
Even when marked, if they're good enough, they're 
just itching to have someone else pawn them off 
as originals.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac