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I found a really nice pan cel up for auction from a series I collect religiously that had a really good start price. The only problem?

The previous owned didn't appear to store the cel properly, and there's a huge curve right in the center of the pan cel that just fills me with great sadness looking at it.

Is there any fixing / restoring cels that have been damaged in this way? I know some people mentioned receiving cels in poster tubes -- do any of you have any advice for how to treat such cels?

What's the max you'd pay for a cel damaged in this way?

Pan cels can curve sometimes. As long as the cel isn't bent/creased, we don't usually consider it "damaged" unless the curving is really severe and the obvious result of poor handling/shipping. If it was a piece that I liked, I would probably just bid normally, especially if it's a nice scene, as pan cels normally don't have a lot of (or any) sequence mates.

This is the cel in question:

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b218721677

I'd consider the damage fairly significant -- at first glance, i thought it was two cels because the curvature was so extreme. Anyone have any thoughts on this cel in particular? I know there's another collector in the community bidding on it (it's a rinkya username), so apologies in advance if we end up getting into a competition for it. (It actually would pair nicely with another pan cel I have in my collection from that same scene (http://trudy.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv ... mID=369829).