Spotlights like strip lights are also harder to sell for a good price because of their size. While both are mostly obsolete when older model (if at all for a srip), at least the Spotlight has the say "
lobby sculpture" marketing for it over a strip light. My #1178 Kiliegl Dyna Beam with full
boomerang, origional
gel, working and tested origional lamp, and spent almost a week in bringing it back to factory spec. and re-wiring, is worth probably around $1K or perhaps more to the right buyer. And that's only to someone that's looking for a spotlight that is in perfect condition from someone that can warrentee the work.
Color wheel makes it a less valuable
fixture in being the economy version as opposed to the one listed on E-Bay that probably also won't sell for that price. (Around Christmas is a better time to list but perhaps on this listed follow spot, it might still sell at a not too bad price to the proper buyer at the proper time.) Decent price but even if historically Capitol is more rare and important, won't sell as easily. Mine will never get sold, like 20 years now, it's traveled from
lobby in theater to
lobby at commercial building I have worked. (Even stored it in the bedroom of a very small apartment I had at one
point - mounted my TV atop it in nowhere else to store it.) Last theater it was at, I had a pair of Century #1560 8x10
Leko's on Major brand floor bases to cross
cannon make that a three part display in a corner which for a
lobby in the theater which was kind of cool. Another display in this
lobby was my Audrie II prop/scenery from "Little Shop of Horrors". Took up about a 36" square and six
foot tall area in the
lobby. No more valuable oveall than the prop plant in end use or value, and the plant probably had more visitors.
Most resale on old or rare
stage lighting is for the as it were' the "smalls". Collectors and home owners looking to re-capture their days on the high school
stage at times compete against each other - amongst a few other types of collector at times. But mostly for the market, it's something that will fit atop a
book shelf or within limited display room. Something that takes up floor space as opposed to being hung is a limitation other than for a center for prop display, limits out most of the normal buyers for old
stage lights I think. That also, often is something that's listed for a way less value in price.
One concept and would be a sin, would be to seperate the color wheel from the follow spot. The follow spot sold individually might be worth about as much as it with or without a color wheel. Could be wrong in it having a color wheel is a kind of rare thing still. Color wheel is also rare - though accessories often don't sell for much if at all. Could sell for some though. Not thinking this a good idea either historically or that you would make in the end a lot more money from it. I would keep the historic
fixture together and prepair your notes on this light's history. Where did it come from, when was it bought is at least 1/3 the value of this light. As per the above follow spot, I have the history of this
fixture and it opens up another market should I sell it, this in selling it back locally. Overall though, a
fixture with where it came from is by far more valuable than one with a "I don't know" when asked the question.
Instead I might start dry calling local theaters (which don't have any money but might be able to give some for it,) or production houses in the area to see if they have any interest. Than E-Mail down the
line from
ETC to
Altman to any number of theatrical national supply houses, to see if they want such a spotlight. A good home but don't wait too long on finding a better offer.
Otherwise and perhaps before this, list this on E-Bay for perhaps a lot less than the one linked to with the
boomerang that's more valuable. Than try for other sources.
Sorry, won't list a price above say $150.00 to start from given all the problems - this without even photos that might show one thats' had a hard life and not be worth even that.
Follow Spots are a hard market to sell. One often thinks bigger is better, but often not other than to limited markets and that only when interested in floor space. Most
stage lighting collectors would not even start to consider such a thing even if free in assuming shipping charges, and also floor space.
Lobby space for somewhere local is your best bet - that when presented the history of the light. Even an ice cream parler might be interested in it if local to where this was used - locally. AT least for some amount of money. Sorry, somewhat hard to sell but not as hard to sell as 20' long strip lights.