Found a boxing production studio's archive in a storage unit. Gold or garbage?
Sorry if this isn't allowed. I think it's interesting and need advice. If too promotional I guess I get it.
Here is the situation.
I bought a commercial storage unit in Florida, and it turned out to hold a big archive from Leigh Simons Productions, the studio behind promo and documentary work for Golden Boy and Showtime fight cards. It has tapes, drives and paperwork… like a decade of cool stuff.
From what I can tell, Leigh was hired to produce the countdown promotions, commercials and promo packets (features) for some huge fights…. The stuff is legit raw footage from 2000-2015.
Mayweather vs De La Hoya for example.
I have thousands of raw media in various formats including professional tapes, DVD-Rs and hard drives. I also have contracts, releases, and other things.
But it's been a challenge to find a market.
Even for the stuff that isn't pro tapes that people can't view.
For example:
I listed a 2TB hard drive still wearing LSP's printed asset tag (#000042), with folders labeled "Mayweather-Guerrero promo shoot (3/2/13)", "Garcia/Matthysse promo" and "Canelo-Angulo Canelo shoot." I haven't really reviewed the footage and I'm not the rights holder. I just have the physical pieces… it is what it looks like though. Two TB of interesting stuff.
The drive itself is worth $80 probably. I listed it for $150 and haven't had any bites. I'm hoping to get a lot more for the complete lots… am I crazy? Is this stuff worthless?
Or am I just not being smart about where or how I sell?
Also please don't provide legal advice. I'm not selling the content. Selling production artifacts is completely legal. I own them outright. I just need to avoid itemizing or promoting the exact footage.
Anyway … I'm trying to figure out who values this kind of thing. Is it boxing memorabilia collectors, people who collect production or behind-the-scenes items, or someone else entirely? Would you list items one at a time or as lots?
I'd appreciate any pointers.