[ARC5] [Milsurplus] How Fair Radio Live Auction Went

[n3lll --]

Phil announced his retirement over a year ago, at that point he opened the
door for any of you to come in and pick what you wanted and negotiate a
price!  I took the time to visit there a couple of times and negotiate a
price for the individual pieces I was interested in.  The auction was held
to clean the property out so he can retire!

tom, N3LLL

On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 7:41 AM Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Any time stuff is selling “in bulk” the price comes down. That’s just how
> it works.
>
> Auctions are expensive to run. The folks running them do understand the
> tradeoff between selling by the piece and selling by the pallet. They most
> certainly have done the math. They don’t pick the option that yields less
> cash at the end of the process.
>
> None of that is new or surprising. It’s worked that way for at least 60
> years. Before that,  it probably did as well. I just wasn’t there to see it
> in action.
>
> Bob
>
> > On Aug 30, 2024, at 5:18 AM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > I  concur, it's silly to expect an auction with thousands of items to
> sell them one by one. You can't have an auction lasting three days to a
> week.
> > Look at this auction with its miniscule reported 30 or so attendees.
> > I kind of disagree that your own personal stash is now going to be more
> valuable. Certainly not what i have seen for R-390s. Having attended
> > 6 auction clearances this year already, i do not conclude prices are on
> the upswing - except maybe for a very few categories. I would go so far
> > as to say, except for these few categories, "peak collectibles" has been
> and gone.
> > -Hue Miller
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