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Topic: Let us introduce the rarity scale.
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Winbert Hutahaean
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Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 16, 2017 02:45 AM
A grading system is commonly known, but nor a rarity scale.
Sometimes we see so much often a WDHM release such as Escape from Astragad, Cinderella or Jungle Book. So I can give a scale 1 for this.
But you are hardly seeing the second part of Astragad, which I can say this is sitting on scale 4.
So how about if we create a rarity scale scorring between 1-5.
1 = very often appears, you are almost sick and tired seeing them
2 = it sometimes you see it but not every day (e.g Tom & Jerry from Walton)
3 = we need to check Ebay very often to find such Universal 2 parters or Marketing 3 parters.
4 = we need to check with collectors, it is hardly seen, e.g Tom and Jerry release by Derann/Red Fox
5 = it is almost impossible to be obtained.
Please note, rarity scale is not directly related to the high price, e.g sitting in no. 4 for Astragad part 2 does not mean it is expensive.
Your input is appreciated please.
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Winbert
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted September 16, 2017 10:51 AM
I think that the best way for a film to suddenly "appear', whether on ebay or otherwise, is to mention that you're looking for a print of it, and then suddenly, someone, who is no doubt a member of this or that forum, decides to list in on thier selling site of choice and usually, due to someone wanting it, at a rather high price ...
... but hey, at least it is made available! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
By the way, my choice for the rarely seen but DO exist ...
Freaks super 8 feature
Duck Soup Super 8 feature
High Road to China Super 8 optical sound feature
The last Unicorn Super 8 optical sound feature ...
ect ect
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Adrian Winchester
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Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted September 18, 2017 12:47 PM
You occasionally find an ultra-rare film - perhaps without the original box or original leaders, so there are no clues regarding the source - that may have been privately printed to order, so it may not even have been a 'release' as such. E.g. there's one S8 trailer to 'Lifeforce' in circulation because in the mid-1980s I got a small company to print two reductions from a 35mm copy I had at the time. Similarly there were some S8 Disney trailers circulating years ago (I have one for 'Dragonslayer') that were certainly not releases but were believed to have been used 'in house'. So, unless you can establish the facts regarding certain items, you could potentially search for copies, when there's only one in existence! You could even look for a non-existent release that appeared in a catalogue but never appeared. That applies to certain Derann 'releases'. I recall a late Canterbury Films catalogue mentioning a promo reel for 'The Outer Limits' that I'd love to have, but I've yet to find someone who has seen a copy, so I suspect they went out of business before it appeared.
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Adrian Winchester
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