[Hallicrafters] prices ????

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

Thanks, Duane. It's been a while, but I do recall that some attempt
was made to keep the bottom feeders from preying on widows or OTs.

~ Boomer,  KA1KAQ

On 4/29/05, Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF <dfischer at usol.com> wrote:
> The DOB is still there Boomer, FCC data is not optional, but QRZ.COM is. Some do
> not show the DOB, most do not show the County anymore, some do not show the
> license number. My license number vanished and nobody can tell me why, as I did
> not remove it from QRZ.COM
> 
> Those who want can get the information on 'any' of us with ease, it is
> everywhere, all one has to do is look.
> 
> DBF
> 
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> From: Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> To: W4AWM at aol.com
> Cc: Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com; Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] prices ????
> Date: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:32 PM
> 
> On 4/29/05, W4AWM at aol.com <W4AWM at aol.com> wrote:
> > The burr under my saddle blanket comes from the guys who knock on the door of
> > an SK before he is even buried offering to take his gear off the widow's
> > hands for pennies on the dollar and then promptly resells it for a huge
> profit.
> > It is evidently easy to do since most survivors are quite vulnerable at this
> > point and are glad to have the burdon of getting rid of a shack full or gear
> > removed from their shoulders.
> 
> This is true enough, and has happened a lot. I seem to recall at one
> point that QRZ or the FCC database was changed to stop showing DOB
> (?), because of this very thing. I may be imagining it though, so
> don't quote me. I've been involved with one estate that the club I was
> in was involved with, another where the widow left everything in place
> for 10+ years, ended up in a nursing home, and much of the gear ended
> up going to a guy who claimed it would be used by his kid. It showed
> up in ARC two months later with his phone number.
> 
> > You may have seem my estate sale postings on some of the reflectors recently.
> >  This same thing happened to the widow of a fellow I knew casually through
> > work. The "vulture" who knocked on her door got the cream of the crop for
> > pennies, but what he left has turned out to be a gold mine for the estate.
> 
> This happened with the estate of W1MMV. The vulture came in and
> pressured the family members, saying that he had known Jerry for years
> and wanted some of his old gear to remember him buy. He walked away
> with an Atwater Kent mod 7 breadboard, stock BC-348 and several other
> nice items, for peanuts. Some of it showed up at Hosstraders soon
> afterwards. He left behind a whole lot more, though. Jerry was an old
> radioman from the 20s and had a pretty big pile of stuff. The oldest
> son was a ham and took Jerry's S-Line back to 6-Land along with tower
> and some other items. They gave me some odds and ends, including what
> appears to be a NOS Globe King cabinet that they were going to toss.
> We did a complete cataloging of all items starting in August and held
> an auction in early October. The auctioneer was certain it would be a
> bust, but we ended up with around $10K when all was said and done.
> Auctioneer just shook his head, couldn't believe how much they made.
> Family wanted to pay me a percentage for the month+ of time. I
> declined, of course. Having some of his old gear is payment enough.
> WX1O and others were there, everyone seemed to have a pretty good
> time. I worked with the auctioneer describing items and answering
> questions.
> 
> The family was surprised, too. They are all pretty well-to-do, one son
> works in the aero-space industry, can't recall what the other does -
> real easte, maybe. They were pretty much just looking for someone to
> clean out the house so they could sell it.
> 
> It was and will always be one of the most interesting times in my
> life. I met some very nice folks at the auction, had some great times
> going through the house and outbuildings with the family discovering
> things. This guy had several NOS chrome Scott receivers in boxes over
> his garage, among other things. I remember him telling me long ago
> that I'd be amazed at what was burind behind his house. The local dump
> told him he couldn't bring anymore there.
> 
> This is part of the fun of old time radio gear. It's been said
> recently on some of these lists that in the next 50-100 years
> virtually no one will care about this stuff, which is probably a lot
> closer to the truth than we'd care to believe. It certainly puts the
> issue of money more into perspective.
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
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