[Milsurplus] How Fair Radio Live Auction Went

[David Stinson]

For those who might be interested-
One participant's view of the live Fair Radio auction:

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by *Barry H Bennett 
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» Aug Fri 16, 2024 7:28 am

I went to day 1 of the auction yesterday. What a total disappointment. 
The auctioneer was selling entire pallets, sometimes a stack of pallets, 
in bulk. There was no opportunity to purchase one of an item on that 
pallet, so if you wanted one Collins 390 chassis, or one power supply, 
for instance, you had to buy the bulk lot of 30 or more of them.

Of course, the only ones doing that were the scrappers
(I think there were 4 of them there.

Overall attendance was pretty low... about 30 or so, so disappointing 
all around. The auctioneer changed up the order of the sale, so the 
items I'd waited to bid on all day did not even come up; probably Friday 
or maybe Saturday he said when asked. I'm not going back. I might want a 
scope tube or three, but not the room full of hundreds of them <sigh> A 
very sad ending to a very sad story. At least I was able to pick up a 
few things last month when I went out there to take a look at the place.

If anyone attends Friday and Saturday, I sincerely hope, once they get 
further into the main building, the offer individual items rather than 
an entire row of shelves as a bulk lot, and I also hope it's better 
attended. I'm not going back, so otherwise I"ll never know.

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» Aug Fri 16, 2024 10:00 am

What kind of prices was the pallets of equipment going for?

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» Aug Fri 16, 2024 10:34 am

All over the map. From $4 to $300. Military comms gear at the top. I’d 
say average around $40


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