[Milsurplus] ebay ? what value

[William Donzelli]

> As for the collecting aspect of Ebay, it has been the greatest 
> blessing that has ever happened to our hobby.  I now have
> many pieces that, before Ebay, would have been thoughtlessly discarded.
> I have acquired pieces that collectors, ten years ago,
> would never have even *seen* in a lifetime of searching.
> Many, many pieces that would otherwise have gone straight to
> the trash dump now belong to happy collectors, thanks to Ebay.  

For those of us that collect ancient radar pieces, this is *very*much* 
the case. Prior to Ebay, pretty much only aircraft radar parts had a 
chance of being on the market. The shipboard and ground stuff had to be 
acquired by luck - be in the right place at the right time, and plan on a 
road trip or two to check out a stash or "hunk of something" in some 
ham's garage. 

The same holds true with underwater sound and sonar gear - prior to Ebay, 
the best you could hope for is a leftover chassis someone stripped for 
audio parts! 

> I never expected to even see an RAV receiver, of which
> there are known to be exactly *two* in private hands.
> Because of Ebay, I have seen one, gotten to document it, 
> have photographs of it and competed to own it.

What did the RAV receiver go for?

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org