[Milsurplus] OT: Estate Collins 75A-2 value ?

[J Forster]

From:         "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>

   It is not a military receiver, it is ham bands only.
  The vintage is early 1950s or possibly very late
  1940s.  A friend, K2DPA (now K2EY) and his
  dad (K2DPB, SK) had one with the matching
  32V-2.  They had far more money than I did!

  I used a one-tube (dual triode) regenerative
  receiver.

  BTW, they came installed in that black wrinkle
  finish desk rack cabinet.

This one has the cabinet. There is also a somewhat similar looking
miulitary receiver in a rack below it. The main tuning dials look the
same, but the other knobs are arranged somewhat differently. I can't
read the tag in my photos, but it is military.

  The 32V series of
  transmitters were of matching size, finish,
  and overall appearance.  Beauties, for sure!

  If you are interested in it, I'd certainly NOT
  inform the membership of the Collins Collector
  Society of its location.

Because there might be a feeding frenzy?  That might be nice for the
widow. I have no interest personally. Would you (eventually) offer it to
the Collins group, or on ePay?

  You might google the
  organization and see if you can get an opinion
  from those folks.

  The 2005-2006 edition of the "Amateur Radio
  Blue Book" shows the following prices, which
  are  ESTIMATES  for the listed conditions.

  PARTS          $  64
  FIXER          $ 182
  AVERAGE        $ 287
  EXCELLENT      $ 480
  NEAR MINT      $ 702

  Mac, K2GKK
  Oklahoma City

Thanks very much.
-John



  ----Original Message Follows----
  From: J Forster <jfor at quik.com>
  To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
  CC: Wireless-Set-No19 at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Milsurplus] OT: Estate Collins 75A-2 value ?
  Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:19:22 -0400

  Hi all,

  Happy Easter. In the estate I've been asking about there is an
  absolutely beautiful Collins 75A-2 Receiver in a desk cabinet. I know
  little about ham gear, but this sure looks military.  At the moment, I

  can't get closer than about 8 feet to it, but was able to take a pic
  with a tele lens and the panel paint looks perfect.

  I'm soliciting opinions about it sale value. The radio is NOT for sale

  at the moment, so please don't ask. I looked on eBay but saw no
complete
  sets.

  Thanks very much,
  -John