Macross/Animation Cel Collection Thread

[elrdf]

1 minute ago, Mokman said:

Its not a TV cel.  Take a close look at the Macross.  I has the ARMD carriers on the arms instead of the Daedalus and Prometheus.  The quality of the artwork also seems to be much better than anything that was in the original TV series.

 

 Exactly that’s what I noticed but I’m not sure where it’s from though.

[Mokman]

Found it.  Macross 7 Encore episode "Fleet of the Strongest Women".  About 5 minutes in during a flashback of DYRL.

[Mokman]

Wow, I have never been a fan of Macross 7 artwork, but there are some great DYRL flashback images in that sequence.  I would be happy to own many of them.

[elrdf]

Aaahhh I see.  I was looking at that episode and skip through that part to fast just recently.  Thank you so much for pointing that out !

[Legioss]

On 5/27/2019 at 6:45 PM, TheLoneWolf said:

Whoah, that Books Nippan newsletter has some crazy romanizations! Does it happen to say what month it was written?

Thanks for posting those pics, it's great to see what anime fandom was like during the early days of the web.

I believe it came out in December 1991 because there are references in the next few pages to November 1991 being in the past and early 1992 not being there yet.

[JetJockey]

Those prices from back then always crack me up. Still I love seeing this old stuff.

 

New month, I wonder if we'll see some good cels?

[tekering]

On 6/3/2019 at 2:00 PM, JetJockey said:

I wonder if we'll see some good cels?

How about these?

Found 'em on eBay.

[ANTEATERNEO]

Looks nice but fan cel?

[tekering]

Yeah, the line work is a little too thick... and a little too clean.  

Excellent reproductions, though.  

[jvmacross]

3 hours ago, tekering said:

How about these?

Found 'em on eBay.

Fan Cels....

Everyone in the MW Cel Collector Community pretty much came to this conclusion about 3 years ago when they first emerged on YJA, then eBay.  In fact, the seller was told as much when he was trying to sell them as legit.

He eventually added to the descriptions that they were fancels.  These were originally sold/purchased on YJA for considerably more than what they are worth.

Hope no one paid more than 40 bucks for each, as you can get one done of any animated character or mecha for about that much on ebay.

[ZenAmako]

Did anyone see this listing on YJ?

Looks like an original mixed media Mikimoto painting of Minmay.  o_O

https://www.rinkya.com/en/auction-f345862446?dollar=part

 

[Fortress_Maximus]

It is a reproduction limited run of 40.  Not original artwork or pre or post production art.

[ZenAmako]

1 minute ago, Fortress_Maximus said:

It is a reproduction limited run of 40.  Not original artwork or pre or post production art.

Yeah, I jumped the gun a bit.  Was just trying to delete or edit my post.

[elrdf]

Does anyone know where this is from?

[sketchley]

24 minutes ago, MacrossManiac said:

Does anyone know where this is from?

 

Macross II final episode?

[Seto Kaiba]

22 minutes ago, sketchley said:

Macross II final episode?

Yup.

[elrdf]

1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Yup.

Thanks! It's funny I just mentioned that there are never any SDF cels and this one popped up, just sucks that it's not a TV cel.

[Seto Kaiba]

5 minutes ago, MacrossManiac said:

Thanks! It's funny I just mentioned that there are never any SDF cels and this one popped up, just sucks that it's not a TV cel.

If I had the cash to spare, I'd totally jump on that cel myself.

 

[ANTEATERNEO]

Hi guys

Just received the package from Mandarake. A good companion with the previous DYRL cel from the same scene. Interesting seeing handwriting match between two cels that are collected 20 years apart.  

[jvmacross]

On 6/5/2019 at 12:15 PM, Seto Kaiba said:

If I had the cash to spare, I'd totally jump on that cel myself.

 

Is it me or did he jack up the price on it?  Thought it was listed at around 800 USD?

I still have some cash to burn 

 

[elrdf]

7 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Is it me or did he jack up the price on it?  Thought it was listed at around 800 USD?

I still have some cash to burn 

 

No he jacked it up. It was at like $795.00 I think initially. so much for just a split second shot but a cool ass cel. Sucks that it's not from TV.

[jvmacross]

2 minutes ago, MacrossManiac said:

No he jacked it up. It was at like $795.00 I think initially. so much for just a split second shot but a cool ass cel. Sucks that it's not from TV.

it's an awesome cel, but the asking price is above "Macross II" kind of money...

Still, if you are a hard core MII fan, it could be considered a priceless jewel of any MII collection

[JetJockey]

I would go for this one if it's the real deal over that Macross II one.

 

https://www.rinkya.com/en/auction-w316817506

 

It's about to end and no one is bidding yet. Buy it now option as well. Can't beat a one of a kind DYRL background.

[Mokman]

Too many things didn't seem right to me on that one.  I am not sure it is original.  Certainly doesn't have the same quality as the DYRL backgrounds I do have.  Now if the seller had offered those cels instead, they certainly would have gotten some action.

[jvmacross]

I could have sworn those 2 cels were just recently listed separately on YJA...would have to look at closed auctions

But yeah, the background looks like a xerox copy

[jvmacross]

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e357945304 - 45K(?)

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s665064541 - 120K

The plot thickens! 

[JetJockey]

The background didn't sell the first time around so I guess everyone believes it is suspect. And probably not just too expensive seeing what some of the sketches and other stuff sold for recently.

[jvmacross]

Looks like the Macross Cannon cel did not sell....as expected

I'm interested but not at the current price........it has to come down to the MII range for cels of similar quality

 

[JetJockey]

I guess we can use this Skull leader valkyrie TV cel on Mandarake to see if more people bid on that versus the Max TV cel that ended on Yahoo Japan. Both are good cels with backgrounds. I have a feeling that the Skull leader cel will go for more than the Max one. But we'll see soon.

https://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auction/item/itemInfoEn.html?index=607657

[zard]

Well it looks like we definitely have a SCALPER in the MW forums pretending to be a honest collector.

Ebay user SARALISO is MW user ELRDF and he has been buying up cels online and attempting to resell for markups akin to the practices of well-known and hated scalpers urbantreasurehunterjapan and silvrdrago.

Currently he has 20 Macross cels on ebay and the majority were purchased within the last nine months.  He claims he "has to resell" to offset costs and that "he does not want to".  Do not be fooled and do not support this scalper who only joined MW to pump the community for information and take advantage of the MW community.

[elrdf]

I am collecting. I did purchase many cels recently and am keeping the ones that I like. Some of the cheaper ones sold I decided to buy and resell, if not me uTHJ and others will list them at astronomical prices.  Actually, a majority of the cels after they have been sold and I get almost exactly what I paid for them. for example, a cel that I paid 50 for with all expenses of getting it here I'm at 80+ if I resell for 120-150 after ebay expenses and shipping I break even or make a few bux so it's actually beneficial. A cel that I'd sell for 200, UTHJ or silverdrago would list for 400 or so. Also, when they sell for higher prices your cels values will go up as well. 

[Mokman]

I am also interested to see how that cel ends on Mandarake.  The final price will go a long way to reveal if the same bidders who are active on YJ are active on Mandarake as well.

[jvmacross]

I am pretty sure we both are...does that count? 

Although a very nice cel....it is just not as iconic as the recent Max VF-1A cel...

Still....these cels seem to sell higher on Mandarake all the time....who knows what that Max cel would have fetched on Mandarake...

 

Edited June 17, 2019 by jvmacross

[elrdf]

6 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

I am pretty sure we both are...does that count? 

Although a very nice cel....it is just not as iconic as the recent Max VF-1A cel...

Still....these cels seem to sell higher on Mandarake all the time....who knows what that Max cel would have fetched on Mandarake...

 

The Max cel didn't have the background though, it was just the cel. I also wonder, I mean you can easily verify the authenticity of the cels on YJ as you can with Mandarake. I seriously wonder who is paying so much. The last Mandarake auction had Douga selling for such high prices. I'm thinking it was one person that was bidding on all of them. The storyboard for the last episode sold for over $6,000.00.

[jvmacross]

4 hours ago, elrdf said:

I am collecting. I did purchase many cels recently and am keeping the ones that I like. Some of the cheaper ones sold I decided to buy and resell, if not me uTHJ and others will list them at astronomical prices.  Actually, a majority of the cels after they have been sold and I get almost exactly what I paid for them. for example, a cel that I paid 50 for with all expenses of getting it here I'm at 80+ if I resell for 120-150 after ebay expenses and shipping I break even or make a few bux so it's actually beneficial. A cel that I'd sell for 200, UTHJ or silverdrago would list for 400 or so. Also, when they sell for higher prices your cels values will go up as well. 

Oh...so you are providing a "service" to the cel collector community....we had you figured out all wrong!