You can't argue that it isn't a scene from which 
every Nuriko fan out there wants a frame. For 
really popular scenes, there will always be a 
higher than normal price tag attached because 
*someone* will be desperate enough to pay it.

I have ordered from Animegame multiple times in 
the past and they're nothing short of completely 
organized, professional, prompt, and curteous - 
they respond to you quickly (be it orders or 
questions), pack your cels with care, and don't 
ignore problems. I've bought cels from "Animegame"
since before the site existed and they were only 
a nobody on Ebay, and I know they have always had 
this good business attitude. They are one of my 
*favorite* dealers to deal with next to Taro.

But as much as I like them, I've not been buying 
from them so much lately. I've been increasingly 
less impressed with prices which they spiral 
higher and higer up regardless of the market. 
It's as if the throught process is: "If it sells 
right away we didn't jack up the price enough."  
I'm not saying this is the actual goal, I'm 
saying this is how it looks from the outside. 
Because if you watch their site, you'll see that 
yes, they have very nice cels. . . Many which are 
rotting in their "for sale" books because no one 
thinks they're worth those kinds of prices. In 
the cases of some of the cels *currently* on the 
site, I've seen near identical frames in equal 
condition go for 1/3 the cost while *on auction*. 
(And that's where cel prices will usually really 
go nuts.)

In the end, it depends on us all. And if people 
keep happily spending four-digit figures on cels 
of Nuriko, then cels of Nuriko will cost four-
digit figures. It isn't just the dealers who will 
be charging the fortune - it's also collectors 
who find themselves in the need to sell and want 
to "get back what they paid". On the other hand, 
we could as a group say "screw it, we won't pay 
that" and pretty soon you'd find you could get 
your Nuriko cels for a hell of a lot less. . . 
Problem is, it only works if we all work together 
on it.

Just my thoughts.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac