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Re: artists signature and value (Sat Jul 24 04:03:10 2004 )
Cres [View profile ]
http://members.lycos.co.uk/redkingshuri/
crescentia3@hotmail.com

There are two schools of thought.

#1: The cel is your cel. You can do whatever 
makes you happy with it. If you think getting a 
signature is fun, get a signature. ^_^

#2: Collecting signatures and collecting 
autographs are two totally different hobbies. On 
the radio, for example, someone had an early 
Elvis record signed by Elvis. The record itself 
was extremely valuable, but because it was no 
longer in mint condition, it was devalued 
considerably---- the signature was perceived as 
having "marred" the perfection of the record, 
even though Elvis had been the one to sign it.

So record-collecting and cel-collecting are two 
different things, of course, but the same 
concepts can be applied. A signature--- even that 
of the artistic director or a seiyuu--- can be 
perceived to "mar" the perfection of a cel, just 
as much as paint flaking or line fading. You 
might split the difference and have the artist 
sign the sketch. It would be difficult to track 
down the specific artist who was responsible for 
a specific cel from a specific sequence. 
Sometimes, in rare instances, you can... but for 
the most part, the cels themselves are drawn by 
anonymous individuals. So having the cel signed 
by someone who worked on art for the series 
doesn't have the same "wholeness" that, say, a 
piece of custom art drawn and signed for the 
occasion. The art and the person signing it may 
be related, but unless it is one of those rare 
shots where it was actually drawn by a known 
person, chances are the person who drew the 
image, who did the line cleanup, who did the 
inking, and who did the painting are several 
totally different people, and the one whose 
autograph you're getting was none of them. ^_^

If the signature is valuable to you as a memento 
of meeting a great person, go ahead and get your 
cel signed. It's just a piece of painted plastic. 
^_^ But if you're going to eventually sell it, 
the autograph may be a negative point for someone 
who doesn't have those memories to associate with 
the signature, and they may view it as a flaw.

But the bottom line is, do what you want. ^_^ 
What matters is the meaningfulness it has to you. 
If it was me, I might just get the sketch signed 
instead of the cel, since sketches tend to be 
viewed as "less valuable" than cels.



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