In article , "heavywater"
writes:

It may be a vintage set, but anyone who'd pay
$5000 for a 50 YO radio, let alone $2000 should
be put into a rubber room IMHO - grin ; )

You think $5000 for an SX-88 is bad, look at this.

'Bout two years ago an unbuilt Heath AT-1 kit showed up on eBay. Still in the
unopened original box, dated 1956, amking it one of the last ones made.

The AT- was Heath's first attempt a t a ham transmitter. 6AG7-6L6, with 5U4G
rectifier and link output. Final ran as a doubler on most bands and the
efficiency was awful - typically less than 10 watts out for 35 watts in. $29.95
50 years ago.

Final price of the auction: $5100. That's not a typo - five thousand one
hundred dollars.

73 de Jim, N2EY