[ARC5] R-45/ARR-7

[Scott Robinson]

Well, the market depends on the kind of thing and when you're selling it.

We at the California Historical Radio Society in San Francisco have 
found, for instance, that the beautiful horizontal form German stereo 
consoles of the 1960s, which, five or more years ago we couldn't give 
away, are now a popular functional and decorative item, selling in 
working order for $400-800 at the right flea market. We often include a 
Bluetooth adapter, and that is a very popular feature.

Ham gear is a whole different animal, and different marketplace.

The 'kids these days...' tale I have is that some of them have no idea 
what to do with a rotary volume control; all they know are sliders on a 
touch screen.

All this makes me think of my grandfather's life, born in 1880 ,died in 
1974. When he was born, horses were still used as transport. By the time 
he died, people had walked on the moon.

Keep 'em glowing!


/scott robinson

On 6/18/18 4:57 AM, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
> There ARE young people who are into old "retro" things but mostly 
> everyday consumer-type items.  They like decorating apartments, for 
> example, with your old lamps, bathroom fittings, tables, even old 
> telephones.  A smaller number are still into the old radio & 
> electronic technology things.  It's just hard to easily connect with 
> them via our usual "rabbit runs."  You have to go hunting for them.
>
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
> To: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sun, Jun 17, 2018 6:05 pm
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] R-45/ARR-7
>
> I have encountered this with other stuff. My almost wife's
> family sold a house full of antiques in Cape Cod recently. It was
> hard to sell. Young people do not want old stuff. There was a
> certain market of people of our age (old) who have memories but
> there are getting to be fewer and fewer. I think there is also
> getting to be a lack of appreciation of workmanship. The idea now
> is to get something new that will do the job and toss it when it
> breaks. I suspect that in a century there will not be much left
> from our era. Technology has changed so fast that I suspect that
> a lot of people under about 25 simply have not even heard of
> things which were a part of life for decades for many of us.
> There is a series of short films on You Tube where kids of
> somewhere between 5 and 12 are introduced to work a day objects
> from the past. Things like dial telephones. They recognize its a
> phone but have no idea of how to use it.
>
> On 6/17/2018 4:01 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
> > Market values are much lower today, and continue to plummet.
> >  Most of us are reluctant to appreciate how little real value or
> > interest our treasures have in 2018.  Soon our estates will be
> > paying someone big bucks to haul the junk...even uncommon NOS
> > pristine un-hammed unmodified junk...away.
> >
> > One would be very lucky to sell an R-45/ARR-7 for even $100,
> > unless a gullible buyer can be found on ebay.
> >
> > Mike / KK5F
> >
> -- 
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
> WB6KBL
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