[Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] 20s-30s-40s Home Radio Market Collapse

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi David,

The issue about shipping occurred to me right away. It was interesting 
to see those results.

So you polled the other two users of VTVMs. You forgot about me - the 
third user of VTVMs. I have three of those - Simpson, RCA, and 
Heatrhkit. I have a FETVM too but it doesn't behave quite as well as the 
vacuum tube models. I use the solid state one and the DVMs when I need a 
reading that is far from an electrical outlet. Many of those times a 
V-O-M is good enough.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 09/04/2017 09:21 AM, David Stinson wrote:
> I should clarify this:
> When I say "live auction" with Inet bidders,
> I mean a room with dozens of people in it, an auctioneer
> and a computer taking bids over the net.
> The last three I've attended, this has been the price trend.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> David Stinson via BoatAnchors
> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2017 11:00 PM
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> Subject: [BoatAnchors] 20s-30s-40s Home Radio Market Collapse
>
> For those of us who collect "home" wooden radios like the cathedrals
>
> or those pretty "furniture" 1920s battery sets, this is either time for
>
> you to cry over lost money or smile over inexpensive treasures.
>
>
>
> The last three large live auctions (with bidders all over via the net)
>
> which I've attended, nice-condition 1920s battery sets * most with tubes*
>
> rarely break $30, with the exception of Zeniths.  Most of them go
>
> $11-$25.  Cathedrals, save the "rare ones," even in nice condition,
>
> usually go $20-$45.  Table radios are somewhere in between.
>
> Nice Navy HRO with doghouse and four coils got no bids.  Good
>
> complete but unrestored NC-100 went for $22.
>
> There are still some "jewels-" a TV-7 went for $330.
>
> And there were some others, like SW-3s, that still hold some
>
> value.  But, as the generation that wanted them when young passes
>
> into twilight,  most of the demand for these consumer sets seems to
>
> have gone with them, at least at "live" sales.
>
> I might get a couple of those 20s battery "furniture" radios
>
> now that they are cheap;  I like the look.
>
>
>
>   Here's a link for the latest local live auction (with national Internet
> access)
>
>
>
> http://www.icollector.com/Another-Great-Radio-Phonograph-Auction_as48700?ps=
> 100
>
>
>
> Radios, like all collectables, follow a Bell Curve of valuation.
>
> "All good things.."
>
>
>
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