World Radio Handbook 3rd Edition (1948) on eBay
 

Yes saw it...totally nuts. I have a collection from 1972 to 2005 but never
put out that kinda money

Shawn


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Did anyone catch this auction? I once ran up a 1980 edition to over
$50 (and still lost), but this one takes the cake!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ageName=WDVW50

The Axelrods wrote:

Yes saw it...totally nuts. I have a collection from 1972 to 2005 but never
put out that kinda money

The early ones are kinda scarce, in most any condition.

I still have my first one, the 1967 edition, and a friend has the 1966.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Ridiculous. Looks like the winning bidder lives in France. Doesn't seem to
be a deadbeat, but I bet they made a mistake or something and will try to
get out of this one. If they're really serious I've got a 1948 ARRL handbook
I'd sell for that amount and it's quite a bit thicker, so what a deal! I'd
only be making a modest $753 profit on the sale... ;-)

wrote in message
oups.com...

Did anyone catch this auction? I once ran up a 1980 edition to over
$50 (and still lost), but this one takes the cake!

mydigcam wrote:

Ridiculous. Looks like the winning bidder lives in France. Doesn't seem to
be a deadbeat, but I bet they made a mistake or something and will try to
get out of this one. If they're really serious I've got a 1948 ARRL handbook
I'd sell for that amount and it's quite a bit thicker, so what a deal! I'd
only be making a modest $753 profit on the sale... ;-)

America, what a country! -Yakov Smirnoff

I noticed that the back cover is an ad for a Hallicrafters SX-62, 540 kc
to 110 Mc, for $289.50. That was a LOT of money back then, the monthly
payment on a brand new house in LA was about $150. I wonder what $300 in
1948 would be today. Probably $3,000, making this Halli about in the
price range of a rack mount professional HF radio such as a Watkins
Johnson. What does this radio go for on ebay?

Also talking about ridiculous prices, $754 for a 1948 WRTH DOES seem a
little high. I've got a 1986 WRTH, I wonder what I could get for it?
ebay isn't a place for bargains, it's a place where mysterious
billionaires come out of the woodwork and bid up stuff to obscene
levels, like $7000 for a 1938 Zenith in terrible condition.


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mydigcam wrote:

Ridiculous. Looks like the winning bidder lives in France. Doesn't seem to
be a deadbeat, but I bet they made a mistake or something and will try to
get out of this one. If they're really serious I've got a 1948 ARRL handbook
I'd sell for that amount and it's quite a bit thicker, so what a deal! I'd
only be making a modest $753 profit on the sale... ;-)

I just looked at an ad on rec.radio.swap and a fellow has a lot of ARRL
Handbooks for sale. He's asking $25 for the 1948 edition in excellent condition.

I've my fathers 1953 edition here, not in the best shape but still serviceable.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

For an out of date listing of stations and frequencies?

That SX-62 in the ad would cost $2395.00 in 2005 dollars.

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

I double-checked the figure on another inflation calculator.

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