Be honest, are Animation Cells worth buying? Is there conditions I have to be suitable for to have them and keep them, like a room temperature or anything else? Are they even worth buying in general? How easy is it for, while it's mailing, to get fucked up?
Each one is absolutely, positively, one hundred percent guaranteed to increase in value*.*Not a guarentee.
>are Animation Cells worth buying?
No collectible is ever worth buying.
>Is there conditions I have to be suitable for to have them and keep them
Without a perfectly climate controlled environment and acid-free storage materials it's going to be slowly deteriorating for as long as you own it.
>How easy is it for, while it's mailing, to get fucked up?
If the seller knows what they're doing they should be able to package it safely, but the post office can fuck up just about anything if they really try.
If you like it and can afford it easily then buy it, but don't expect it to go up in value.
>>84378975
pretty sure the only cells that will go up in price are old as fuck drawings like from disney or mgm or something, not some cartoon
For anything that's not from a huge company or producer or has some other factor that makes it unique/rare (like the cels for that 'American' Sailor Moon adaptation) it's not going to be worth more than maybe $15 each, and that's honestly stretching what people will pay for it.
They're worth buying if you like the cel, that's it. Not as an investment.
>>84379176
>They're worth buying if you like the cel, that's it. Not as an investment.
Yep. If you like looking at them, go for it. I had my best ones framed with acid free mattes and museum glass.
I'd post some if they weren't allanime.
what aboutspongebobcells?
>>84378674
No.
So... it's literally just decoration if you're a fan of animation? Say there's this show that I like and /co/ should know of if they aren't underage, it has hardly ANY merchandise... does this change the field of things?
The only reason to buy an animation cell is for sentimental purposes / to show off to other nerds. If you are so into something that you'd like to have an actual piece of it, yes. But it's not an investment that you'll be able to cash in on in a few decades.
>>84381777
>Say there's this show that I like and /co/ should know of if they aren't underage, it has hardly ANY merchandise... does this change the field of things?
Collector's markets are hard to gauge. During the recession you'd probably have been able to pick up a bunch of stuff a lot cheaper. But Now it's really how rare something is, and how much a collector wants to buy into the market. I looked up some similar cels to the ones I have in the sold item history on eBay, and for the most part it looks like I could sell them for the same amount, or maybe a little more than I bought them for about 14 years ago.
So not beating inflation, even if some of them are in excellent condition, are face-front-eyes-open, are relatively rare, and costa few hundred dollarsover a decade ago.
But I like them, so money well spent.
