{"id":7430,"date":"2025-09-15T09:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/im-a-collector.com\/non-categorise\/claymore-clare-original-illustration-reproduction-volume-10-unknown-origin\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:14:03","slug":"claymore-clare-original-illustration-reproduction-volume-10-unknown-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/im-a-collector.com\/en\/anime-art-en\/claymore-clare-original-illustration-reproduction-volume-10-unknown-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"[wanted] CLAYMORE \u2013 Clare \u2013 Original illustration reproduction volume 10 (unknown origin)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are pieces you go looking for.And then there are those that find you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

This one belongs to the second category.<\/p>\n\n

I had never seen this reproduction before 2025.Not in public sales, not in archives, not even mentioned by other collectors.It didn\u2019t exist. Until the day it suddenly appeared while I was casually browsing Mercari. <\/p>\n\n

A single image.A single occurrence.<\/p>\n\n

And immediately, that strange feeling: this doesn\u2019t look like the others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Context & discovery<\/h2>\n\n

I was searching through Claymore reproductions. Rare objects, and above all, images I usually know very well. <\/p>\n\n

And then, suddenly, this illustration. <\/p>\n\n

A reproduction (\u8907\u88fd\u539f\u753b), apparently based on the cover of volume 10. <\/p>\n\n

No clear description. No source. No history. <\/p>\n\n

Just there, included in a heterogeneous lot mixing illustrations, reproductions, and originals. <\/p>\n\n

What strikes you immediately is not only its rarity. <\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s its isolation. <\/p>\n\n

I found only one other visual reference.But no parallel traces, no similar copies. <\/p>\n\n

As if this piece had never been meant to circulate.<\/p>\n\n

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\u00a9 Norihiro Yagi \/ Shueisha, Jump SQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Why this reproduction matters<\/h2>\n\n

It is so extremely uncommon that I\u2019m surprised it exists at all.<\/p>\n\n

It is signed, and the author has deliberately obscured the identifying information.<\/p>\n\n

My attempts \/ frustrations<\/h2>\n\n

The lot was listed at \u00a5650,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

A price that, in itself, isn\u2019t absurd for a group of Claymore-related pieces\u2026 but completely disproportionate for a blind investigation.<\/p>\n\n

No guarantee.No authentication.Not even certainty that this reproduction is official.<\/p>\n\n

So I watch this lot from afar, with that unpleasant feeling collectors know well: letting a piece slip away due to a lack of information or an excessive price.<\/p>\n\n

What I know (and what remains unknown)<\/h2>\n\n

At this stage, the facts are sparse:<\/p>\n\n