Type Moon Rough Sketch Fetches $4500

Type Moon Rough Sketch Fetches $4500

Few would deny an original work by Type Moon’s top illustrator 武内崇 / Takashi Takeuchi, of Fate/stay night and Tsukihime fame, to be one capable of commanding a high price, and worth it, but a recent auction in which a single page from a sketchbook, featuring but one rather rough pencil illustration, certainly turned heads when the auction concluded at an impressive ¥456,000.

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  • Mark commented on August 7, 2008 04:20
  • Ah, that makes more sense. I was wondering why people would buy something like that through an online auction.... More
  • Artefact commented on August 7, 2008 01:13
  • It seems the sketch was done "live" at the event, so the creator could confirm it was made. Nobody would buy it otherwise.... More

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