u/mrdantesque

That’s not gonna be cheap but it’s really exciting

Hey everyone,

I started a collection years ago and having cels with vinegar syndrome wasn't part of the original plan but considering that it's the final destination for most-if-not-all cels, at some point we have to compose with that fact if we want to enjoy them.

Ideally sellers would always be transparent about it and buyers could make informed decisions but that's not always the case, I regularly see cels for sale, advertised as in excellent condition when you can see the cel being so warped it cannot even hold flat, and sometimes well you don't see it has VS until you open the box and are greeted with the smell. Even in shops like Apple symphony, the smell permeates, which makes me wonder for how long can we really be picky about it.

I read about how people manage VS in their collections and I read a little of everything, some people just ventilate them regularly to prevent gas buildup, other people manage separate binders for anything that is VS afflicted, others use molecular sieve and keep them in a closed location, I've even read about people not tolerating VS in their collection and destroying cels (+ the magical cel oasis mysterious VS time machine)

What do you think about it ? how do you handle receiving VS afflicted cels when buying from auction and how do you keep the cels once you have received them ? Is there a VS advancement limit that you set for your collection ?

Some of my absolute favourite cels from 80s OVAs like Megazone23 or demon city Shinjuku sometimes have various degrees of VS, it would break my heart to not be able to enjoy them, at the same time I really don't want them to contaminate the rest of my collection, for the moment I try to frame them but I don't have enough wall space and also don't have enough good quality frames with good UV filtering plexi, so by storing them in bad frames I'd simply accelerate their demise

Thanks!