Sadly, I was beat out on an auction for a cel of 
a character I've been actively searching out for 
a while now. My maximum bid was well over what 
should have been twice the cel's worth. . . Later 
I found out the winner was only interested in cels
of "pretty girls". This was a *VERY* crushing 
disappointment to me, since I had never before 
seen a cel of this character that showed her 
face, and there it sits with someone who not only 
has no clue who she is, they don't care either.

I did speak to the person, who did offer to trade 
it to me for another "pretty girl" cel - but I 
don't think they were really serious, since they 
wouldn't point out something they were interested 
in. Or I should say, the only things they pointed 
out were already ended YJ auctions they wanted me 
to ask sellers about - one of which had been *won 
by someone else*. ~_~ (No! I will not try to talk 
a seller out of selling to his high bidder!!)

Gee. Thanks. But I guess I'll keep looking and 
hope the next cel I find of her doesn't wind up 
going to someone whose only interest is big 
boobs. So far, I'm still looking (for years now).

But before anyone reads this as especially bitter 
(I'm really not, just put out about it), I just 
wanted to use this example to underscore that it 
really *IS* easier "to find another 'pretty cel' 
than for a fan to locate another cel of their 
favorite character". BUT!! I also *greatly* 
appreciate the people here who are honest about 
not wanting to trade cels they bought for the art 
alone. I really would have rather NOT gotten my 
hopes up about making a deal for this cel, only 
to be completely jerked around. ~_~

Incidentally, I have no real problem with people 
who buy cels from shows they haven't seen. I 
don't do so myself (oh! actually, once) - more 
because there's so much else I want from the 
shows I *have* seen! ^_^;

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac