What's up with Hikaru No Go all of a sudden

[Gonzai]

I always watch Hikaru No Go auctions on Mandarake.
I have bid on a few, but once they pass 60,000, then
I know its gone past what I am willing to spend. What
I have found is that they usually end right at about 60,000
or less, but there are 2 current auctions on Mandarake
that are just insanely high.

http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auc_e/item ... 4902100017

http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auc_e/item ... 5060100022

I tell ya, I love Sai, but not that much.
Glad its not my pocetbook suffering. Guess
I will hold out and see what else comes up.

[Sugarflower]

Sorry to hear the price went to high for you. I don't understand what has been happening lately. So many cels and sketches are selling for outrageous prices. I know cels are starting to become slightly scarce do to anime being CGI now, but still... I guess more and more people are starting to collect therefore pushing up the prices outrageously, even on the 'not so great' cels.

[Ms. Poe]

No, there's some weird flucuation going on right now for production artwork. I mean, look at FMA. There are genga/layout sets going for over $1k every week. The ones I got for half that price on Mandy are 5 times nicer...It's weird I tell ya =/! CCS cels are insane, and nothing really that nice...

I dunno what it is...But it looks like the time to sell if you've got what the market is demanding, but it might only be with japanese collectors.

[kittens]

Yeah I have noticed that as well..... HNG and IY, etc etc.....

I am so glad that I am not collecting them (I wish I could but it seems too late )

[yoshito]

Yeah, visited Mandarake last night and nearly fell out of my chair. Seen Hikaru no Go sketches go for a pretty penny, but yeah should take screenshots of those two. O_O

[mightymask]

Wow, that's a lot of money compared to what I've been seeing but they are nice sketches.