These are cels are most likely ones that Micke is
still quite attached to and definitely isn't in a
hurry to get rid of them.
Quite a few private collectors and dealers often
do this... setting prices on their personal high
end cels such that only the most die-hard
collectors would be willing to purchase them.
Either the prices are set at a level that would
justify to the seller (in their mind) letting
them go or that would weed out those who may not
be serious enough about those cels. (No offense
to serious collectors who just can't afford or
are not willing to pay such prices, but that's
just the way things are at times.)
In such instances, market prices have nothing to
do with the pricing but more to do with how
willing the seller is ready to let go of these
cels.
When you see a collector's page which states that
their cels are NFS (not for sale) but they may
consider selling them at irresistible offers that
they cannot refuse... this is sort of the same
thing (but now you see actual numbers). So
there's not anything wrong or unusual about this.
Micke sells cels regularly on the market (and
often bargain) level through her auctions, so
don't believe that this particular occassion is
her usual standard of practice. |