(1) I've been selling 6 - 8 cels per month on 
eBay this year. This has been entirely driven by 
wanting to make the colelction more rational.  
Most of the cels were "low end" (less than 
$120).  The few "high end" cels I've sold were 
because I recently bought "upgrades" to them, and 
can't justify keeping two similar high end cels.

I'm not sure I agree that resell prices are low, 
as I've sold my cels and gotten my price in all 
but one or two cases.  Of course, perhaps MY 
expectations were too low...

I do agree that higher grade cels rarely appear 
anymore.  I look at my collection, and I look at 
what's available to buy, and I say to myself "I 
could NOT assemble this collection today; the 
cels are just not out there to buy."

(2) Current socio-economic conditions have not 
affected my approach at all.  I'm in it for the 
long haul, and I take the long-term view of 
everything.

(3) I simply have no idea what the future of cel 
collecting holds and how CG will affect it.  I do 
own a few "post-production" cels from CG series, 
but I never paid more than $35 for them, nor 
would I ever pay more than $35 for a post-
production cel.  Such a cel is not really 
a "collectable", it is just "pop art".

I'm curious to see how Anime Museum does with 
the "post-production" cels they just posted for 
20,000 - 35,000 yen each.  I wouldn't touch one, 
even though I love that series.  I'm interested 
in whether anyone else will touch them.

My daughter is also a collector, and she 
instantly  notices the difference between cel and 
CG animation.  And for a show that she really 
loves, like Fruits Basket, it makes her unhappy 
that there will not be production cels that she 
can collect from the series.

(4) Can't comment on the community of 
collectors.  I have always been a solitary 
collector (aside from my daughter).