Sellers of Ill Repute
This is a list of animation art sellers (and resellers) who have sales practices that (especially new) collectors should be aware of. A seller may appear on this list because they price gouge (purchasing items from one marketplace and then immediately relisting them to another at a vastly inflated rate) or because they have a history of poor customer interactions (misleading auction listings, poor packing/shipping practices, etc). If you wish to add to this list, please read the "Sellers of Ill Repute: Guidelines" page.
- # Sellers of Ill Repute: Guidelines
- eBay - coffeeconnoisseur1
- eBay - kinopiyo
- eBay - lucky-dragon-tiger
- eBay - mo_on.japan
- eBay - silvrdrago
- ebay - souloftokyo
- TimelessCelGallery - https://timelesscelgallery.com/
- Yahoo Japan Auctions - ewjgogtji
- Yahoo Japan Auctions - kvcdn16615
- Yahoo Japan Auctions - m3756tikiri
- Yahoo Japan Auctions - mononokeiwasi
- Yahoo Japan Auctions - yymm119
- Yahoo Japan - hu_7700
# Sellers of Ill Repute: Guidelines
- Each seller should be listed on their own page and the title of the page should be formatted as: [Marketplace] - [Username]. For example: eBay - Johnsmith482. If a seller appears in more than one marketplace (or under multiple usernames) only include their primary marketplace/username in the title and note any others on the page itself.
- In order to add a seller to the list, you must provide evidence as to why they should be on it. For example:
- Screenshots showing a piece of art sold on Yahoo Japan and was then relisted on ebay a few weeks later for ten times the price.
- Screenshots of a negative interaction (email/personal messages/etc) with the seller. (You must include screenshots of the entire interaction, no cherry-picking messages to make a seller look bad.)
- Photographs of a poorly packaged piece of art.
- Photographs showing that the art you received differs greatly from how it was listed.
- ALL personal information (real names, phone numbers, addresses, etc) must be redacted from any evidence uploaded to a seller page. The only exception to this is if a seller's name is their username.
- Do not provide your own commentary. Present any evidence on the seller page and let other people make their own judgements. You may provide brief descriptions of images if you feel it is necessary, but try your best to keep them impartial.
- Search the list before adding a new seller page. If a particular seller page already exists, add your own evidence to that page, below any text or images that is already there.
- Keep discussions civil.
- Abusing this list by providing false or misleading information will result in your account being permanently banned.
- The moderators of this wiki may remove any information posted here without notice.
eBay - coffeeconnoisseur1
Image 1: Shinji and Unit 02 bought for 115,000 yen (~$1,060) from Mandarake
Image 2: Same being sold for $3,950, originally listed the day after the auction before it shipped from Japan
Image 3: Shinji bought for $280 from Rubberslug
Image 4: Same being sold for $1,250
eBay - kinopiyo
Image 1: MPE cel on YHJ for 35,000 yen (~$335)
Image 2: Same being sold on Ebay for $540 (seller does not own it)
Image 3: Unit 01/02 cel on YHJ for 195,000 yen (~$1,860)
Image 4: Same being sold on Ebay for $2,734 (seller does not own it)
Image 5: Unit 01 cel on YHJ for 170,000 yen (~$1,620)
Image 6: Same being sold on Ebay for $2,720 (seller does not own it)
Image 7: Unit 02 cel on YHJ for ~170,000 yen (~$1,620)
Image 8: Same being sold on Ebay for $2,736 (seller does not own it)
eBay - lucky-dragon-tiger
Seller (lucky-dragon-tiger) was mentioned in a Facebook group for actively trying to sell a cel that is owned by a collector in the group.
eBay - mo_on.japan
Image 1: Shinji cel being sold on Mercari for 45,900 yen (~$420)
Image 2: Same being sold on Ebay for $790 (seller does not own)
Image 3: Kaworu cel sold on Mercari for 85,000 yen (~$785)
Image 4: Same being sold on Ebay for $1,390 (seller does not own)
Image 5: Asuka cel sold on Mercari for 48,000 yen (~$440)
Image 6: Same being sold on Ebay for $990 (seller does not own)
eBay - silvrdrago
Image 1: Shinji cel sold on Mandarake for 31,000 yen (~$285)
Image 2: Same being sold on Ebay for $800
Image 3: Unit 02 cel sold on Mandarake for 35,000 yen (~$325)
Image 4: Same being sold on Ebay for $1,000
Image 5: Asuka cel sold on YHJ for 68,800 yen (~$635)
Image 6: Same being sold on Ebay for $1,500
Cel sold on Mandarake Acutions on 7/14/2020 for 5000 yen (approx $50 usd)
Silvrdrago listed the same cel later on with a non matching background and a 3x inflated price.
ebay - souloftokyo
1) A10 Tenchi Muyo Sasami cel ended on Yahoo Auctions Japan at 3,700 jpy (approx $37 USD)
2) item listed on ebay several months later for 149.99 USD at 4x the price.
TimelessCelGallery - https://timelesscelgallery.com/
1) Angel's Egg Cel with Background $16,000 usd. Recently sold on YJ for 160,000 yen (roughly $1,400 usd) 
2) JoJo Jotaro Cel for $3,000. Recently sold on YJ for 105,011 yen (roughly $955 USD) 
3) King of the Hill Cel listed for $2000. Was recently sold for $400 on ComicMint. 
