saw it once or twice.. cool show, should probably more. Value that high... think they are mistaken. A Mole Richardson 2K
Fresnel with some dings these days sells on E-Bay for like $25 - $75, one in decent shape and with barn doors sells in te $150 range. How much did such fixtures cost origionally? Up to or over a Thousand dollars?
6"
Fresnel... depends upon condition and what type of lamp was in use on the other
hand. The owner of the company where I work has a mid-1930's Mole Richardson
Fresnel with lamp on a stand in the front
lobby next to my c. 1962 Kliegl Dyna Beam with
Boomerang, origional lamp and
gel & perfectly safe/factory spec. Both I expect are worth similar - the Owner's
Fresnel - think it's an 8" has a
bi-pin 2Kw G48/18
ANSI type DVF G-38 based lamp. (Not allowed to touch or remove the asbetos from it.)
Given Bardwll & McAllister came out in 1926 as a company, the
Fresnel could be medium or
mogul screw,
Bi-Pin or even P-28s type of lamp. What year was it? All three are the pogress of the 1930's
Fresnel fixture. The
Bi-pin Fresnel would be more rare I think than other versions except perhaps a Mog. Screw type.
So that's a question about what type of
Fresnel it is coming from that company. What type of
base did it have - this in also expecting a working ancient and long discontinued lamp if for anywhere near that price.
After that, if you can shake rust off it... that's a huge problem with the
fixture in value or even use even given endless man-hours and materials that would be required so as to just stabilize the
fixture from rusting
thru. This in not bringing it back to factory specification and or major service
call in removing
asbestos, or servicing or replacing the various parts as expected.
Given the condition I will have priced it perhaps given the stand and a working origional lamp - if Mog. Screw or Mog.
Bi-pin as worth say lmuch less than $150.00 at best for a sarting price and worked it down from there. If I can buy a 2K Mole light that with some de-dinging and service plus painting for like $25.00, and after done they are now both prop lights and or if we need more 2K Frensnels for a show over the
stock of
Altman 2000L's they are still servicable... that's a
fixture that will pay for itself in investment in even up to the $150.00 versions that take less labor often so as to bring back to factory specification. For the price they bought this for, like a really good condition Mole Richardson - more name brand 2K
Fresnel in value. Often only a few hours so as to work on them for a service
call. If antique... rust flaking off will take a lot of work. Thinking these guys paid about double it's value in the end. I wouldn't trust them for other than overall conceps verses nitche markets for value.
On the other
hand, their clients no doubt are higher priced in getting a profit from such fixtures. Such lights would be prop pieces in their
house and the clients could afford an over-priced
fixture in buying them. "Turn Key" I believe the term is in the end user not putting in any effort including shopping E-Bay, wiring or cleaning their
fixture or even knowing about
asbestos. This also being a price type of sculpture for one's
house and not a value of it type of thing. So in easy turn around, they have a rusting
fixture or if worked on some... still not perhaps enough, and or where did that
asbestos no doubt to the
fixture go if not still there in the buyer's living room? Valued at $300.00 for an amature perhaps and no doubt it would sell for that with little work to it. Perhaps an improper de-wiring and scraping than some sort of paint applied... perhaps nothing or very little in getting that double profit. I think a caution even given I didn't watch the show or have any idea of what form of 6"
Fresnel was bought for $150.00 but with a stand.
That's turn off for me on that show. Guys really paid $150.00 for this
fixture and value it at $300.00 resale? .... that's not realistic other than for the home owner end user market and with minimum work to it. Perhaps $300 or perhaps much more if totally sevice called and made color changing
LED as a
fixture, but that would require many man/hours and parts cost well beyond a $150.00 profit margin. $150.00 selling price in servicing the
fixture, than selling it for $300.00.... very doubtful for someone that knows what one is doing in servicing it and parts. Perhaps labor alone - perhaps in only doing the minimum and even no doubt selling something that old it's flaking rust.. it probably is important, but at a $150.00 profit margin... I doubt much work goes into the resale of it in making it proper. Would need if shaking rust off it, much more than $150.00 profit to make it properly proper. Got my doubts thus. This much less, if really wanting to make a profit for the perspective home owner customer... making it self programmed
LED based would be at least that in more cost but that would become profit in what you could sell it for.
