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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted May 17, 2011 02:28 PM
I recently picked up a print of Call Her Savage, which is one of the Clara Bow films I did not have, and one of my absolute favorites. I saw an add in Classic Images around Feb, or March 2009 for a seller in FL who had a print described I think as a fair dupe w/ specks for $100, I immediately called and found it was sold already..Roughly 2 weeks later a print showed up on ebay and was described almost identically although the quality of the dupe now seemed a bit better, and made sense since it was listed for a buy it now price of $299 or make best offer...I offered the seller $200 and was sent back the counter offer of $275...With no pictures I thought this was too risky a buy so i passed, and decided to watch the film...An ad showed up on a separate forum shortly thereafter at a price of $225..I'll admit, being a rabid Bow fan I was tempted but it still seemed high for a crap shoot, since there were no images, and only the text "OK dupe fuji specks"
I decided I would just watch and see how things played out...The seller held firm for ages, and only recently reduced the price to a starting bid of $155, or buy it now for $200...I finally thought OK it has been 2 years and I am silly enough that I just want all her films, I bid and won the auction, so with shipping it came to $166.
When I got the film I opened it up and ironically the seller's name who listed it in Classic images was written on the reels with his Florida address, so my assumption was correct it was the same print. I sat down to watch the film and was fairly disappointed (which is not easy for me as my standards are fairly low at times)..The print looks much better in my photos on the other page, but for the most part is extremely soft, with very low contrast, and extensive scratching and "fuji specks". This is not the usual specks you see that pop in and out this is like watching a film through a coca cola waterfall....(and mind you thank goodness I was using the film-o-clean so I didn't have to worry about the dirt as well)
I am not slamming the seller for trying to make a profit, and I'm not complaining to get a refund, I am simply telling the tale ( of which I am pretty certain my facts are all correct)of a film that I followed for 2 years and purchased.
I am now looking for an original of this title should anyone have one for sale...
-------------------- "You're too Far Out Miss Lawrence"
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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted May 19, 2011 05:23 PM
quote: If he got it for $100, say, that doesn't mean you would have gotten it for $102 (or whatever.)
Don't I know it...
That is why it took me so long to finally get a 28mm projector because if I bid 800 it went for 805, if I bid 500, it went for 505, if I bid 1200, 1205,,,,....which is why the one I finally got I will never tell anyone what I plugged in as the high bid, because had it gone that high, I'd have been in trouble.....
-------------------- "You're too Far Out Miss Lawrence"
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