Your first cel?

My first cel was http://nadia.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_info.asp?ItemID=143920

It was about 1994, I think. I'd always wanted a cel *any cel* to maybe learn more about the animation process from it. An anime dealer in the UK used to send out catalogs which included a list of cels (just a description and price - no picture). On one catalog there was a Nadia cel listed and it was cheap enough to risk buying without seeing it first.

When I received her I was delighted! It ain't my best cel but I'll never part with it.

My first cel was: http://killua.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_info.asp?ItemID=222966

I was caught up in the euphoria of reading and watching Hunter x Hunter at the time, and my favorite character was Killua. I wasn't aiming at collecting cels, just HxH merchandise, and bought this off of YJ. It was another 3 years until I started really collecting cels.

My first cel set me back a pretty penny and started my obsession with FY. While my son bugged me endlessly to watch the anime...I put it off for as long as I could (I did not want to watch a cartoon!!)I finally broke down and watched it!! Then came more anime and of course, manga...Had to read it also as books are always better !! I had no clue about cels...to have a picture of my Tamahome!! Priceless. http://kathpatty.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_info.asp?ItemID=243649

My first cel was this one: http://sensei.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_info.asp?ItemID=16090 . I tell the story on the page, but, in brief, I was just getting introduced to CCS and I was charmed by Kero-chan, so I really wanted a cel with both Sakura and this little guy. This came up on eBay and ended during a time when I was going to be out of town (visiting college campuses with my teenaged daughter) so I left a megabid and as a result overpaid by quite a bit. I felt a little sheepish, until the next weekend when I visited an arts festival and saw a who range of lithos, prints, and photos I could have bought instead. All butt-ugly -- and none of them one-of-a-kind -- and all considerably more expensive than what I'd paid. I've rarely suffered buyer's remorse since then, at least not with the cel or sketch in my hands.

This is pretty much my first cel http://kittens.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_info.asp?ItemID=91412
This is the exact scene I wanted to collect cels. I do not remember where but I saw a cel from this scene and I have decided to collect cels from RK Seisouhen. I was very lucky (now think of it) to find this exact cel at very first (I just could not believe it!). And then a week later, I found that the another cel from the same scene http://kittens.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_info.asp?ItemID=91411 was on sale. So of course I had to buy it.... ^_~
After that my addiction got worse (I thought I would stop....).