But I don't see that your husband did something 
that bad.  There are way too many cel collectors 
out there who think that just because they're so-
and-so's NUMBA ONE FAN!!!!!1! that they deserve 
every good cel of that character, regardless of 
their ability to pay for it. Two examples:

1. About 3 years ago, at the height of the DBZ 
madness, I had a trio of cels of Jinzouningen 
Juunanagou up on my site. A girl wrote to me 
begging, pleading for me to sell them to her. She 
claimed that she was his top fan ever, and even 
gave me a link to a page full of awful fanfiction 
that she had written about him to prove it.  She 
also included an offer, which she called generous 
and fair: "between $5 and $80 for the whole 
set."  This girl knew full well how much they 
were worth, since she said she had been trying to 
get a cel of him for months, and had always been 
outbid or too late to an update to snag one.  I 
told her bluntly that $80 for the set was crazy, 
and $5 was just rude. Oddly enough, she never 
wrote me back.  ^-~  I have since sold the trio 
off, and let's just say I got a bit more than $5 
for them.

2. Last summer, someone wrote to me to say that 
they really loved a genga of mine, since it was 
so funny and awesome and etc. etc.  He swore up 
and down that he would die without it, that he 
NEEDED to have it, and that he would pay anything 
for it.  Being that I needed some cash to go to 
AXNY, I told him that I really, really did not 
want to sell it, but that if he was willing to 
make a high offer, I might be convinced to pry it 
out of my collection. I emphasized to him several 
times that I DO NOT HAVE A PRICE IN MIND SINCE I 
NEVER PLANNED ON SELLING IT EVER, BUT THIS WILL 
NOT BE CHEAP SINCE I LIKE IT A LOT, AND IF I 
DIDN'T NEED A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT NOW I WOULD NOT 
BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU. He ended 
offering me less than I paid, which was not all 
that high given that I got it at one of the Taro 
sales. I wrote back to him and said that I wasn't 
sure what constituted ANYTHING YOU WANT ANYTHING 
ANYTHING TAKE MY FIRSTBORN in his state, but up 
in the Northeast our cost of living is a little 
higher than that ^-~.  He promptly counteroffered 
with $35, and I just ignored him from then on.

Now, this may make me look like a jerk, and I 
readily admit that I am a jerk, but these people 
knew full well what they were getting into when 
they contacted me. Just because they were trying 
to rip me off by assuming they could score a 
cheap kick-ass cel if they just gave me a sob 
story doesn't mean they don't deserve my ridicule 
and scorn. I have had people write to make offers 
on other cels I have, and I have had a few 
newbies ask if I would sell something to them, 
and if so for how much--those people who are 
serious about dealing fairly and respectful of me 
and the cels I've got are people I'm more than 
happy to deal with.  If someone makes an offer 
that's lower than I wanted, I'll tell them that I 
was hoping for a bit more, and ask if they would 
be willing to pay X based on how much similar 
cels have gone for or how much I paid; if they 
don't want to pay that, there's usually someone 
else who is willing to.  In the end if always 
works out, one way or another.

Myself, I don't think I've ever made a stupid 
newbie offer.  Every cel I've made an offer on, 
I've gotten; not necessarily for my opening 
price, but eventually at a price I can live with. 
(Occasionally, people have even said, "Well, I 
paid x-10 [where x is the amount I offered], so 
go ahead and pay me x-10."  I'm always duly 
floored and make sure to pay them ASAP!)  But 
then, I don't go up to people with Saitoh cels 
and demand they sell them for $50--no matter how 
hard I wish that every Saitoh cel cost $50.