Signed Cels......What's your opinion?

Goldknight · Post by **Goldknight** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:33 pm

I frequently see cels for sale on site and on auctions that are signed either by the artist or the voice actor. What is your opinion on these cels? Do the signatures decrease the value or increase the value? Do they make no difference in the value? If it was signed would that prevent you from buying it or make you want it more? I'm just curious. I've had signed cels offered to me before and I'm torn as to what to think of them. In my opinion they weren't signed in making the anime so the signature brings the value down. On the other hand if it's a higher end cel then I may take what I can get.

heehee. Anyways....let me know your feelings on the matter.

mightymask · Post by **mightymask** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:54 pm

I didn't vote. For me I think it depends on who's signing them - If it's Akira Toriyama - heck ya! If it's an American voice actor - Get that pen away from my cel!! I'm guessing Toriyama would be the only one I wouldn't mind signing my cel but you're right, there's some cels I wouldn't like anything on them aside from the characters themselves.

magus11 · Post by **magus11** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 11:15 pm

I think it ruins the cels personally unless the autographs on a seperate layer and i also dont like getting a cel if its autographed already to me an autograph means something when you personally meet the person and so on to get an autograph from someone you never met has no meaning to it but thats just the way i am

jenn-b · Post by **jenn-b** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:07 am

Yet another thing to agree with MM on! I was THRILLED to get Yasuhiro Nightnow's sig on my Knives cel. I have a GW cel of Heero that has the seiyu. I love them both! But...that's just another opinion. If you really want the cel, but don't want the signature, you may be able to remove it. Just another thought

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 1:25 am

I think it's cool, as long as you don't try to sell them. For me, getting an auto would be totally about me, and my respect for the artist, director, or seiyu. However, I have never purchased an autograph in my life. For me, the whole idea is about the experience of meeting that person and taking something cool away from it.

Elot · Post by **Elot** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 1:37 am

For me, an autographed cel would proved more valuable to me if signed especially by the japan voiceactors, i wouldnt mind the english voice actor either.

Cheers
Elot

dbzmomma · Post by **dbzmomma** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 4:52 am

I think I'm with blueheaven on this. I have some autographed programs from stage plays I went to back in 1968. They mean a lot to me (autographed by the actors) because I met them backstage after the play. (Diane McBain, Carlton Carpenter, Dick Shawn, and Edd Byrnes. I know — who the hell are they??!! We were too chicken to try for William Shatner's!)

So, unless I won an autographed copy of something (like the woman who won Toriyama's signed drawing in the Shonen Jump contest), I don't think I'd pay for one. And I don't think I'd want a cel with a sig, but I might change my mind about that.

dude_moose · Post by **dude_moose** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 6:31 am

i don't think i personally would pay more for a cel with a signature on it, because i collect cels for the art, not for a person's sloppy signature.
If it looks really bad on the cel you can probably remove it with rubbing alcohal or something

Ultimate Dragonball · Post by **Ultimate Dragonball** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 2:48 pm

I how have to say that I would only mind it being signed if
I meet the person face to face, Like I meet the American
Voice actress for Ah My Goddess, Belldandy and she signed
a cel for me on a seperate layer, thats how I would only have
it signed.

Wolfette · Post by **Wolfette** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 3:12 pm

Well, I posted that I hate them.

But ... if the signature isn't on the cel itself (as in a separate acetate layer) it would be kind of cool - I'd obviously prefer it to be signed by the Japanese seiyuu, but the English VA would be ok in some instances.

I don't think I'd really be all that interested in a cel that was signed on the layer with the paint itself though...

Just my .02

Elfstalker · Post by **Elfstalker** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 3:42 pm

Ever since I starting cel collecting, I strive to get some of my cels signed! I actually had a chance to at AX2000 when I met the creator and character desginer of 'Shoujo Kakumri Utena.' But at that time, I wasn't into cels, so I got a personal sketch and autograph instead.

But yes, if it's the creator of the anime, then Iwould love an autograph on the cel. If it's anyone else, VA, character designer, producer, etc, then I would prefer the autograph on a separate layer.

As to the value of the signature on a cel, I think it's up to the buyer whether the added sig is worth more. In most cases, I think it makes a cel more desirable.

Personally, I think English dubbed siggies actually make the value of a cel decrease.

Kane · Post by **Kane** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:14 pm

It really wouldn't make a difference to me one way or the other

If I really wanted the cel I would get it regardless.

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