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17 years ago
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The Tucson Street Fair was several weeks ago, and while I was there, I ran across a vendor selling film cells.
He claimed that he had been an editor for Disney up untill the year before and had access to discarded cells which he mounted and sold. By the time we saw him, he was doen to the last of his stock and was markinng them waaaay down so as to clear them out.
I'm not sure of his story. Several years before, there had been a dealer who was selling what he claimed to be authentic Egyptian relics taken from tombs and mummy wrappings.
I'm not sure how researched the vendors are as far as what they sell, but I'm wary of anything that looks suspicious.
Even so, there were two sets of mounted film cells this person offered that I found hard to resist, especially at the price he was asking.
For twenty dollars (ten apeice) I got myself a collection of fim cells from "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".
The POTC set includes two frames of the title screen (amusinly, they were mounted upside down), three shots of Barbosa and Will Turner, six frames of Cutler Becket and Davy Jones, and three very nice shots of Captain Jack himself, blowing the smoke from his pistol barrel (and looking terribly sexy doing so).
It's set between pannes of beveled glass around an image of Captain Jack from the cartoon/comic book.
The LOTRs set has two frames of Legolas (Orlando Bloom) in Rivendell, two frames of Gandalf the Grey (and the top of Bilbo's head) blowing smoke rings, three frames of Frodo (and the back of Aragorn's head), and three frames of Aragorn (and the back of Boromir's head) during Boromir's death scene.
It's set in a smaller bevled glass frame with a photograph of Orlando Bloom that the seller assured me he had taken himself during the premier of "Return of the King".
All in all, I still doubt he was wholly truthful; but for the price, I got two sets of fairly nice examples of my rampant fanboi-ism.
I may post a photo of them if people are interested.
D.O.P.R
He claimed that he had been an editor for Disney up untill the year before and had access to discarded cells which he mounted and sold. By the time we saw him, he was doen to the last of his stock and was markinng them waaaay down so as to clear them out.
I'm not sure of his story. Several years before, there had been a dealer who was selling what he claimed to be authentic Egyptian relics taken from tombs and mummy wrappings.
I'm not sure how researched the vendors are as far as what they sell, but I'm wary of anything that looks suspicious.
Even so, there were two sets of mounted film cells this person offered that I found hard to resist, especially at the price he was asking.
For twenty dollars (ten apeice) I got myself a collection of fim cells from "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".
The POTC set includes two frames of the title screen (amusinly, they were mounted upside down), three shots of Barbosa and Will Turner, six frames of Cutler Becket and Davy Jones, and three very nice shots of Captain Jack himself, blowing the smoke from his pistol barrel (and looking terribly sexy doing so).
It's set between pannes of beveled glass around an image of Captain Jack from the cartoon/comic book.
The LOTRs set has two frames of Legolas (Orlando Bloom) in Rivendell, two frames of Gandalf the Grey (and the top of Bilbo's head) blowing smoke rings, three frames of Frodo (and the back of Aragorn's head), and three frames of Aragorn (and the back of Boromir's head) during Boromir's death scene.
It's set in a smaller bevled glass frame with a photograph of Orlando Bloom that the seller assured me he had taken himself during the premier of "Return of the King".
All in all, I still doubt he was wholly truthful; but for the price, I got two sets of fairly nice examples of my rampant fanboi-ism.
I may post a photo of them if people are interested.
D.O.P.R
I'm not really a film cell collector, but I know something cool when I see it. And if I see any Surf's Up cells, I'll think of you.
D.O.P.R
-Z
I'd say I still got a good deal for $20.
D.O.P.R
D.O.P.R