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Author Topic: More junk for sale on Ebay Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-30-2004 09:51 PM                     Not just any reel, 33mm reels! And some battered examples, too, like the ones shown here. Are these reels for some format I have not heard about?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-30-2004 10:06 PM                     No they are normal 35mm reels, it's just that they are so bent up that they can only effectively hold 33mm widths of film.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-30-2004 10:52 PM                  YES! Peavey speakers are my favorite screen speakers only 2nd to Bose! Hubba Hubba! >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-31-2004 08:15 AM                     Actually the Stephens Tru-Sonics are quite valuable and highly collectable speakers to those that do.... That first pair of 33mm reels are original Cinerama reels. Brad, didn't you know that Cinerama used 33mm film and was all based on using 3 of everything...... Phil can have the rest of the stuff!! Mark  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-03-2004 03:43 PM                  Follow Up to the "Passion" on eBay: Stupid People >>> Phil ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 01, 2004 Man charged with theft of 'Passion' reel A 21-year-old Buena Vista man faces felony charges for allegedly taking the reel and trying to sell it on eBay. Dustin Benson, 21, was charged with felony counts of breaking and entering, grand larceny and computer fraud. By Mason Adams mason.adams@roanoke.com (540) 981-3342 Since its release on Ash Wednesday, "The Passion of the Christ" has inspired criminals to confess their crimes and turn themselves over to authorities. In the case of Buena Vista resident Dustin Benson, though, the Mel Gibson film probably played less of a role in his confession than an electronic paper trail and a quick-thinking projectionist named "Rhonda." Police say Benson, 21, stole a copy of "The Passion" from Valley Cinemas in Buena Vista, where he worked, and put it up for sale on eBay. Prior to stealing the copy, he put the film up for auction with a $1 starting bid to gauge interest, said Capt. A.J. Panebianco of the Buena Vista Police Department. He then timed the theft to a day when the theater's manager was on vacation. He left the building's back door open and then returned after the other employees had left. Normally, couriers drop off new films and pick up older ones from theaters. If an older film isn't there, they may leave without it. Benson apparently timed his theft so the missing film would not be discovered for several weeks, Panebianco said. A film projectionist named Rhonda happened to be surfing the Internet and saw the auction on eBay. Panebianco wasn't sure of Rhonda's last name or even where she is from, but said she has connections with the Motion Picture Association, which directs an anti-piracy enforcement program. Realizing "The Passion" isn't scheduled for release on video and DVD until Aug. 31, Rhonda contacted the MPA and began corresponding with Benson, presenting herself as a potential buyer. "He was negotiating for $5,000," Panebianco said. "As big of an impact as that movie had, if someone had gotten the reel-to-reel copy and started selling it on the black market, there's no telling how much they would have made. "He actually came down at one point and told her he'd take $3,750 in cash, wired to his account, and she could withhold the rest until she got the film," Panebianco said. When Rhonda asked for Benson's information for sending money, he gave her his real name and location. An MPA representative from Los Angeles contacted Buena Vista police about the case, and several officers went to Benson's apartment Thursday. At the front door, Benson told them he knew the reason they had come. "He spilled his guts," Panebianco said, telling officers he had the films in a closet upstairs. Benson was arrested and charged with felony counts of breaking and entering, grand larceny and computer fraud. He is being held in the Rockbridge Regional Jail. According to the MPA's Web site, theft of film prints from theaters is "one of the most serious forms of piracy" but relatively rare because of the difficulty of obtaining the prints. Typically, a pirate will make a master copy of a video from the film print, then use it to dub off copies for sale. Panebianco said Benson had worked at Valley Cinemas about a year and doesn't have a criminal history. "Apparently he just made a really really dumb mistake and then wasn't smart enough to realize his idea wasn't going to work," Panebianco said. "He didn't think anyone would notice it, I guess." ----------------------------------------------------------------  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-03-2004 08:04 PM                     here's something quite rare these days and getting somewhat valualable but this guy doesn't know it. The thing thats really odd here is that I used to live in the town that this guy lives in. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67807&item=5702817443 Mark  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-03-2004 11:52 PM                        Damn. $511 with four days to go for a somewhat rusted-out Western Electric base. Is anyone else actually using these things? We have a pair at the Avon Cinema (see pic gallery) that has apparently been in daily use since 1938. No turntables, though.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 06-03-2004 11:52 PM                    I notified Newmarket Films as soon as the eBay listing was discussed here.  |  IP: Logged Bill Carter Expert Film Handler Posts: 162 From: Minneapolis, Minnesota Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-05-2004 09:34 PM                     I wonder if Technicolor was as slow in picking up everyone else's prints of Passion as they were mine. It sat here for more than three weeks after the run was finished before they would take it back.  |  IP: Logged Joe Smith Film Handler Posts: 56 From: Dale City, Va. USA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 06-05-2004 10:19 PM                     quote: Bill Carter I wonder if Technicolor was as slow in picking up everyone else's prints of Passion Valley Cinemas (twin screen former Jerry Lewis theatre) in Buena Vista dropped the print of "Passion" on April 22nd, so it looks like he had about a month before he tried to sell it on eBay. Not sure when he stole it. He's currently out of jail on $2500 bond..  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 06-07-2004 12:17 PM                     Maybe something useful on Ebay for a change. Somebody was looking for carbon couplers/savers a few months ago. Somebody is selling loads of them, plus various carbons, some in odd sizes; may be of some use to somebody. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15257&item=3819767863&rd=1  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 06-15-2004 02:42 PM                        It came OUT of Universal Studios... gotta be worth the big bucks! ORC stuff  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 06-21-2004 07:37 AM                     Posting this because the guy is a personal friend of Don and I. Actually they're using Don's user name and he set up the thing... The whole Radio Shack dealer store inventory is for sale. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51004&item=5705722738&rd=1  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-26-2004 01:59 PM                     The guy with the hideous orange ORC consoles and platters from Universal Studios couldn't sell them at an opening bid of $4k, so he is trying again at a reduced opening bid of $3500 a set like this example. I don't think this is even worth one buck plus the cost of truck freight from New York state to California, if the seller offered shipping.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 06-26-2004 08:21 PM                    Re Radio Shack Current value of inventory is just over $47,000 at wholesale (about $60,000 retail) I don't know much about retail but is that a typical markup? Considering R/S prices aren't all that super wonderful the parent's prices must be high.  |  IP: Logged

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