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Mark Todd
Film God

Posts: 3846
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003

posted December 14, 2014 09:46 AM

I`d have givern this one asway !!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AN-EARLY-1930s-16mm-SOUND-CINE-FILM-TITLED-THE-CONQUEST-OF-TUBERCULOSIS-/201236356192?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Medical_Specialisations_ET&hash=item 2eda9f1c60

Best Mark.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted December 14, 2014 09:55 AM

Truly unbelievable what sells on eBay. When I last looked at the site the bidding had reached £312 with 12 bids.

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted December 14, 2014 02:58 PM

The seller must still be celebrating. Amazingly, even the 3rd bidder was willing to go up to £55.89!

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Mark Todd
Film God

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From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003

posted December 14, 2014 03:30 PM

I couldn`t charge them anywhere near it after the auction.

Crazy. Best Mark.

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

Posts: 4486
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted December 14, 2014 04:38 PM

Congratulations, Timothy [Smile]

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Joe Vannicola
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 108
From: Lincoln, DE, USA
Registered: Feb 2014

posted January 03, 2015 10:54 PM

Years ago, when I was Relief Manager at a storage company, one of the renters worked for a pharmaceutical company and was throwing out 16mm films promoting their products ( they had changed over to video). I fished them out of a dumpster and tried watching them. They were as boring as watching paint dry, so I got rid of the film and kept the reels and cans.

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 04, 2015 05:43 AM

Actually this was the MGM musical "Conquest of Tuberculosis", one of the lesser known Astaire/Rodgers productions.

Very rare...

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 04, 2015 02:52 PM

ha

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Steven J Kirk
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 873
From: Southern England
Registered: Apr 2008

posted January 04, 2015 09:01 PM

My theory when we see one of these is the buyer's grandfather is in it or shot it or something. Only reason I can see.

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VistaVision
Motion Picture High-Fidelity

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 04, 2015 10:38 PM

I'd like to think somebody is making a documentary and wants to use footage from this, but even if that explains >300 GBP it doesn't do a great job explaining 12 bids.

What? -two medical documentaries?

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Mark Todd
Film God

Posts: 3846
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2003

posted January 10, 2015 06:03 AM

Not about this but just seen someone selling a film reel in the UK and its an extra £5.50 to add recorded delivery and its £1.10 actual cost. They like a giggle !!!

Best Mark.

PS funny I could,nt see any feedback about that film for the silly price, or could just be my eyesight !!!

[ January 10, 2015, 07:30 AM: Message edited by: Mark Todd ]

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