The results of an anime auction held by Heritage highlight how much money people were willing to spend on big anime items from Dragon Ball Z, Akira and other hit franchises.The event by Heritage was called “The Art of Anime and Everything Cool,” which took place last weekend. In a statement obtained by ComicBook.com, the auction house noted that not only was it one of its most profitable weekends of the year, but also that the anime items on the block sold for over US$3 million: “The sale realized $3,148,639 to beat the record high set last September, with numerous lots far exceeding their initial estimates. More than 5,000 bidders competed for their slices of history online, over the phone, and in person – by far the largest turn-out yet.”There were numerous items from various anime on sale at the auction, with franchises like Cowboy Bebop, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Akira and more being represented. However, the biggest amount went to Dragon Ball Z, where an animated cel of Vegeta’s “Final Atonement” sold for $144,000. A cel is a traditional form of animation where characters or objects are drawn onto celluloid sheets and eventually put onto backgrounds for the animation. This means that individual cels can sometimes house important historical moments from series and movies.RELATED: Cowboy Bebop: Rare Steelbook is Being Re-Released
The results of an anime auction held by Heritage highlight how much money people were willing to spend on big anime items from Dragon Ball Z, Akira and other hit franchises.
The event by Heritage was called “The Art of Anime and Everything Cool,” which took place last weekend. In a statement obtained by ComicBook.com, the auction house noted that not only was it one of its most profitable weekends of the year, but also that the anime items on the block sold for over US$3 million: “The sale realized $3,148,639 to beat the record high set last September, with numerous lots far exceeding their initial estimates. More than 5,000 bidders competed for their slices of history online, over the phone, and in person – by far the largest turn-out yet.”
There were numerous items from various anime on sale at the auction, with franchises like Cowboy Bebop, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Akira and more being represented. However, the biggest amount went to Dragon Ball Z, where an animated cel of Vegeta’s “Final Atonement” sold for $144,000. A cel is a traditional form of animation where characters or objects are drawn onto celluloid sheets and eventually put onto backgrounds for the animation. This means that individual cels can sometimes house important historical moments from series and movies.
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