Both the deluxe lab and the Technicolor lab were auctioned within weeks of each other. My friends got some cool things like power rewind and inspection stations and ultrasonic splicers and what not. The really big stuff kind of had a limited audience as the auctions had a rule that anything over 100 lbs in weight had to be removed by a licensed insured movers/installers. On Apr 7, 2015 5:51 AM, <nicky.ham...@talktalk.net> wrote:
> Yes, also ironic, given many labs and post-production facilities would > junk their old gear rather than sell it in working condition, in case it > was bought by a rival firm, > > Nicky. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Ball <cbifi...@gmail.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Sent: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 13:25 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] "Complete Plant Liquidation of Deluxe La > boratories, Inc.’s. Hollywood Film Process ing Facility. One of the World’s > Largest Film Processing and Facilities" > > Probably most of it went to metal recyclers....such a shame. > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Nicholas Kovats <nkov...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Indeed. But I should have read more carefully. The auction notice was >> from last year. I wonder how it was parceled out? >> >> >> On Monday, April 6, 2015, Nicky Hamlyn <nicky.ham...@talktalk.net> wrote: >> >>> Ironic, considering the first thing Deluxe did after buying Soho Film >>> Lab in London was to cease 16mm printing. That's what precipitated Tacita >>> Dean's save film campaign. Nicky. >>> >>> >>> ---- Nicholas Kovats wrote ---- >>> >>> The auction title says it all. Over 1032 individual lots and starts on >>> June 3. Sad to see, i.e. >>> http://www.hgpauction.com/auctions/60587/deluxe/ The complete catalog, >>> i.e. https://hgpauction.hibid.com/catalog/43298/deluxe-labs. My hope >>> is that some of the remaining labs are able to raise sufficient >>> capital to make use of some portion of this huge former operation. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing > listFrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comhttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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