Value of such items really depends on how many fans there are still left of a particular artist. During his hey day for example, Masamune Shirow related products sold for ridiculous prices on eBay… now? Not so much for the same items. Range Murata is still popular but something like this is very much a die hard collector’s item. How much would I put it at? Definitely not below US$100.

If you haven’t already, I’d recommend also asking on the Zero-Type forum at http://forums.zero-type.com/

Will also email you.
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I looked at one of the forums that listed items which relates to Range Murata – from artbooks to figures. You highlighted the items in bold that you do have, but the said item was not. That left me in another dead end of finding people who owns it.

I acquired the items in 2008 at a convention. The guy sold a bunch of posters and this guy displayed the Range Murata posters. I was willing to buy it and to my surprise I did not know it came in a tube. He had two sets of these and we talked for a bit before I bought them. He told me these he acquired at a convention (which after I did some research was Comiket) and were sold to him. He told me that these were pretty cool… and he did not know the artist. I did not think of the rarity at the time. Now, truthfully enough it is hard to get more info about the rarity of the item.

I never seen these items being posted by collectors before or sold by anyone. So, I pretty much do not know the value of which I am holding. I know its hard to find, especially when I only saw the pics at that one website (above). Artbooks, figures, or doujins are stuff that I can find in the net and buy; but this one I cannot put a price on. I can get a ballpark estimate on autographed wallscrolls but not on private labeled posters. What do you value this? I am asking since you seem to be pretty serious in collecting Range Murata’s stuff.

Hopefully this enlightens you a bit that there is someone owning an existing set. Please e-mail me back if possible.

Thank you.
-G

I manage a Japanese taiko drumming team named Tamashii (www.tamashii.co.nz) and I actually came across your site because I was hunting for a local Manga artist.

I want to experiment with putting together a few manga pieces of taiko drummers in action, which I can use later for posters and such — however virtually no budget at this point so I’m really looking for someone probably at an amateur level or who wants some fame (we can also put credits on the posters, website, etc.).

We also have an awesome concert coming up, maybe you can make it?
http://www.tamashii.co.nz/concert

All the best,

Mike