8mm Forum: Steamboat Willie 9K on eBay

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Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on June 25, 2016, 05:18 PM:

Here is the link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ 16MM-FILM-DIsney-First-Movie-Steamboat-Willy-Very-Old-FILM-CLUB-MOVIE-USE-/391492822482?hash=item5b26ca65d2:g:x-kAAOSwiYFXHQdI

$9,280 buy it now. PLUS 9.99 shipping! [Eek!]

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on June 25, 2016, 05:27 PM:

What a bargain [Big Grin]

I will sell my Derann Super8 print for half that [Roll Eyes]

any suckers, I mean takers, out there? [Smile]

Posted by Ty Reynolds (Member # 5117) on June 25, 2016, 08:33 PM:

Based on the reel, it looks like it's only a 2 or 3-minute excerpt. Better be the "lost scene" at that price.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on June 25, 2016, 09:38 PM:

But if somebody does buy it after paying for it they still have to pay 9.99 shipping! [Eek!]

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on June 25, 2016, 11:41 PM:

Way too much wanted!
100% positive feedback is great for the seller but where oh where do they come up with these selling numbers?
Maybe make a $20 offer? .... Mean i know :-)
Oh and yeah .... surely free worldwide postage would be nice :-)

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on June 26, 2016, 04:54 AM:

Clinton - Do it.

I did the same with a recent 200' film on Ebay UK. A black and white sound film for £135...... I offered £5.

Needless to say it was rejected..... and I bet they thought I was taking the p*** when really, I was having the last laugh!

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on June 26, 2016, 03:05 PM:

The spool looks like a 100ft spool, under three minutes at sound speed. Not only that, the leader is double perf indicating the film itself could be silent.
The original runs eight minutes and is, of course, sound. Also is called Steamboat Willie, not Steamboat Willy.
I hope nobody ever considers even making an offer for an obviously truncated film.

Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on June 26, 2016, 03:32 PM:

if i put what i wanted to put here i would most certainly be taken off the forum forever, there are only two words that i can describe the lister, nuf said. [Wink]

Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on June 26, 2016, 04:10 PM:

And ones Wayne!! 😂😂😂

The other btw shares the surname of the lead singer from Simple Minds. Te He.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on June 27, 2016, 02:44 AM:

The film could be a 16mm Cine Kodagraph.
Kodak put out silent edited versions of films on 100ft spools, they were often tinted yellow, and were for home use.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on June 27, 2016, 11:51 AM:

I wouldn't pay that for a 35MM theatrical print of "life and Times of Grizzly Adams" [Big Grin]

Posted by David Donaldson (Member # 3858) on June 29, 2016, 06:54 AM:

Horses for courses. Someone may buy it, prize it, boast to friends. No harm in that. Seller is flying a kite and we can watch the show. That's good.

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