[R-390] R-390 auctions to watch

[Tom Norris]

Was cruising Ebay and came upon some pricing oddness. Might be worth  
keeping an eye on, given the odd auctions that have been going on  
lately - the $15 headphones going for over $200, the $3500 "Collins"  
R-390A made by Stewart Warner, and other amusements.

First one is an R-390A listed with a Plano Texas consignment shop  
with one day to go, has meters, all covers, clean, appears to be  
complete. Has what appears to be a genuine Collins tag, but the rest  
of the radio looks a bit later than the Collins era IMHO not that it  
matters. Currently $167  Item 5816708745

Next is an R-390 said to be complete, in good shape, powers up and  
receives, 4 days to go at $210 with a higher reserve. Additional  
photos at http://n8yhy.tripod.com/collinsr390forsaleonebay/  but for  
me the page never fully loaded.  Item 5817800900

The last item sort of blew me out of the water pricewise. It's a  
CV-591A in decent condition and said to work. 4 days to go and only  
at $425.  Item 5817746818  I've had a couple of these critters and  
not really liked them, but then again I'm not a collector.  Not  
intentionally, anyway.


I'm a bit disappointed, there's nothing really to make fun of on Ebay  
today. The CV-591 comes close, but there really *aren't* as many  
around as there were just a few years ago.

73

Tom NU4G