These aren't Picassos. In all honesty, they 
aren't even the focus of the "artists" who work 
on it. Most of the people involved are concerned 
with the final production, not the cels that they 
paint. I have heard many a collector say that 
they love the cels from a show, but hate the 
show. I REALLY don't understand this. Everyone 
involved on the anime was only concerned with one 
thing.. the story they were trying to tell. To 
sit there and collect cels and say that they 
are "unique pieces of art" and should not be 
marred by the "buggers" who merely created them 
is absurd. How can people apreciate the work done 
by these people, but not the people themselves? 
If anyone were to offer a signed cel to me, I 
would consider the signature a welcome addition 
to it. Granted, I wasn't there for the signing, 
but the fact that somebody involved in the anime 
actually was able to sign it(something I'm sure 
most people involved would love to be able to 
do), would make me feel like I had something very 
special. Actual fine art that isn't signed, is 
usually worthless to collectors. The Elvis record 
was a different market. The people who collect 
records are interested in the record so they can 
complete their collection, not because of any 
desire to be art collectors. An earlier post 
mentioned that these are "one-of-a-kind", and as 
such bear little resemblance to mass-produced 
records.