Paper or plastic...
last modified: Saturday, March 25, 2006 (1:47:25 AM)
When things first turned cg and a lot of people began leaving collecting, I wonder if it had to do with them not wanting to change. Like when shows started becoming sketches I told myself that I would never pay a lot of money for paper because it was stupid...but lo and behold, I began buying paper. Why is it that I thought it was stupid? Probably a bias, because it is no stupider than buying plastic. So my question for you is why did a lot of collectors stop collecting? Was it because it became paper...instead of plastic?
These past few months, I've been selling some pieces and I know those that have been collecting for a long time started selling their collections for way less than what they bought them for. Is taking a loss that common nowadays? I remember about 4 or 5 years ago (towards the rise of cels) that it was so easy to turn around and sell a cel if you didn't want it, but now I feel like its hard to sell a cel or a sketch without taking ebay fees up the @$$ or taking a huge loss.
I feel like recently I've been seeing that plastic art pieces have been decreasing in price where as paper piece have been increasing. Is that a coincidence? I know that some pieces will forever be expensive including things like Walt Disney and Miyazaki pieces. But for shows like Naruto and Bleach where the Naruto sketch set went for $8000, I have to say, thats more than I've ever seen a cel go for. Even some of the hankens that have been around.
So why do some people prefer paper and some plastic?
~Kt