A very nice lot came up this morning from 
apple2001win, who seems to have an unending 
clutch of Ep. 69 cels.  But the prizes turned out 
to be the OP1 and OP3 cels, which have rearranged 
my list of record CCS prices again.

Just completed:

302,000 yen: an OP 1 cel of Sakura with her fists 
clenched deciding (a second too late) to talk to 
Yukito.
http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g1230
5841
 
225,000 yen: OP 1 cel of Tomoyo from the “Hora 
catch you catch you catch me catch me matte” 
sequence. (This went to the same bidder as the 
above.)
http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f1361
1288

203,000 yen: OP 3 cel of a fully-fledged Sakura.
http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g1230
6271

These prices are now good for #5, #6 and #8 on my 
list of top YJ auction prices for CCS cels 
(revised version at the bottom of this posting).

Notable facts:

Of the eight 203,000-yen-and-up winning prices:

* five sold in auctions that ended within the 
last week, including both #1 and #2.
* five show Sakura alone (a fifth adds only 
Kerochan).
* only one cel does not include Sakura 
(the Tomoyo OP 1). (Well ... two, if you include 
the cel of Syaoran from the matched set lot).
* all of the top four are pan cels.
* three (including #3) are from the OP1 and one 
is from the OP3.
* two (including #1 and #4) are from the Kerochan 
no Omakase feature.
* two (including #2) are from the Second Movie.

The current list:   

1. 357,600 yen: Pan cel of Sakura in the “Alice” 
costume from the Kerochan no Omakase feature of 
the “Little” episode. (12/17/03)

2. 343,000 yen: Pan cel of Sakura in her Second 
Movie Princess outfit with background. (12/15/03)

3. 320,000 yen: OP 1 Pan cel of Sakura and 
Kerochan flying (Spring 2003?).

4. ca. 310,000 yen: Pan cel of Sakura in the Pink 
Kitty battle costume from the Kerochan no Omakase 
feature (Summer 2003?).

5. 302,000 yen: OP 1 cel of Sakura with her fists 
clenched deciding (a second too late) to talk to 
Yukito (12/22/03)

6. 252,000 yen: Matched set of Sakura and Syaoran 
cels from the last scene of the Second Movie. 
(9/4/03)

7. 225,000 yen: OP 1 cel of Tomoyo from the “Hora 
catch you catch you catch me catch me matte” 
sequence. (12/22/03)

8. 203,000 yen: OP 3 cel of a fully-fledged 
Sakura. (12/22/03)