Gents, I need your help here, but I need to keep this vague for now.
I'm on the last leg of a trip from Vancouver to San Diego and back, on an equipment buying spree. I was invited to go see 'some A/V equipment'. Turns out it's about 12,000 square feet of about 80% film related equipment, from 16mm to 70mm stuff, followspots, etc. A couple of 100 year old vintage projectors that should be in a museum. 100s of new in the box vacuum tubes, from B/W TV sets, but also 5U4 rectifiers and KT66 tubes. Power amps, 2 McIntosh pieces. I"m guessing over 20,000 items easily.
The piece de resistance (and again, I need to be vague) is a Presto 3 channel 1/2": reel to reel from about 1958 that belonged to a world famous artist. All I can say is 'crooner'. Along with the deck that stands about 6' tall in a rack, completely vacuum tube, and in mint looking condition, come about 30-40 first generation copies of master tapes. I saw these first hand, and took a couple of pictures that I cannot post at this time.
Now, I love RTRs, but have no idea what this machine would even be worth. The owner was in the film industry for 50 years, and amassed all this stuff over the years. He wants to sell everything, and the price he set didn't seem unreasonable... unless every one of the maybe 100 total projectors are worthless, then the lot is probably overpriced. I'd estimate that it would take a new owner with 5 guys maybe a total of 6 months to list everything on eBay. I can estimate value of the audio stuff, but I have no idea what the projectors and thousands of parts are worth.
If anyone could possibly have a serious interest in what's available, PM me. I'm back in Vancouver on the weekend, and will downscale some of the pix I took and will post them here. I've seen a lot of surplus stuff in my time, but this lot takes the cake. I was completely speechless, and spent 2 hours looking and snapping pictures.
I';d love to be involved with this, but don't have the time or cash. What I really need is someone that knows the worth of movie projectors. I was told that South America still buys them en masse due to their economy. They can't afford to go digital. Comments are welcomed.
I'm on the last leg of a trip from Vancouver to San Diego and back, on an equipment buying spree. I was invited to go see 'some A/V equipment'. Turns out it's about 12,000 square feet of about 80% film related equipment, from 16mm to 70mm stuff, followspots, etc. A couple of 100 year old vintage projectors that should be in a museum. 100s of new in the box vacuum tubes, from B/W TV sets, but also 5U4 rectifiers and KT66 tubes. Power amps, 2 McIntosh pieces. I"m guessing over 20,000 items easily.
The piece de resistance (and again, I need to be vague) is a Presto 3 channel 1/2": reel to reel from about 1958 that belonged to a world famous artist. All I can say is 'crooner'. Along with the deck that stands about 6' tall in a rack, completely vacuum tube, and in mint looking condition, come about 30-40 first generation copies of master tapes. I saw these first hand, and took a couple of pictures that I cannot post at this time.
Now, I love RTRs, but have no idea what this machine would even be worth. The owner was in the film industry for 50 years, and amassed all this stuff over the years. He wants to sell everything, and the price he set didn't seem unreasonable... unless every one of the maybe 100 total projectors are worthless, then the lot is probably overpriced. I'd estimate that it would take a new owner with 5 guys maybe a total of 6 months to list everything on eBay. I can estimate value of the audio stuff, but I have no idea what the projectors and thousands of parts are worth.
If anyone could possibly have a serious interest in what's available, PM me. I'm back in Vancouver on the weekend, and will downscale some of the pix I took and will post them here. I've seen a lot of surplus stuff in my time, but this lot takes the cake. I was completely speechless, and spent 2 hours looking and snapping pictures.
I';d love to be involved with this, but don't have the time or cash. What I really need is someone that knows the worth of movie projectors. I was told that South America still buys them en masse due to their economy. They can't afford to go digital. Comments are welcomed.