Back from the wars Auction
The cool stuff was at the end (the auction was over 480 lots) so I had to stay for a while.
Art Collins was a genius when it came to amateur radio design and his radio sets are still top of the line. I see them for sale from time to time in the $100 to $300 range.
Since there were so many radios at this auction, I figured that there were enough for everyone and the prices would be (nudge-nudge wink-wink) fairly low.
Unfortunately, a couple of collectors showed up. The first Collins set up for sale (a
75-S3B) went for One Thousand Two Hundred Freaking Dollars!!!
I was looking for five pieces (Transmitter, Power supply, Receiver, Speaker console, and Directional Wattmeter) to take home and put on the air. Now, it will languish on someone's shelf next to other forlorn pieces of underutilized equipment. It has become some rich man's fetish piece...
I did get some tools as well as a large copy machine with document scanner and storage. Taking the trailer in tomorrow.
I am stiff and tired so going to decompress for an hour or two -- more later...
Posted by DaveH at April 2, 2013 4:52 PM