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20th Apr 2018, 9:50 pm | #1 |
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100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
I have discovered over 100 vintage radios in the two large lofts and really need to rehome them as soon as possible. I am a professional downsizing specialist and my client's lodger recently passed away. It seems that he was a remarkable and avid collector of many things!
I hope the attached images show something of the vintage radios I have already brought down and dusted off. It is a truly remarkable collection. I have joined your forum in the hope that some of you can give me some help in getting these beauties rehomed. It is the best and largest collection I have ever seen and we still haven't got to the back of the rafters yet!! Sarah. |
21st Apr 2018, 10:12 am | #2 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
Hello and welcome to the forums.
If you wish to sell these items through the forums you'll need to state an exact price in order to comply with forum rules.
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21st Apr 2018, 10:22 am | #3 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
I would suggest using the auction services of the BVWS, Radiophile or Steam Radio to clear these. You will get a good price for minimum hassle.
https://www.bvws.org.uk/auctions/ https://radiophile.co.uk/auctions.php http://www.steamradios.com/ |
21st Apr 2018, 7:08 pm | #4 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
Hi The radios will probably sell well through the auction sites mentioned, however if there are spares, tools, test equipment and books/ literature they would also be of interest to the membership here.
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21st Apr 2018, 8:15 pm | #5 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
Yes, an auction seems the way to go, and a specialist operation like those above may well be a better option than a general auctioneer, even if you could find one ready and willing adequately to publicise a sale of radios. The models in the photos are mostly quite common among collectors, are very largely post-WWII, and none of them individually is especially valuable, but they look to be generally in good physical condition, are well worth saving, and should prove well worth selling.
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21st Apr 2018, 8:34 pm | #6 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
It does seem a shame when this happens, but the best thing is the owner and yourself are looking to get them to new owners. There does seem to be a slight glut of sets from collections. These have all been saved once, and possibly repaired or restored, and the collector has done a worthwhile thing thereby. I would like to see something like a watch paper in sets where their history and ownership could be recorded. I wonder what other areas of collecting he was into? Also, beware, some early radios and paraphernalia might not look like radios and be far more valuable.
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21st Apr 2018, 9:30 pm | #7 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
That Murphy A98 in image 5 looks rather interesting...
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21st Apr 2018, 10:01 pm | #8 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
I too think a specialist auction is the way to go with the vast majority of the sets you have pictured. It may also be worthwhile advertising some of your radios in the forum for sale section. I'd be more than happy to come along and view/ value your sets as I'm pretty local to NW10. if this is of interest to you then please send me a private message through the forum and I'll get back to you.
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21st Apr 2018, 11:41 pm | #9 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
Hello all,
This is my first post, so please be gentle with me. I was guided here from the VRAT website because I'm looking to restore an old radio. I was in the TV trade for many years and I would really like to restore some vintage electronics. I recognise that members here will know far more than me about these radios, so I'd like some advice. Would I be better going on to one of the auction sites listed above? Any advice would be appreciated. All the best, Tony |
22nd Apr 2018, 12:57 pm | #10 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
Hello and welcome Tony,
This forum is generally very forthcoming with informed advice for anyone with a radio in need of restoration. As to acquiring radios in the first place, transport is a major factor: radios, especially larger ones, are costly to send anywhere and are often damaged by the treatment they get from couriers. Glass dials and bakelite cases are especially vulnerable, and even wooden cabinets often start breaking apart at the joints. Better, then, if at all possible to find a radio that's close enough to you to let you pick it up. This thread is about one large find of radios and how they can best be re-homed. I don't know whether Sarah might be open to selling a few sets individually to members here, but otherwise it's probably best to start threads of your own - including about which models might be good choices to start with (though that's been raised several times before, and reading https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=136333 and https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=63188 should help with some ideas). When you know what kind of radio you're looking for, you could try a Wanted request here, or watch what comes up in online auctions, or just visit auction houses, flea markets, junk shops etc. in your area and see what comes your way. Depending how far you're prepared to travel, online auctions may be a very good source, as radios offered that way for personal collection only tend to sell at bargain prices. If you set your heart on more specific models, though, a visit to the BVWS or Radiophile auctions mentioned in post 3 above might be worth your while. Paul |
22nd Apr 2018, 3:41 pm | #11 |
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Re: 100+ vintage radios to rehome from NW10
Hello Paul,
Thank you for your very helpful reply. Most appreciated. I was used to working on live chassis TVs when I had a repair shop, so safety is not an issue for me. If any of the members here ever worked on Philips G11 CTVs, then they'd know that those tellies had a chassis at half-mains potential, I.e. 125 volts, whichever way the live or neutral was connected! The radios in this collection are only about an hour's drive away from me, which was why I was interested. Most of the models, being desktop types are ideal for me because there's very limited space at home. To be honest, I'd prefer to resurrect and restore, as it would give me a challenge. At the moment, the current project is a capacitor reformer to deal with any pesky electrolytic and reservoir caps. That said, I will certainly start a post when I get something to fix. I'm aware that my post was a little off topic, so accept my apologies everyone. Thanks again for your advice. I'll be back All the best, Tony |