I bought my wife a Winnie The Pooh cel off of eBay. The title of the auction listed it as:
WINNIE THE POOH ANIMATION PRODUCTION CEL WALT DISNEY
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200641977321?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_1655wt_771
It also used the phrase "production cel" in the descritpion of the auction. I did some research (via Google image search) before buying it and could find not traces of this particular image being used as a sericel or otherwise mass produced limited edition cel of any kind, so I believed it to be a true, one-of-a-kind, production cel (and thus paid a lot of money for it).
Now I'm seeing the exact same cel being offered in another auction here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WINNIE-POOH-FRIEND-ORIGINAL-PRODUCTION-CEL-DISNEY-/110754453417?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3316744699050839757#ht_1542wt_771
So my "production cel" I bought obviously isn't.
My understanding of the term "production cel" means that it is a one-of-a-kind cel actually filmed in the production process of making a cartoon. Is that not true?
So my question to the forum: "Is there a good site or database where I can go to see all known cerigraph, cericel, and mass produced cels before being duped again?" My 30 minutes of Google image search obviously failed me. I need a new method.
What also really gets me is that the joker selling the second cel is also claiming his cel to be a "production cel." Does anyone police this stuff? If I raise a case with eBay what are my chances of winning?
Thanks,
Doyle