Michael Black wrote:
Someone just posted an ad locally for a transistor era Transoceanic, he
only wants $250 for it. I think he did say "negotiable" but when you
start so high, it likely isn't coming down much.

It may well be worth it. It depends upon condition. If it is sitting
in the original box, unused, untouched, a collector would probably pay
more than that.

If it was used for many years, and put on a garage shelf where it has
accumulated, dirt, dust, and small crawly things, no matter how well
it has been dusted off, it's not worth anywhere near that.

In between, well, that's your guess.



Clearly he expects a collector, or thinks the radio is worth as much as
legend has it.

I'm not a collector, but a working one from pre WW-II production would IMHO
be worth something. The newer they are, the less.

By now, it requires some work to be up to the performance it had when it
left the shop, or work at all, so there may be money in it in terms of
work done. If it was done by someone competent, it would be worth something,
if was just a guy with little or experience or talent messing with it in
his garage.........


But whatever it is, if it is a tube radio, it's basically a 1930's high
end consumer radio, which makes more of a looker than a user. A transistorized
one is not much, if any better, but may be in better shape.

While the bands are far less crowded than the 1980's, there are a lot less
high power signals and a lot more noise. Where I live, you can not receive
AM broadcast without loading up batteries and taking a walk. :-(

Geoff.



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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379