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Old 22nd Jul 2020, 8:19 am   #1
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Default Dozens of Radios etc at Diss On-line Auction Mon 27th

https://www.twgaze.co.uk/auctions/ca...nd-and-vision/ The radios start at lot 7036,
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Brilliant! Thanks for the heads up Alvin!
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I've been impressed by the way that conventional auction houses have come up to date with very efficient online bidding facilities, some of them offering packing and carriage for buyers unable to collect items.

As an example, I was pleased with the recent experience of buying a microscope from Dugglebys Auctions in Scarborough. Packing and carriage were not cheap, but were very well done and it arrived in perfect condition because the packing was professional, unlike my experience with some other online auction purchases where the seller has clearly been short of packing materials and expertise..

My question to the Forum is: does any member have experience of actually selling radio gear via a conventional auction house like the specialist Diss auction mentioned above? Whilst I'm a pretty regular online auction buyer, it's a long time since I was involved in selling anything at a modern conventional auction. It occurs to me that , when the day comes, it could be a convenient way of disposing of a radio or instrument collection. I've sold the occasional item on eBay, but only for collection in person: the thought of packing up something as delicate as a radio is pretty daunting. The cost of having it done by an insured professional might well be worthwhile - and once the hammer falls, the seller's responsibility is ended.

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After a drastic forced downsizing 7 years ago I sold a lot of my collection on ebay but storage fees on the remaining were mounting up. My first thought was to auction via the BVWS but their man and van weren't available to collect from London and take to Swindon so I sold them all via Chiswick Auctions and was more than happy at the way they handled things. They sent a van to meet me at the storage unit to collect the radios - they were already boxed up - then a day or two later I went to the auction house to unpack and help with lotting up descriptions and groupings, etc. Come auction day, as the pics show, they had displayed them well in a side room and everything sold - I was reasonably happy with the hammer prices but the final cheque brought home just how high commercial auction house fees + vat can be!!
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...the final cheque brought home just how high commercial auction house fees + vat can be!!
I auctioned an item (not tech-related) in Oxford after clearing my late step-mother's place. The hammer price was £750, but I received about £500 after they had deducted commission, lotting fee, photograpy fees etc.
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There are interesting things therein.

Several revoxes, Sony TC377 I think

Spendor BC1

Studer A80

And some old marconi test gear with an old valve tester thrown in.... A VCM163 Mr auctioneer hasn't spotted what that's worth, methinks.

Worth trawling through!

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...the final cheque brought home just how high commercial auction house fees + vat can be!!
I auctioned an item (not tech-related) in Oxford after clearing my late step-mother's place. The hammer price was £750, but I received about £500 after they had deducted commission, lotting fee, photograpy fees etc.
They also sting the bid winner with 15-20% buyers premium plus vat! So the buyer of the above I would guess paid around £900. So £400 for the auction house!
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I am a fairly regular customer of Gaze's and I have always found them to be a decent place to deal with. Can't say I have ever picked up a bargain but I have always come away happy. Typical that the signal generator (an item I could really do with!) has been lumped with that valve tester. I'd like to get my hands on a valve tester but sadly budget won't allow at the moment!

As for auction fees, I used to work in an auction house and you have to keep the lights on, the vans running and the families of the staff fed somehow. Always good to buy things with local businesses but especially important in these times
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It's a free market as they say. When entering a bid you have to remember the loading the house puts on the hammer price, and VAT. Then take into account the fact that the item's condition isn't really known. A piece of pottery can be given the eye over looking for damage, repairs and missing handles, but you can't tell whether the meter is ruined in a valve tester.

Private sales might give you better indication of condition on our sort of stuff, and mark-up and VAT doesn't get into it. But it all comes down to you can only buy it from whoever and wherever is selling one.

Good selection of stuff there, though.

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The auctioneers' description of item 7082 made me laugh...
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The auctioneers' description of item 7082 made me laugh...
Thank goodness there's a warning on the device to keep watches away.........you would't want your Rolex trodden underfoot!!
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And some old marconi test gear with an old valve tester thrown in.... A VCM163 https://www.vintage-radio.net/images...s/rolleyes.gif Mr auctioneer hasn't spotted what that's worth, methinks.

Someone paid £1.2k + auction fees for that lot, i.e over £1.5k!



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Ouch!

There's a pecking order of AVO VCMs with VCM163 at the top of the tree, then MkIV, CT160, MkIII, MkII.

The higher up the tree your valve tester is, the more it improves the sound of the valves tested on it. Bass gets faster, granularity gets more finely ground, and authority becomes positively dictatorial. It must be worth it!

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