I'm doing some reasearch on the whole concept of 
fake cels... NOT fan cels (I love fan cel 
artists :) but cels that people try to pass off 
as actual cels from the productions and succede 
(sp). 

When I first started collecting cels about a year 
ago, I started small ($50 or so). I didn't know 
anything about cel collecting (about 6 years ago 
when I was 12 I used to collect Barbie dolls from 
the 60's and 70's... Who's gonna fake a 
Barbie! :P) and it never crossed my mind that 
someone would or even COULD fake a cel. But let 
me tell you, I've almost bought some high end 
cels lately only to find out (After looking at 
the screen shot for like an hour) that they're 
fake. It's the little things that the person 
missed in the cel that made me realise that they 
were fake. This really freaked me out. 

I mean someone can buy the real production cel, 
and make an exact copy of it. I mean there are a 
LOT of REALLY good artists out there! I was 
reading an old issue of Newsweek (I think) 
magazine and read this article about how this 
guys fake paintings were selling at Sotheby's and 
Christie's for sometimes $35 MILLION dollars. I 
know that this is a lot more money than cel's, 
but still... Most of us aren't rich and $3500 can 
seem like $35 million. Money dosen't grow on 
trees ya know ^_^

Basically what I would like to know is people's 
experiences with "Fake Cels". How they found out 
they were fake, how long till they realized, how 
much they paid, who IS trustworthy to buy cels 
from, etc. etc. etc. 

Any help in my little information quest would be 
greatly apreciated!

Sincerely,
Lani ^_^