negative1 said:
why was this item even mentioned here?
Out of morbid curiosity, maybe? ;-)
The reason that the Willitts Designs' 70mm film cels were so interesting to me in the '90s were because they were pieces of actual film prints and you could scan them, print them, etc. and there were no altered SE scenes in them to make my stomach turn. They were $25 a piece retail ( and usually far less on eBay) and you could pick whatever images you wanted and you weren't forced to buy a whole set with Hayden Christiansen in them.
These aren't pieces of film, they're overpriced picture books, and I can think of a lot of better ways to "invest" $4,000 !!!!! Frankly, they smack more of George Lucas' greed and arrogance than of pride in his work.
George Lucas will finally do "something right" again when he ceases his pathological mission to bury the OOT.
As far as the color reference goes (I assume you're referring to the OT?) the OT books would be made from Special Edition prints, so I doubt if the color would be useful for any OOT preservations since I assume they don't represent the original theatrical colors.