Cels prices holding steady, maybe inching up a bit?
last modified: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 (1:40:12 PM)
Has anyone else noticed if cel prices are starting to ramp back up again? It seems as though up until the end of 2009 cel prices were dropping steadily, but after getting knocked out of bids for the last month or so is the cel market prices starting to inch up again?
For most of '09 I started seeing prime cel pieces come up about 30%-40% off what their highs were a few years ago so I was able to snap up some cels from shows at a good deal. Then when some cels started popping up for sale on eBay, I thought I was getting in some good deals then the ending prices started going way beyond my limit which may need to be adjusted again if prices start crawling back up.
I'm seeing Miyazaki pieces at 50% off going fast, but even some Evangelion cels at the same sale price just sitting for a while even when they used to go at lighting speeds.
Do you think prices are going back up since prime cels are starting to be sold off from collector's sets now as they may be exiting the hobby or picking up sets at good prices which they parse out on auction sites. Or is the market stabilizing now that collectors are realizing this is the time to pick up the pieces that have been even higher than before?