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Topic: Collector or Hoarder.
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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 08, 2016 04:38 AM
quote: Winbert ...now that is a coincidence is it not ?
David...believe me we are not alone.
In fact, I could see when I was reducing my collections (ps: I collect films, trains, LP/vinyls, old radios/electronics) those who bought from me was doing just the same, i.e in the phase of being a hoarder....
But since they bring money for me, I just let them.... I am happy, they are happy...everybody is happy...
For example, Vinyls just make a comeback while I have been collecting for years. So I am more a cherry picker now in buying, but those new collectors just grab everything, and this is a big opportunity for me.
The same case with train stuffs, it is not easy to get this kind in Indonesia, so they just bought whatever is available.
Films is not some kind popular item here, so mostly I am selling overseas through Ebay. But there are alo new film collectors there.
Overall, by selling those stuffs from my small collection, I could roughly make US$12g (eqv £9,000) only for this year. More I made last year.
So my advise is not to throw anything, but sell it.
I know I am still rather young so have that energy to browse, advertise, do packing, and shipping, something that not everyone can do especially those on retirement age.
-------------------- Winbert
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Joe Caruso
Film God
Posts: 4105
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 08, 2016 08:43 AM
Now, there are many who haphazardly will collect every single title a partcular outfit manufactured, and in any condition - For me, being eclectic and of the unusual, my directive is to find key titles in a nice box (I term them "darn-near mint") - For instance, Castle Films had twenty westerns, well, it took a long time and I located all of them, but with some sport-reels, cartoons and such, I'm not as eager - As for the older companies; Mountain, BreakSpear, Regent, Walton and such, those I will search for in earnest as they have varying degrees of rarity, offer the collector a choice of seldom-seen items in other gauges usually and bring a contrast to the similar titles released by other companies in pre-print materials - Archival, many of the earliest and first Single-8 releases were struck away from good 16s and 35 materials, which is why many of them stull are bright and have sharp density - Since 1932, we have enjoyed Std 8 and many rare films were fortunately printed in this gauge for home-use - Take most any Blackhawk, even earlier (BreakSpear as example), had the earliest Vitagraphs which I've never seen - Britain had a treasure of offerings, so God Bless it I always will say - Many choice films in Std 8 were not always made available in Super8, as by 1965 new films made more money and so forth - Well, not to ramble on and on - My nickel on it, Shorty
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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 969
From: Athens,Greece
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted August 08, 2016 10:34 AM
I was never a hoarder,unless I found the films in a dustbin or they were given to me for free! Even if I was offered big collections,I managed to buy only the titles that interested me.I always buy what I want and nothing more.The (big) exception was last year when I was offered two collections for free (Well,I did pay the postage!).One was for a lot of a hundred +plus cartoons and the other for several hundred (yes!) original silent features and shorts.And these are the only ones I haven't yet finished watching and cataloguing. If I will buy a complete collection,I will at least ask for a title list and see if the majority,and in regard to the asking price,are to my liking. Tom,why don't you just make a list of the things you want to throw out,before the boot sale?
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Panayotis A. Carayannis
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 969
From: Athens,Greece
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted August 10, 2016 01:56 PM
I think I stated that clearly,a few posts above,and in the other forum. I am not a dealer and I do not buy joblots.With the two exceptions that I mentioned above,which were offered to me.They did send me their lists.Since they came from the US and Canada I had to pay the postage,of course.For the 122 cartoons,the postage was 103 euros.That comes to 0,84 per reel.Even if I threw the films and kept just the reels and boxes,I wouldn't be at loss either! For the other collection, postage was an average of $ 150 per 25 kg parcel,by USPS,that came to me in less than a week's time. There were about 10 to 12 parcels sent in the course of 14 months. Of course there are many duplicats that I already have. So, I will upgrade mine if they are better copies,and sell the rest,to offset the expence.Now,I;ve said it all! P.S. ...and I didn't pay any customs charges,either!
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