Are these sketches rare?

NARUTO92 · Post by **NARUTO92** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:57 pm

Hi!

I just wanted to know if these sketches are rare. The set of Naruto is from episode 20 and the set of Sakura is from episode 31 or 32. I don't know what episode that the set of Shikamaru's father is from (I just know that he's Shikamaru's father. I haven't seen him in the manga yet and definately not the anime, although it is catching up fast.). I just wanted to know what Shikamaru's father's name is and how much that these sets are worth in your opinion.

I added them to my photo album so that you could see them. There are 3 sketches from each set shown. Just click on the pictures to make them bigger.

Naruto set - It has about 40 sheets.

Sakura set - It has about 20 sheets.

Shikamaru's father set - It has 24 sheets.

Thanks for your opinions!

Link - http://animeunleashed.rubberslug.com/ga ... spx?id=342

NARUTO92 · Post by **NARUTO92** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:16 am

Hey.

If anyone can tell me exactly what episode that the Sakura set is from, then that would help too. Thanks!

EDIT: I wanted to know if these sketches are rare because they are from some of the very early episodes. Sorry that I forgot to write that in my first post.

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:31 am

Sure it's rare! But not really rarer then other naruto sketches!!

The dad sketch is probably the rarest

NARUTO92 · Post by **NARUTO92** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:01 am

RoboFlonne wrote:Sure it's rare! But not really rarer then other naruto sketches!!

The dad sketch is probably the rarest

I think that they are rarer because they are from the very early episodes of Naruto and I think that there are over 170 episodes of Naruto or maybe even 200+. Anyway, I just think that that's why they might be rarer. I would just like to see what others have to say and what they think that they are worth.

I think that sets of Shikamaru's dad or any of their parents are hard to find so I agree with you RF about that set being pretty rare.

naturalgrace · Post by **naturalgrace** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:34 pm

Shikamaru's father's name is Shikaku, if I recall.

NARUTO92 · Post by **NARUTO92** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:48 pm

naturalgrace wrote:The Naruto sketch is from episode 20. I suspect the Sakura set is from the Forest of Death arc. Not sure which episode, though. I'd try looking at 28. Shikamaru's father's name is Shikaku, if I recall.

Thanks naturalgrace!

I know that the set is from the Forest of Death episodes, but I'm not exactly sure what one. What do you think that they are worth?

xKAKASHIx · Post by **xKAKASHIx** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:25 pm

Shikamaru's father is the rarest of the sketches since he isnt in many eps...sketches of Naruto and Sakura are fairly easy to come across.

Naruto has definately dropped in prices (prolly do to the fillers and just an equilibrium leveling off).

naturalgrace · Post by **naturalgrace** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:48 pm

Whoa, I need to read posts more carefully.

But you're welcome!

As for what they're worth, I just started collecting a few months ago, but I suppose I can give you my opinion.

What they're worth is really subjective. For example, a collector who absolutely loves Sakura might give you $75 for the Sakura set, and another Naruto collector who doesn't care for her might give you $10.

I can tell you that I would be surprised if any of them went over, say, $40 on eBay. I'm basing this on what I've seen the average Naruto set sell for lately. In my experience, whether it's from an early episode doesn't seem to matter much. How much people are willing to pay seems to be more affected by whether the character in a set is a popular one, whether it's from a really pivotal scene, and how nice the artwork is.

For that matter, whether a genga set is "rare" (that is, relatively few genga of the character in the set exist) doesn't seem to matter as much as how popular they are.

To give you an example, I have three really nice Dosu sets from the Forest of Death arc. He's only in a few of episodes out of the whole of Naruto, so in that sense they are "rare". But I'd be shocked if I could get over $30 for them. The fact is, there just isn't a high demand for Dosu genga because people don't really care for the character much. If the sets were of Sasuke though, from the same episodes and of the same quality, I could sell them for a much higher price.

Sorry, I kinda wrote you a novel there. Hope that helps!

NARUTO92 · Post by **NARUTO92** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:40 pm

Yeah. You I guess that you can't really estimate how much genga or cels are really worth. It depends on how much that they like the character, how many sheets, how much detail, the size, and so on. I guess that no one can truly give a good estimate on genga, since estimates would be different for everyone. I seem to think that they are rarer because they are from earlier on in the series. The sets are also pretty nice. Another thing that I think makes the Sakura set rare is that she hasn't cut her hair yet. Anyway, thanks guys!

Here are my estimates:

Naruto set - $65 (More if they are pan sketches, which I think they are.)

Sakura set - $45-50

Shukaku - $70

Since Shikamaru's father is hard to find, what do you think a set of 24 genga of him is worth?

Just read the first post to see how many sheets are in each set.

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:57 am

It's hard to estimate prices, as it really comes down to who's bidding/buying at the time of purchase. I would say, however much you paid for them, would be a good estimate to start with and it can go up/down from there again.

Say if you have two Shikamaru fans who want to win the Shukaku sketches and they both frantically outbid each other raising the price ridiculously high, it doesn't necessarily mean that the winner will get what he paid for it, when and if he sells it on afterwards. I would say tho, because he is a rarer character and doesn’t appear in many episodes, he would naturally be more expensive than the other two sets, although it really does come down to how much the collector is willing to pay for the sell (which I know doesn’t really help, but it is hard estimating prices like that on something quite rare and something that only you know how much you paid for it...which is why auctions/offer periods can be quite useful at times!) Nice snags tho!!

But the biggest question I think you need to ask is, are you planning to sell them?? *eyes them up*

NARUTO92 · Post by **NARUTO92** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:50 am

I agree Ronin. Thanks as well.

I actually didn't pay very much for each set at all. Shukaku is the rarest, but luckily I got him at a very good price. He actually ended up being the cheapest set! I've only seen one other set of him before and he was $80, looked surprised, and had 27 sheets. I think that I got a pretty good deal.

I don't want to sell them now, but if I ever do have an offer period, I'll give you the first chance at them (If you want any of the sets).

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:17 am

Thats awesome that you got them at such a great price (although it does make me a little jealous...but only a little bit!

).

But yeah, if you ever want to sell the Sakura set, do please let me know!

NARUTO92 · Post by **NARUTO92** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:26 am

Ronin wrote:Thats awesome that you got them at such a great price (although it does make me a little jealous...but only a little bit! ).

But yeah, if you ever want to sell the Sakura set, do please let me know!

All right. I'll let you know first if I ever want to sell Sakura.

EDIT: Does anyone think that the Naruto set is pan? I think that the ones of him in the river standing (Not falling) picking up trash look pan.

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 1:57 pm

If you look at the episode and the screen pans over naruto then it's a pan!

That's the only way to know for sure!!

NARUTO92 · Post by **NARUTO92** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:20 pm

Okay.

Oh yeah, another thing. I'm trying to sell at least one piece of fan art by 3:00P.M. tomorrow. If you want any more details and some examples, then please don't hesitate to P.M. me. I'll give you a link to another post that I made on here about it so that you can find it faster.

Anyway, tonight I will be starting on a Gaara that someone just requested and also a Kakashi for someone else, so I'll be kinda busy, but I might be able to get in up to 5 more requests that I can get done this week. Anyway, thanks Ann(2nd customer. She's not an RS or Anime-Beta member.) and Sugarflower (1'st customer.) for being my first customers.

If you want to ask someone that has received a drawing that I did for them, then just ask sugarflower and get her opinion.

PS: This is my 51'st post! Now I'm an Otaku!