[Boatanchors] Radio Collectors, Father Time and "Basket Cases"

[David Stinson]

I appreciate the responses, gents.
However- the point at issue is not whether Boatanchors 
will still have value and a market in the future.

The debate concerns whether we will spend larger amounts of 
our time restoring badly defaced equipment- say, an HRO Sr.
with holes drilled in the front and brush-painted over or 
a rusted-out Heath DX-40 -
or  instead look for an example in much better condition.
The argument is that, as collectors pass on, more "good condition" 
equipment becomes available, making the heavy work of 
restoring a "basket case" less attractive.

There was a time when I would expend a great deal of time
and work on even semi-common radios.
Today, I can't afford to invest that much time in such items.
I don't have enough sand left in my hour glass to waste it.
I reserve that kind of effort for the genuinely "rare" pieces
and the "basket-cases" are for parts only.

Others may see this differently and I'm interested in their views.

73 Dave S.