There was a post about fake cels yesterday that I 
responded to with some info, check that first in 
case you haven't.

Fake cels aren't as common as people think.  
Typically the cels that get copied the most are 
hanken cels, eva, miyazaki and amg.  For some 
series (like amg) there were repro cels made by 
the studios and released to the public in large 
numbers.  In the case of the amg cels the only 
thing done to these cels was a number put in the 
upper right corner, besides that they look the 
same as the production ones (and were made by the 
same production staff as well).

Like I mentioned in the previous post, just 
because a cel doesn't have sequence numbers or 
registration holes doesn't mean its fake, and 
conversely the same is true.  Real cels can have 
the registration holes cut off for a number of 
reasons, and its just as easy for a forger to 
write the numbers in the corner of a fake cel to 
pass it off as real.

Without seeing the cel in question no one is 
really going to be able to give much better of an 
evaluation.  Typically forgers go for higher 
priced cels ($500 or more).  Its not worth their 
time to try and pass off a fake DB cel worth $100 
when with the same time and effort they can pawn 
a $1000 Eva cel on someone.

When I get the time (hopefully this weekend) I'll 
add some info that I've accumulated on fake cels 
to my webpage, along with some fake cels that 
I've come across.

Brian