It's quite possible that this is the same print that Richard W. Haines had an opportunity to buy.
zombie84 said:
I'm still shocked that there is a privately owned Technicolor print.
BTW- here's an article he wrote recently about Technicolor:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3211tech.html
Jedi Temple34 said:
Wow George Lucas owes us some explication about how this print survived the test of time. I’m surprised the colour is holding up.
Is it not possible this is re-issue print, did Technicolor produce any re-issue prints around early 80’s? or is this the only one of its kind from late 1977.
Technicolor dye- transfer prints are not prone to fading because they don't use chemical emulsion.
The last dye-transfer labs in the US and England were closed by the late '70s so, no, they did not produce any prints in the 1980s.
Anyone wanting to know about the history of Technicolor should "take the tour":
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolor/technicolor1.htm