[NJARC] Report: CC-AWA Conference - Part III

Tue Mar 30 13:36:10 EDT 2010

Hi Pete,

"I price the items to sell - not to make a profit. I do not like pulling them around fest to fest hoping for the maximum dollar. Fair enough for those who do - I don't take that away - but then don't complain.

To me it's nice to go to these and schmooze, get new stuff and get rid of old stuff."

AMEN! You captured the essence of what this hobby is for me. The lure of the almighty dollar will always be irresistable to some. But I figure if I lose 10 bucks on this, and make 10 bucks on that, then that's fine with me.

It's been shown that most collectibles do not make good investments -- they do not typically appreciate much beyond the rate of inflation. *Unless* you time your purchases and later sales exactly right. Thinking of old raidos as investments takes all the fun out of it. ;-)

Regards,

JR

--- On Mon, 3/29/10, pmalvasi at aol.com <pmalvasi at aol.com> wrote:

> From: pmalvasi at aol.com <pmalvasi at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Report: CC-AWA Conference - Part III
> To: oldradio at comcast.net, njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 8:31 AM
> Just remember 
> Reply = Poster
> Reply All = Everyone
> 
> _________________________________________________________
> 
> I am sorry I missed this great event once again .. I used
> to go regularly because like the MARC and NJ groups there
> are very nice and friendly people I enjoy seeing each year.
> 
> I appreciate these comments on the event, but I cannot help
> but say that nearly every time I see someone mention slow
> sales it is almost always because their prices are
> unreliastic.  The more the complaint, the higher the
> prices.  And additionally, those people speak of
> "investment".  I know there are people who do make
> radio collecting a living with being dealers, but the fact
> is THIS IS a hobby and most of us do not look on our stuff
> as an "investment" despite the fact many of us will sell or
> trade some of our items at a gain.
> 
> In 20 years of going to hamfests and radio meets, when I
> bring stuff to sell, I seldom return home with much of what
> I bring, if I have anything.  I price the items to sell
> - not to make a profit. I do not like pulling them around
> fest to fest hoping for the maximum dollar. Fair enough for
> those who do - I don't take that away - but then don't
> complain.
> 
> To me it's nice to go to these and schmooze, get new stuff
> and get rid of old stuff.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Dilks, K2TQN <oldradio at comcast.net>
> To: njarc at mailman.qth.net;
> DVHRC <dvhrc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 5:38 am
> Subject: [NJARC] Report: CC-AWA Conference - Part III
> 
> 
> Just remember 
> eply = Poster
> eply All = Everyone
> _________________________________________________________
> y Paul Farmer
> 
> art III:
> Viewing the Hite Auction lots before the auction on
> Thursday afternoon
> revented me from attending every program that was scheduled
> during that period
> nd also the membership meeting. I will say that John Dilks'
> 
> resentation on the
> on Mix adventure as a radioman for the Arctic expedition
> was superb. John has
> ccess to Mix's diary and photographs from the expedition,
> and he (John) is
> lanning to write a book on the subject. Such a volume would
> likely be a huge
> it among readers of early 20th Century adventure travel
> and
> mportant scholarly documentation of the expedition. Not to
> mention the radio
> spects of Mix's experience and the social cultures of the
> time depicted by the
> iary and photographs.
>   Although I purchased
> ery little in the flea market and sold not much either
> (both new experiences
> or me at a radio meet), I did witness lots of sets and
> parts changing hands
> ver two days, mostly low-end sets and parts. Of course
> there are always
> ransactions in the flea market involving valuable sets that
> do not 
> ise to common
> nowledge. I am aware of a significant cash of Dynaco stereo
> equipment that was
> old but because of pre-meet notification of the equipment
> to a limited few,
> he transaction occurred so quickly it was beyond my radar
> initially. (There
> as a Fisher 500 with no reserve in the Main Auction that I
> did sit through.) I
> elieve there was a blue and ivory plaskon Setchel-Carlson
> frog eye set that
> old on day 2. Asking price was $450 initially. My high-end
> Catalin, plaskon,
> olystyrene, and painted sets of the 40s and 50s were much
> appreciated by
> umerous lusting browsers but were not easily moved at
> prices that were not
> ntended to represent rock-bottom bargains. I might have
> done better had I
> pent a lot more time in my booth but what's the chance of
> that? Not bloody
> ikely with so much to see and do at a meet like
> Charlotte's.
>   As we have become
> ccustomed to at the Rochester, Maryland, Michigan, and
> Charlotte 
> eets, the Old
> quipment Contest brought out some wonderful equipment that
> was worth the trip
> n and of itself. I am hoping this gets represented well on
> the CC-AWA website
> ecause in my usual rush I did not take good notes. The
> South African
> treet-made radio from available trash and junk parts was
> one of the most
> ascinating (and visually appealing) things I've seen to
> date in an Old
> quipment Contest. It was presented well enough to beat out
> my well-documented
> ear-Mint-In-Box Crosley Book Radio (a hybrid) in the
> Novelty Transistor Radio
> ategory. I was able to take firsts in the Pocket Transistor
> Radio Category
> Regency TR-1/1G in Chrome) and 30s, 40s, 50s
> Bakelite/Catalin Category
> display of 7 different DeWald Bantams). I am embarrassed to
> say that I failed
> o record who offered the South African Street Radio. (Help,
> please, someone.)
>   I was very much
> ttracted to Merrill Bancroft's comparison of two versions
> of the Tuska Model
> 25 (Early/Late). His mention of vintage Montgomery Wards
> advertising of a
> hird version (with no known examples extant) was
> interesting as well. Wouldn't
> ou like to find the missing Monkey Wards T. 225?! Merrill
> of course had
> everal other fine entries in the contest, as seems always
> to be the case. I
> ish I had recorded more info on the contest but I will
> mention Bob Slagle's
> eautifully built miniature wooden horn reproducer from
> vintage instructions.
> hat beautiful workmanship, artful shape, and finish!!
> I missed the Banquet
> s usual to enjoy a fabulous dinner with Kathy at the very
> upscale and
> elicious Indian restaurant known as Copper, on West Street
> going 
> nto Charlotte. Dinner there is by itself worth
> he 12-hour round-trip from home in Virginia and Kathy
> deserves something
> pecial after hanging out with old, obsessive, crusty,
> old-radio nerds (self
> ncluded) for two days non-stop. If you enjoy Asian cuisine,
> put Cooper on your
> chedule for next year. You won't be disappointed.
> Reservations required. The
> hai restaurant across the street is very good as well, much
> less formal, and
> on't cost you the price of a quad of NOS WD-11s.
>   Unless something else
> f significance comes to mind, I don't plan to send a Part
> IV. (You are
> elieved, right?)
>   Happy collecting to
> ll.
> See you at Kutztown
> n May. Or RadioActivity in June.
> Paul Farmer, K3YFQ
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