[Milsurplus] Equipment for sale

[J. Forster]

Ridiculous.

Your suggested method will essentially screws anybody who is not
personally at the auction. The playing field is a mountainside.

If I saw an auction with those terms, I'd hit DELETE at once and not even
bother with the list of items.

-John

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> The problem with a garage sale is that it won't properly determine the
> true
> market value.  This stuff is fairly rare and there isn't a well-defined
> market (Mike Murphy might want to weigh-in).  The way to optimize return
> (assuming that's your goal) is to carefully catalog the equipment with a
> view of usefulness / collectability, hold a mail bid auction open for ~2
> weeks culminating in a live auction on-site with opening bids set to the
> mail-in bids.  It's a lot of work which may not be justified unless the
> auction is worth a lot.  I assume there would be interest also from the
> avionics / aircraft surplus guys?
>
> A good local auctioneer is the guy the does the yearly SCARS (Southern
> California Antique Radio Society) old radio auctions.  Knows a lot about
> radio / radio guys, is entertaining and aggressive.  Name is Mike Sherman.
>
> 73 de don ad6pb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard C.
> Grosser
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 4:14 PM
> To: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Equipment for sale
>
> We have recently acquired a quantity of 1980s era Russian aircraft parts
> (we
> have a Mig 21). Included in this lot was a bunch of radio equipment, most
> of
> it new in the boxes. Mostly VHF transceivers and control heads. There are
> also radar assemblies, radio altimeters, radio compasses and aircraft
> instruments. There are many new Russian Canon type connecters and cables.
> We
> also have dynamotors, etc.   I am in the process of cataloging and
> photographing these items as well as many WW2 US army and navy radio
> items,
> Collins aircraft radios, a model 15 and a mite teletype, professional tape
> recorders etc. We are planning to sell these items. We would really like
> to
> have a "garage sale".  I would really like some input from you guys as to
> your ideas on how to accomplish this.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard C. Grosser
> Palm Springs Air Museum
> Palm Springs, CA 92262
> (760) 778-6262
> Direct Line: (760) 482-1834
> Cell: (760) 898-6888
>
> Richard at PalmSpringsAirMuseum.org
> www.PalmSpringsAirMuseum.org
>
>
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