[R-390] Ebay Prices

[Keith Densmore]

Greetings All,
I truly believe the price of our beloved boatanchors, whether bought
privately, on ebay or at a swapmeet are the greatest bargains anywhere. 95%
of high quality, restored radio stuff goes for less than $1,000. That puts
the price of a dream receiver or transmitter at par with an entry level
ricebox and within the price range of most people who would want it.   Even
the super collectable stuff is usually less than 5K-10K. Again no more than
the price of a higher end station.
Compare that with our brother car collectors from the same period. That
restored '57 Chev will set you back up to 50K---your R-390 less than 1,000.
and I believe their aquistion costs at the time were probably the same.
No question in my mind the value of radio.

73,
Keith, ve3ts




----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at wmata.com>
To: <jcoward5452 at aol.com>; <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>;
Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at wmata.com>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Ebay Prices


> Do eBay Collins prices follow the price of oil and gasoline?

As a second example, in the late 50's the
list price of a 75A-4 was $695.

Today the average E-bay price seems to be $939.

Gas prices went up by a factor of 11 over the last 50 years.

If radios went up as fast, the 75A-4 would be $7700 today.

Tim.

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