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Title: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Brian Larson on June 28, 2012, 01:09:00 PM
Keep in mind these are the same pieces of junk that fill the house pipe of every high school theater in America.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VINTAGE-INDUSTRIAL-THEATRE-STUDIO-STAGE-LIGHTS-WITH-CLAMP-MOUNTING-/280900733670?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4166fd0ae6#ht_694wt_1015
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: TJ (Tom) Cornish on June 28, 2012, 01:39:10 PM
Keep in mind these are the same pieces of junk that fill the house pipe of every high school theater in America.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VINTAGE-INDUSTRIAL-THEATRE-STUDIO-STAGE-LIGHTS-WITH-CLAMP-MOUNTING-/280900733670?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4166fd0ae6#ht_694wt_1015
I have 6 of them I've been trying to sell on Craigslist for $70 total.  I clearly need to update my marketing vernacular.  "Patina".  "Antique".  "Re-wired".  Funny.
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Tom Young on June 28, 2012, 01:47:41 PM
I have 6 of them I've been trying to sell on Craigslist for $70 total.  I clearly need to update my marketing vernacular.  "Patina".  "Antique".  "Re-wired".  Funny.

Don't forget to add "used on last Guns & Roses tour" and add another $150.00

Time to sell my "vintage" Atlas round mic stand bases   ;D
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: g'bye, Dick Rees on June 28, 2012, 02:00:13 PM
I have 6 of them I've been trying to sell on Craigslist for $70 total.  I clearly need to update my marketing vernacular.  "Patina".  "Antique".  "Re-wired".  Funny.

Patina, schmatina. 

"Carefully aged oxidized finish."
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: John Livings on June 28, 2012, 02:04:00 PM
I just sold a pair of 5K Mole Richardson for $200.00 (for the pair) and had to throw in 2 pipe clamps to close the deal and one had an actual brass tag "Disney Productions".

Regards,  John
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Tim Weaver on June 28, 2012, 02:18:44 PM
While there's no way I'd pay more than a few bucks for an old hunk of tin like that, I think it's a cool idea to put a screw base in them. Put a 100 watt A lamp in there and stick a rheostat on the back and have a pretty cool reading lamp....
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Chris Davis on June 28, 2012, 02:50:34 PM
I have 6 of them I've been trying to sell on Craigslist for $70 total.  I clearly need to update my marketing vernacular.  "Patina".  "Antique".  "Re-wired".  Funny.

I am impressed by the popularity of cable TV shows that star cottage industry guys who sweat bullets over whether or not their Patina is worth anything.  And there's always the eccentric junk store guy/zen master/expert to round out the entertainment factor.  Good for an odd night off.

Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Stu McDoniel on June 28, 2012, 05:20:57 PM
Keep in mind these are the same pieces of junk that fill the house pipe of every high school theater in America.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VINTAGE-INDUSTRIAL-THEATRE-STUDIO-STAGE-LIGHTS-WITH-CLAMP-MOUNTING-/280900733670?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4166fd0ae6#ht_694wt_1015
Take it to Antique Road Show and see what its really worth :)  Also, original vintage paint finish makes it worth more!
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Mike Diack on June 29, 2012, 11:59:50 PM
Keep in mind these are the same pieces of junk that fill the house pipe of every high school theater in America.
Move decimal point 2 places to the left, invert the sign (disposal cost) and it's about right.
M
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Hayden J. Nebus on July 01, 2012, 03:03:36 PM
It has a modern safety ground! you can see it entirely exposed, poorly wrapped around one of the conductors.
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Mac Kerr on July 01, 2012, 03:08:09 PM
It has a modern safety ground! you can see it entirely exposed, poorly wrapped around one of the conductors.

And it's been rewired with a standard base so you can use regular household "A" type lamps, so the optics won't work right anymore, since they are based on a small filament lamp in front of a spherical reflector.

Mac
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Ryan C. Davis on July 06, 2012, 01:00:46 AM
Here's a doosey for ya, from my local classifieds ;) turns out you can make stage lights out of just about anything

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=21133138&cat=627&lpid=&search=

Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Chris Davis on July 07, 2012, 12:47:04 AM
Here's a doosey for ya, from my local classifieds ;) turns out you can make stage lights out of just about anything

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=21133138&cat=627&lpid=&search=



Just looks like ordinary Home Depot ceiling fixtures.  Where's the mystery?  Where's the intrigue?  Where's the Patina :)

A deep revelation for me:  "Patina" in the scrap industry = "tube warmth" in the audiophile world.

Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Michael Brennan on July 07, 2012, 08:44:25 AM
Here's a doosey for ya, from my local classifieds ;) turns out you can make stage lights out of just about anything

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=21133138&cat=627&lpid=&search=

LOL! Now I am depressed that I don't have a spare pistol in trade...
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Ryan C. Davis on July 07, 2012, 03:02:14 PM
LOL! Now I am depressed that I don't have a spare pistol in trade...

haha, could be the best part of the ad.
Title: Re: "Antique" light fixture
Post by: Jonathan Johnson on July 09, 2012, 01:28:19 AM
Here's a doosey for ya, from my local classifieds ;) turns out you can make stage lights out of just about anything

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=21133138&cat=627&lpid=&search=

Reminds me of the chapel at a nearby camp. (My church holds its annual Bible Camp there.)

The "stage lights" were clamp-lamps (like you'd use in the workshop) with red, blue, and... YELLOW PAR38 75W outdoor flood lamps. No means of dimming, but you could choose between red, blue, and yellow (or two or three). Needless to say, getting an accurate color balance was impossible. The lamps themselves were mounted to hinged panels that folded down from the flat, sheetrock (with popcorn texture) ceiling, counterbalanced with old window sash weights. The wiring was dicey, as well.

Alas, this last year the "stage lights" had been decommissioned. Apparently someone wised up to how unsafe (and unusable) they were.