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Posted by Larry Peck (Member # 3600) on March 14, 2013, 09:58 AM:

Hi everyone! I am moving and am looking to sell my two Super 8 projectors (Elmo ST1200 & Eumig Mark S 802) and my entire film collection: Animal House, Star Wars, Coma, Sugarland Express, plus more.

I need some help pricing these items. They have been in storage for almost 30 years and are in excellent condition.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Larry

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on March 14, 2013, 10:23 AM:

Hi Larry,

You are in collector forum, then we tend to be picky. We cannot price items without any description of projector condition, i.e working or not working, box or no box, cosmetically mint or busted, belt is gooing or good, bulb is bright or dim or dead.

For films: are their colors good or faded, box or no box, splices? scratches? etc, etc

Then we can price them.

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 14, 2013, 11:07 AM:

Hi Larry!

I live in Atlanta (North burbs) and would love to check out some of your films! Can you email me a list, if not I'm happy to come over and browse! [Big Grin]

(By browse I mean hopefully buy)

I'd also be happy to help you with any pricing.I've been collecting (buying & selling)8mm since 1975 from the ripe old age of ten!

Tim

Posted by Adam McCreath (Member # 3500) on March 14, 2013, 02:04 PM:

as well collectors and buyers will bid up items on eBay to their fair market value if you have desierable films....

Posted by Larry Peck (Member # 3600) on March 14, 2013, 03:08 PM:

here is what i have. any help would be appreciated:

Projectors:

Elmo – ST1200 – belts were goo and taken out. Bulb works and have an extra bulb. Motor doesn’t work, but does that have anything to do with the belts being out?
Eumig Mark S 802 – works fine, but rear belt may need adjustment.

Films:

Alien - 360 feet in original case w/ Silent Running Trailer first
Amityville Horror - 360 feet in original case
Coma - 370 ft.
Damien Omen II - 370 feet in original case
Silver Streak – 320 ft.
Star Trek Blooper Reel #2 – 180 feet
Jaws – 600 ft. 2 reels spliced together. Still have original cases
Jaws – 200 feet in original case
Jaws 2 – 400 feet in original case
All The President’s Men - 400 feet in original case
Animal House - 600 ft. 2 reels spliced together. Still have original cases
Electric Horseman - 600 ft. 2 reels spliced together. Still have original cases
Logan’s Run – 370 feet in original case
Midnight Express - 400 feet in original case
Sugarland Express - 600 ft. 2 reels spliced together. Still have original cases
Star Wars - 800 ft. 2 reels spliced together + trailer. Still have original cases
The Jerk - 700 ft. 2 reels spliced together. Still have original cases
Slap Shot – 725 feet 2 reels spliced together. Still have original cases
Close Encounter of the Third Kind – 400 ft. in original cardboard box
Rocky Horror Picture Show - 360 feet in original case w/Young Frankenstein Trailer first
Rocky Horror Picture Show Trailer
The Car - 340 feet in original case
The Omen - 330 feet in original case
Tom & Jerry Cartoon “Quiet Please” – 7 minutes 140 feet
Smokey & The Bandit - 600 ft. 2 reels spliced together. Still have original cases
Superman The Movie - 400 ft. in original cardboard box w/ Twilight’s Last Gleaming trailer first
Chinatown Trailer
Saturday Night Fever Trailers – long and short
French Connection Trailer

Trailer Reel (spliced together):
- 2001 A Space Odyssey
- The French Connection
- Pink Panther
- The Enforcer
- Poseidon Adventure
- Gold
- The Town That Dreaded Sundown
- Scorpio
- Bonnie & Clyde
- Bruce Lee – The Chinese Connection

Trailer Reel (spliced together):
- Groove Tube
- Star Trek Bloopers

Trailer Reel (spliced together):
- March or Die
- The Sting
- Paper Moon
- The Godfather

thanks

larry

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 15, 2013, 03:18 PM:

I reiterate what was said earlier. You do have some very interesting titles on there, but without a description of the condition of the titles, (color, scratched or not scratched), then it is VERY hard to assess prices.

You stated then to have been instorage for over thrity years. What kind of storage, In a nice cool basement for 30 years or an outdoor storage shed.

I hope my questions don't sound too invasive, it's just that these are the kind of question that die hard collectors would ask, as it helps a person to, without a great description, potentially assess condition based upon storage.

OSI

Posted by Larry Peck (Member # 3600) on March 15, 2013, 10:19 PM:

osi:

all of the films have been stored indoors in boxes in relatively cool areas since 1984. i just kept moving them with me. i am the first owner of all of them and while i haven't watched them all or any all of the way through since then, i never had an issues with any scratched prints.

ALL of the titles are color EXCEPT for the Paper Moon trailer.

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 16, 2013, 02:10 PM:

Larry- Sent you a PM.

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