[Hallicrafters] Another SX-88 and prices

Sun Oct 30 12:46:11 EDT 2011

In my opinion it is not the economy. I believe that the majority of the
people who can pay the high prices are in the same position there were 10
yrs ago. All my well to do friends are. Realistically our hobby (boat
anchors) has a saturation point. If you look at the prices of ham gear made
in the last 20 yrs. or newer you will see they are the same or higher. 99%
of hams are baby boomers or older who worked in a time where skills and
loyalty were rewarded with salaries and pensions.  How many hams does anyone
know that are in bad times?

Dan K9DTC

-----Original Message----- 
From: WA1KBQ at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 8:55 AM
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Another SX-88 and prices

I don't know if you can compare the old radio hobby to the old car hobby or
not as there is far less money flowing in the old radio hobby but there
is an interesting point to note about the old car hobby in our current
economy.  My boss has a collection of over 250 high end collector cars most 
of
which came from various Barrett-Jackson auctions and he is currently  very
active in both buying and selling. The guys who travel with him in 
connection
with the auctions tell me the economy has definitely hurt the  "blue
collar" cars but not the "blue chip" cars.The high end stuff is still 
bringing
record prices.

Due to supply and demand and with just over 100 receivers currently
accounted for SX-88's prices have always fluctuated wildly  according to
condition. The market always prices in scarcity,  condition and quality and 
receivers
on the market in the past two  years have either been rough needing to be
restored or were not  well restored and potential buyers were just not
interested in what was  being offered. Over the past few years I have sold 
four
completely restored  SX-88 receivers for $10,000 each and one cosmetic
restoration only job for  $7600 with my most recent $10,000 sale occurring 
during
the downturn  in November of 2009. The four complete jobs involved hundreds
of  hours of grunt work and no expense spared attention to detail.
Considering I  usually spend around $5000 to get a good specimen to start 
with, a
$10,000  sale still has me seriously behind after adding in parts,
subcontracted work and many hours of time involved. I discovered I  enjoy 
working on
them more than owning them and do it purely for the  experience and sense of
accomplishment and at least I can recoup some of my  cost afterwards because
there is usually a market for a good SX-88. In  each case the check always
goes to my wife because wives simply like that part  better and I found it
reduces complaints and helps foster support for the  hobby from Chairman of 
the
Board. I have another SX-88 on the bench now  which will be offered for
sale when finished. If it sells, fine; if it does not  I will own a restored
SX-88.

Regards, Greg

In a message dated 10/30/2011 8:25:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
WA1KBQ at aol.com writes:

Re:  $2000 SX-28; Item #140621223424

Regards, Greg

In a message  dated 10/29/2011 7:01:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
hallicraftersx28 at aol.com writes:

Regarding prices,one character  on ebay spent 2 grands on   an SX-28
recently !! The radio had  been 'rebulit' to the point that there  wasn't
many
original parts  left in the radio even the serial number tag on the  rear
had been
replaced by a 'custom serial no. plate' !

Nick
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