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Zechariah Sporre
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posted December 24, 2012 11:43 AM

I've seen this book called "Book Of Film Care" written by Paul Gordon and I was curious if anybody out there had it and if it is helpful and interesting or is it fairly basic knowledge and boring?

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Steve Klare
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posted December 24, 2012 12:14 PM

I think I have this book...(er)...somewhere...

The one I'm thinking about was published by Kodak and is written more for professional archivists than for us. It talks about equipment we can't afford and testing and chemicals we don't have access to. Even if it's interesting it's just not that useful.

I've always gone by the rule of keeping my prints in conditions I'm comfortable living in myself and many I bought new almost 35 years ago are still doing fine.

I think the worst enemy of 8mm prints is the attic: once they go there they never come back the same!

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Joe Caruso
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posted December 26, 2012 06:06 AM

The best guide is Gerald McKee's FILM COLLECTING, published in 1978 by South Brunswick Press - You'd be well-advised to secure an old hardcover copy, as it lists many collectors and procedures in film mainstays - The late John Black had long-recommended this book to me, and not long before he died I found a mint edition in a bookstore - Shorty

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Pasquale DAlessio
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posted December 26, 2012 06:35 AM

Here's a link to one on Amazon.com

[url= http://www.amazon.com/Film-Collecting-Gerald-McKee/dp/0498019187/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356524404&sr=8-1&keywords=Gerald+McKee%27s+FILM+COLLECTING]http://www.amazon.com/Film- Collecting-Gerald-McKee/dp/0498019187/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356524404&sr=8-1&keywords=Gerald+McKee%27s+FILM+COLLECTING[/url]

I just grabbed one myself.

[ December 26, 2012, 12:05 PM: Message edited by: Pasquale DAlessio ]

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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posted December 26, 2012 06:45 AM

Hi Pat, the book Shorty is speaking of is a different one to the Amazon link, there are both copies on Amazon UK.

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Pasquale DAlessio
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posted December 26, 2012 07:07 AM

It's the same thing only different [Confused]

I'm not sure if the image is correct as I found it elsewhere. However the publishing date is 1978. [Wink]

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted December 26, 2012 09:13 AM

The book Pat depicted is A HALF CENTURY OF FILM COLLECTING,Gerald McKee's second book,self-published in 1993.The first one FILM COLLECTING (Tantivy-Barnes)is from 1978.
There is also an earlier one by pioneer film historian Kalton Lahue, COLLECTING CLASSIC FILMS (Hastings House-Amphoto, 1970) which is also worthy. In fact,these are the only three in english,on the subject, as far as I know.

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Pasquale DAlessio
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posted December 26, 2012 12:05 PM

The one I purchased has a 1978 publishing date. So the pic I have is incorrect. [Embarrassed]

But it is a hard copy.

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Joe Caruso
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posted December 26, 2012 12:12 PM

The LaHue book is a good, basic source book of reference and educational guidelines, I need the HALF-CENTURY OF COLLECTING one though, Shorty

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Zechariah Sporre
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posted December 26, 2012 06:30 PM

Thanks for the replies. The Film Collecting book actually looks really interesting. I may just have to order myself a copy of it [Smile]

*update* I did just order it. I'll let you know what I think [Smile]

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted January 03, 2013 08:26 AM

Joe, you can order a new reprint of the book from Patrick Moyles of "Flickers".

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Maurice Leakey
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posted January 03, 2013 08:51 AM

The editor of "FLICKERS" is Patrick Moules.

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Zechariah Sporre
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posted January 03, 2013 01:14 PM

I just got my copy of Film Collecting today. It is extremely interesting and informative on film history. I'd recommend it to anybody that is interested.

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted January 04, 2013 12:22 PM

The name is Patrick Moules,sorry for the mistake!

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