Dennis and Judy Toye wrote:

Must be a good Radio

Well, it's certainly a collectable radio.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Is that really any sillier than someone paying $130,000 for a 1967
Mustang, $350,000 for a MB Gullwing, $250,000 for a Pembroke table,
$10,000 for a postage stamp? I've seen them all at auctions over the
years.

There are collectors of almost anything, and some of them have the
money to spend. Just wish I was the seller of that old wooden radio.


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Is that really any sillier than someone paying $130,000 for a 1967
Mustang, $350,000 for a MB Gullwing, $250,000 for a Pembroke table,
$10,000 for a postage stamp? I've seen them all at auctions over the
years.

There are collectors of almost anything, and some of them have the
money to spend. Just wish I was the seller of that old wooden radio.

I would rather have the money to spend. It must be nice being able to
pay a quarter of a million dollars for a table and not think twice. I
want to be able to do THAT. Just happening to have a radio that somebody
is willing to pay $50,000 for isn't as great as being the person who can
plunk down $50,000 for that radio and have it be a drop in the ocean of
their fortune.



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wrote:

Is that really any sillier than someone paying $130,000 for a 1967
Mustang, $350,000 for a MB Gullwing, $250,000 for a Pembroke table,
$10,000 for a postage stamp? I've seen them all at auctions over the
years.

There are collectors of almost anything, and some of them have the
money to spend. Just wish I was the seller of that old wooden radio.


What bothers me most about the high-end collectibles is that many of
them are never used in the way they are supposed to be. I can't speak
for the radio in question (I sincerely hope the eventual buyer
reconditions the innards as neccesary and *uses* it) but I am versed in
the vintage guitar market. 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

"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!

B.H.

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

"dxAce" wrote in message
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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.

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.

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

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