MattH Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Maybe Jim Laws is onto a good thing, take a look at these prices: http://www.emporium-antiques.co.uk/Lighting.asp Can any one do better - bearing in mind they haven't had a beautiful paint finnish? If any one does have an old Mole Richardson 1kw for not so stupid money then let me know - I foolishly let one go on ebay a while ago! Matt P.S. If any visitor here works for the BBC, please spare us a spate of programmes where some guy with a fake tan paints old patt 23's then flogs them for 120 quid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 £100 for a pat 60 without any wiring? I nearly fell off the chair! So, that's £2000 worth under the stage then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Good grief! The theatre up the road from me has a fairly large room which is their "lantern graveyard" - full of all the old stuff that formed the original stock of the building when it first opened in the 1970's that's only a generation or two in front of the stuff on that antiques site - Patt60s, 23s, 123s, 49s, 263s, S-types, etc. I wonder if I should offer them a paltry sum to take the lot off their hands right now, stick it in the garden shed for 30 years, and then flog the lot of 'em as antiques? That'd be the pension sorted!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 gareth, have they got any 764's? Hate being in this position but I just lit a show wher I realy could have done with another couple at least. James (Or anyone else that has any...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. Funk Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 rofl theres a patt 44 on my school rig atm :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 gareth, have they got any 764's?There are a few 774's kicking around, but they still get used occassionally, and haven't quite made it through the door of the graveyard yet. Having said that, though, there is a rather large six-figure-sum lantern replacement project scheduled for the next month or so, so I might well be able to get hold of a couple of those for you (along with about 100 Sil30's, if you're interested!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Ladies & Gentleman, Do NEVER throw these old lanterns away !!!Depending on the brand/model/type/condition, one can assume prices ranging from 10 (real scrap) to 300 (...& up for the gems) euros.And they're still very in demand, in particular the legendary Strand series. At the grid we have 16 pattern23 and 6 pattern123, paid some 500 euros for the flock, and that's a bargain !!!But at home, a pattern45 steals the show (E100). Just as a reference, I've downloaded the whole Strandarchive website... :) :P ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightnix Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hmmm... might be worth going round a few villages halls, offering to PAT test their 1950s Strand kit, condemning it and then offering to take it off their hands for a few quid "to break for spares" :P I lovingly refurb'd 2x Mole Richardson 5Ks and 2x 2Ks back in the 80s. I also had a whole pile of about 25 old 60s Strand 1K spots covered in dust and pigeon poo, which I'd picked up for £150 and which were next for the shot blaster. Unfortunately at that point the company I was working for went to the wall and I think they were swiped by an unpaid freelancer :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robloxley Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 AC Lighting were selling (and proably still are...) chromed Patt23s and 123s for £350 each! Considering our 23s cost £60 each to get lovely and shiny, who are they kidding??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. Funk Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 oh! I assumed it was the set of 12 or whatever that was going for £350! oh well... theres a load of furse floods and patt23s, 123s, 223s, under the stage at school. u think they're worth keeping/selling/cleaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I'd certainly hoik the 223s out of there - put a new lampholder in and voila, you've almost got a 743! Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. Funk Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 or fill them with concrete and I got a new doorstop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 or fill them with concrete and I got a new doorstop!You've obviously never used 743's. They are some of the nicest fresnels you can wish for, apart from their slight ungainliness - That 8" lens lets you get a lovely big beam out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Unmodified lanterns are most wanted. Any tampering will reduce their value considerably. Dust & other not/semi permanent coatings are surmountable. "theres a load of furse floods and patt23s, 123s, 223s, under the stage at school. u think they're worth keeping/selling/cleaning?" The starting bid is £20 pp. Are ye' shipping abroad? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I think my old school is sitting on gold mine... Might be forced to run several night missions to nick them all! ;) Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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