[R-390] Pricing Help on Adler R-390A

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In a message dated 8/23/02 4:08:36 PM, tony@bright.net writes:

<< Hi Gang,

I've been away from the R-390 list for a year or better - family and 
work obligations, enjoyable though they are, are taking up all of my 
hobby time.

So, I've started to thin my boatanchor collection. One of the radios 
I'm thinking of selling is my Adler Electonics R-390A, Serial 
Number 5. Apparently, this is the only set to have surfaced from 
that contract. A fuzzy picture of the ID tag is shown on the R-390A 
FAQ site.

Honest question time: is this set worth anymore because of the 
low serial number, or because it is the only one from that contract? 
My collector instincts tell me "yes", but, in the end, it's still an R-
390A. Would the answer be different if it were a Fowler or Helena 
Rubenstein tag?

I'd like to know what you think.

Thanks & 73,


Tony W8HRO >>

Hi Tony,

IMHO, it is probably worth a little more than the average run of the mill 
R-390A because it is the only "known" example of the Adler contract.........
having said that, it is also "just another R-390A"

If you can find a "collector" who is looking to have "one of each", then it 
is worth whatever he/she will pay for it. 

Good luck,

Les Locklear