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"dxAce" wrote in message ... Brian Hill wrote: "Tony Meloche" wrote in message There are certain Gibson Les Pauls and Martin acoustics that sell easily in the $30,000 range at auction, and most of them are not played - or even wall-hung. They go into bank vaults as an "investment". Shrewd money planning, maybe, but that instrument may never again be used for what it was designed for - making music. I'll bet there are old Hallicrafters out there you could say the same thing about. I think that's sad. Tony I have a 62 fender strat I still play and my buddy plays a 50s goldtop Les Paul. Heck DXAce plays a fender Broadcaster that's worth a small fortune. Some of us are still playing these things. Thank God! Not entirely correct. The Broadcaster(s) was sold. dxAce Michigan USA Yea I've had a few very hard to resist offers on my strat but it's going to my daughter when I kick the bucket or she goes to college. B.H. |
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You are right...many collectibles are no longer used as they were
intended. They are put in a vault or on a shelf. And the collectibles don't necessarily have to be expensive to just sit. The ice cream scoop collectors don't pay a whole lot for most of those early kitchen tools. I'm going to guess the evening dish of B&J Chubby Hubby get's scooped with a modern aluminum ice cream scoop. I think it is unfortunate that price keeps old collectibles from being used. I guess that's why I prowl real auctions, estate sales and flea markets. I've found a working Zenith TO for $10.00, a National HRO 500 for $35.00 that only needed a new power cord, a National Panasonic RF-5000b for $50.00, etc. All of them were in great cosmetic shape and were put to work as found. |
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Some of the finest big old radios I have ever seen are in those old
gangster movies on tv.I saw a radio yesterday in a movie (The Killing,I think is the title of that movie) that had me drooling over. cuhulin |
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Yes, those old wood floor model radios are great. My brother-in-law
bought a house not too long ago and resting up in the rafters of the garage was an old mw and shortwave floor model radio. The dial was so big we first thoght it was an early television! Name escapes me right now, but I think it's a Zenith, complete with tuning eye and an internal rotating antenna in a silver metal box. The mahogany case is dark, but pretty much complete. It's mine for the shipping, if I can convince the wife it will "work" with our furniture. wrote: Some of the finest big old radios I have ever seen are in those old gangster movies on tv.I saw a radio yesterday in a movie (The Killing,I think is the title of that movie) that had me drooling over. cuhulin |
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Must be a good Radio
"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ... Evan Platt wrote: On 9 Jan 2005 15:11:57 -0800, "Invader3K" wrote: Forgive my ignorance, but what is so special about this radio that would fetch such an obscenely high amount of money? I wonder if the bid is a joke. Good luck to the seller on collecting that. For a auction to reach a skyrocketed price on eBay, TWO people need to be involved (if the bid is a 'joke'. Based on the proxy bidding system, let's say someone sells a widget that's worth $500. If someone bids $500.00, and then the 'jokester' comes and bids $50,000. The 'bid' is actually the next increment of $500 - probably like $505. And that is what the auction will close at. There is an exception to the "you need two bidders to drive the price up" rule. If an auction hasn't met reserve yet, it will go from wherever it is to the amount of the reserve the first time someone bids high enough. On this radio, the reserve was set at $50,000. Two bidders had maxed out tied at $28,700. The last guy came along and bid at least $50,000 so the auction went right up to that. The bid may or may not have been a joke. If it was my auction, and it involved that kind of dollars, I think I'd have relisted it by now. |
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There isn't any better furniture in the World than a floor model Radio.
cuhulin |
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Dennis and Judy Toye wrote: Must be a good Radio Well, it's certainly a collectable radio. dxAce Michigan USA |
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wrote in message ... | There isn't any better furniture in the World than a floor model Radio. | cuhulin Zenith's chair-side radios, in particular, look like truly fine furniture. 73, -- Steve Lawrence KAØPMD Burnsville, Minnesota "If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up." - Anonymous |
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"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote: wrote in message ... | There isn't any better furniture in the World than a floor model Radio. | cuhulin Zenith's chair-side radios, in particular, look like truly fine furniture. I was just sitting here thinking about the nice one I passed up for $75 a few years ago. The big black Zenith dial, a perfect cabinet too... dxAce Michigan USA |
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"dxAce" wrote in message ... | | | "Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote: | | wrote in message | ... | | There isn't any better furniture in the World than a floor model Radio. | | cuhulin | | Zenith's chair-side radios, in particular, | look like truly fine furniture. | | I was just sitting here thinking about the nice one I passed up for $75 a few | years ago. | | The big black Zenith dial, a perfect cabinet too... | | dxAce | Michigan | USA Holy crap, what a great price. Right now, the Transoceanics seem to be going (at least locally) for around that, thanks to the rare/expensive (so they say) 1L6 tube, intact with both antennas (MW and SW), but I have yet to find one with an outstanding, clean case. 73, -- Steve Lawrence KAØPMD Burnsville, Minnesota "If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up." - Anonymous |
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