Well... All the collectors I have asked to please 
keep me in mind for certain cels haven't let me 
down yet.  I thank you all for that -- you know 
who you are.

I feel that if you give your word to someone that 
you will let them know if you need to sell a 
certain cel they have been dying for, that you 
should keep it.  And if that person can't buy the 
cel at that moment in time, offer it to someone 
else.

I myself have a few cels that I told the original 
owners I would email them first if I had to sell 
them, usually because they were in real need of 
cash in the first place (otherwise they wouldn't 
have sold the cel to begin with).

With the exception of a few cels which were 
already promised, like I said, my best friend 
gets first choice if and when something comes up 
and I need to sell them.

But like you mentioned, money sometimes plays a 
big part in the persuation of whom a cel goes 
to.  It all depends how much honor you really 
have, when it all boils down.  To sell a cel for 
the price you bought it for to your "dibs" buddy, 
or to sell to the person who wants to buy it for 
2x that amount.  

Personally I like honor above anything else... 
*shrug*