A big motivator me for buying production cels is 
to own a piece of the anime... special scenes and 
characters.  I like to be able to look in an 
anime, game, or even artbook and say "that's my 
cel, I have a part of that!"  It's as close as I 
can come to touching something like a scene.

As someone with interest in the production 
process and considering pre-production artwork to 
be both beautiful and a piece of the anime, cut 
cels and sketches still hold that appeal.

Reproduction cels don't have that draw.  They 
stand more on their artistic merit.  I could just 
as easily pick up a shitajiki or poster.  Of 
course, I like the cel medium so there is that 
draw.  I've picked up one or two reproductions 
(both paint and machine) when they were 
relatively inexpensive.  Unless I wanted to 
display cel art, I would probably shy away from 
the more expensive ones.  The ones I have are 
beautiful in their own right and well done, but 
don't have the same appeal as a production cel.

I don't see a repro has a 'fake cel,' but as 
a 'repro cel' -- liscensed merchandise by the 
studio/rights holders.

Keys
~.~ up too early...