In a message dated 7/2/2012 10:03:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
In 1980, an upright Moviola would have been all but worthless. Lord, those things were awful compared to a flatbed. A 6 plate Moviola flatbed in good condition might have been worth, I dunno, maybe $1000. On the other hand, used splicers and rewinds weren't that expensive in 1980 and haven't lost that much of their value. With that equipment list, the premise just doesn't work very well. The heyday of value for 16mm post stuff probably starts to poop out circa 1975, so it wasn't that expensive by 1980, and some of it is still used by people who deal with prints. I'm not sure what planet you were on in 1980, but a regular Moviola in good shape would have sold for about $2,000. Splicers were also very expensive-- used Guillotines would have been at least $300, and for hot splicers add about $200 more. Flatbeds would have gone for $3,000- 4,000 minimum, probably a lot more-- if indeed you could find a used one. They were in big demand. No digital in 1980. Film was still king.
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