1. I have only a few cels for sale, and those 
mainly because I don't want them in my collection 
anymore, for various reasons. If they don't sell, I 
don't mind, because it's not urgent that I try to 
turn them into cash. Most of them have been for 
sale for almost a year, so why now? They haven't 
sold yet.

2. The socio-economic times really haven't changed 
how I collect, except it seems I have to filter 
through a lot more low-end stuff before I can find 
anything I'm interested in. At the risk of sounding 
"snooty", I pretty much have all the low-end cels 
I'm interested in. Once in awhile I'll purchase 
one, but at this point, I'd rather save the funds 
and energy for exactly the cels I'm looking for. 

I've also noticed that a lot of the "low end" cels 
are not at what I would consider "low end" prices 
appropriate to the current cel market. If you 
bought at the height of the market, you are almost 
never going to recoup that purchase price. This is 
the way of most collectables.

3. I expect that cel collecting is going to become 
a niche hobby. I expect that high end cels from 
anime series/movies that maintain their popularity 
will be the only items that maintain their value, 
and the rest won't.

I base this on talking with a number of newer fans 
of anime, who are watching series that are pretty 
much all CG. Cels aren't available from the series 
they're interested in, so the idea of purchasing 
cels doesn't even cross their mind. And the series 
that were done in cels are considered "old stuff".

I admit it doesn't bother me, because I bought my 
cels for me to enjoy. If I don't plan on selling 
them, I don't really care if anyone else in the 
universe would want them. 

4. I have never had many other friends who collect 
cels or who are in the cel collecting community, 
but the two I have are pretty much retired 
completely. I'm not sure either of them has bought 
a new cel in the past year or so. As far as I know, 
one has quit due to finding other interests, and 
one has quit due to needing to spend time on the 
other aspects of his/her life.