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Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on September 04, 2014, 11:33 AM:

Apparently it is in great condition but he has not played it to confirm it and it says its sound when you can clearly see the films end it has no sound track. all for 19.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Cas tle-Films-Super-8-mm-movie-Abbott-Costello-in-Rocket-and-Roll-Sound-/151401187173?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on September 04, 2014, 01:10 PM:

LOL Jim...It baffles me that someone with a "Top Rated Plus" Ebay rating creates a listing like this [Confused]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on September 04, 2014, 01:35 PM:

Hey,

-at least there is film on the reel!

Sometimes sales like this show up with nothing but the box and the reel!

This is actually pretty obscure knowledge these days. A friend of mine became that way while she was selling her Dad's collection of railroad films on E-bay. It was so many films spread out over so much time a conversation developed. I taught her how to tell R8 from S8 (a little 16 too), how to tell if a film is silent or sound, B&W or color, and things like looking for fade, VS and mold.

By the time we were done she was probably the Film Expert in her neighborhood.
(yet without any films left!)

I appreciate the friendship too: when I lost my job she sent a list of what she had left and set aside the ones I wanted until I was back on my feet.

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