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I am amazed how many people are selling packaged films on Ebay, who claim they have never viewed them . Out of all the color films being sold on Ebay ....what would you guess would be the percentage with severe color fade ( only milky, fleshy red tones visible) ?
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If they are still cellophane-sealed...well, one never can know if the colors are still.vibrant, in a Castle print, say...unless opened and run...Alot of folks don't exactly know what they have and figure same...Shorty -
If the seller hasn't screened the film in question, you'd need to take into account the distributor and approximate year of release to get some sort of idea. It's probably best to assume the film is faded and bid accordingly. Better to be pleasantly surprised than severely disappointed.Comment
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If they are early B&W on B&W stock you don't have to worry about the colour, just the smell when you unwrap them.Comment
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As a rule of thumb: You’ll have to assume that all color prints made in the 1970s* are now crap because they are on Kodak or 3M material. It doesn’t matter whether they have been opened or screened. When you are lucky, then the print is on Agfa, Fuji, Orwo or Svema or on older or newer Kodak. But you will not know this when the box has never been opened before. (You cannot even be sure that the „printed on xyz“ on the box is correct. I’ve got at least one print that is on Agfa despite the box saying Kodak.)
* The experts here can probably give you all details about the Kodak material that turns reddish by itself. This might help you to calculate your chances. All the 3M (aka Ferrania) print stocks that I encountered so far either turned greenish or brownish - sometimes not as bad as Kodak’s reddishness. This might be bad luck, but I haven’t heard anything else from other collectors yet.Comment
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