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Mathew James
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 740
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014
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posted March 29, 2017 07:19 AM
I am the same as Kevin here. I feel i have been SUPER fortunate on ebay to date. Out of about 50 films i've carefully selected, i only have maybe 2 or 3 that I am not very happy with. One was a little rascals that must have water damage or something as the sound drops ever second as if the mag stripe was wet and damaged in areas... Another film had white 'specs' on one side. I still don't know what or why, but i don't like that one film.Another has a good film but bad box. After that, the rest were great prints with good boxes. You just have to be careful. For example, there is a a 88 year old collector who left his stuff one fella who is dispersing now on ebay many good films with excellent boxes, which is rare... You longer-term collectors are fortunate to have what you have, but us newer fellas have to collect what we can get...and ebay remains a source for me. A good source in fact. I bought way out west from a collector on this forum. It is blackhalk original 4 reeler in GREAT shape. I would love to move it to one or two reels eventually, and maybe sell it for astronomical amounts
-------------------- -- Cheers, Matt 📽
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Andrew Woodcock
Film God
Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted March 29, 2017 08:23 AM
I have a had a mixed bag from ebay Uk in recent years particularly. Nowadays I'm particularly put off by items which, for whatever reason, cannot be fully verified in the advertisement, either by photograph or even some kind of verbal assurance.
Several years ago, i went through a spell of having the kind of fortune that Mathew and Kevin describe, where the prints were from a deceased relatives estate, but they themselves knew little surrounding the hobby.
In one such example. based on the small amount of photographic evidence there was in the advertisement, I took a gamble on the film being good. Not only was it good, it looked like it had never been projected. I believe other films sold from the very same collection were on equal parity.
So to sum up from my own individual perspective here in the UK, films can show up in superb shape from ebay still, and not necessarily by people who have the knowledge or equipment to verify them, but in more recent times here, I am experiencing that this is becoming less frequent for the kind of film I am particularly interested in.
I suppose that is only to be expected given the age most prints are getting to nowadays.
-------------------- "C'mon Baggy..Get with the beat"
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