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19th Apr 2011, 9:11 am | #81 | |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
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'Hope all goes well today. Come on you can't leave us all in suspense 'til November. Peter |
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19th Apr 2011, 12:32 pm | #82 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
Oh yes I can, Peter!
28 minutes until the 702 loteth cometh |
19th Apr 2011, 1:06 pm | #83 |
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19th Apr 2011, 1:07 pm | #84 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
Any idea who bought it?
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19th Apr 2011, 1:18 pm | #85 |
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*** ! ! ! ! ! *** wow! *** ! ! ! ! ! ***
Let's hope it stays in the country - and we hear more about it. Hopefully a Forum member! |
19th Apr 2011, 4:03 pm | #86 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
I hope that figure is correct because I can't believe someone paid £4,800 for lot 11 http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19034/lot/11/
I know green bakelite phones command a high price but not this much particularly for one with cosmetic faults - one too many zeros maybe? Alvin |
19th Apr 2011, 4:10 pm | #87 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
That figure is correct Alvin - we had the world record for a green 232 in the last sale here at £6,700. This one had a tiny chip to the cradle, so went for a bit less. Green and red phones in excellent/mint condition are top drawer at the moment, and I have another 700+ phones at the warehouse to sell of one sale at a time.
Note - The buyer of the 702 was ME!! Only joking, he is not from the UK. I am hoping to gain permission to post country and possibly a name, but until then, I follow our policy of keeping all client's details confidential. Thanks for your understanding. |
19th Apr 2011, 4:21 pm | #88 |
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My apologies for jumping to the wrong conclusion.....it sold for so much more than the other greenies in the sale!!
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19th Apr 2011, 5:51 pm | #89 |
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Shame it's going overseas, especially considering that the country it's going to probably never had a 405 line service so it isn't a part of their history.
Maybe one day some of these sets will come home ... Brian |
19th Apr 2011, 6:16 pm | #90 |
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Pity all that lottery money thats available doesnt keep whats British history in the UK.
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19th Apr 2011, 7:28 pm | #91 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
An American buyer, according to this newly-published Daily Mail article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...0-Bonhams.html
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19th Apr 2011, 8:26 pm | #92 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
Forum members will know that the fire at Crystal Palace did not interrupt TV service from Alexandra Palace but a pity Daily Mail reporter got it wrong.
Also "TV Pioneer John Logie Baird" had little or nothing to do with this set or with Alexandra Palace transmissions. He had been sidelined to his personal laboratories in Crescent Wood Road: Captain A D G West was responsible for the Baird 240 line system. Last edited by geoff999; 19th Apr 2011 at 8:37 pm. Reason: Typo and extra info. |
19th Apr 2011, 8:52 pm | #93 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
My dreams of someday owning a pre war TV have just drifted a little further away!
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20th Apr 2011, 6:17 pm | #94 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
I had suggested to several forum members that it was my guess ithat the 702 would bring £18,000.
I was £1600 over enthusiastic. J. |
21st Apr 2011, 9:45 am | #95 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
At that price a replica is cheaper!
Is it about £450 to get a custom CRT made? Based on devaluation/inflation, £100 spent in 1936 is about £2,000 to £6,000 today? So 17,000 / 4,000 = 4.25x value, not 168x value as might appear. Somehow I think a 2011 £400 HDTV LCD is unlikely to be worth 4x more in real terms for your (great) grand children. I'd guess most 1950s TVs are still worth less in real terms today than what was paid for them? Last edited by neon indicator; 21st Apr 2011 at 9:55 am. |
21st Apr 2011, 10:36 am | #96 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
Using that invaluable site: http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/ we can see that £99 in 1936 (cost fo the set when new) is equivalent to about £5K using RPI and £19K using average earnings. This also shows how average earnings have increased compared to the RPI.
I don't think you can get a custom CRT made. A rebuild of a pre-war CRT is about £700 from RACS. |
21st Apr 2011, 3:45 pm | #97 |
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Im not even going to bother dreaming of owning a pre war set. as i dont have the money for a start. and could not justify spending that much on one. cheers neil.
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23rd Apr 2011, 9:39 pm | #98 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
The set is going to MZTV in Toronto
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24th Apr 2011, 8:38 am | #99 |
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Another place for us TV enthusiast to visit. Slightly annoying website: http://www.mztv.com/ The museum owner is Moses Znaimer, a veteran of broadcasting in Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Znaimer
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24th Apr 2011, 10:16 am | #100 |
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Re: Marconiphone 702 coming to auction
I expect it will be very well looked after. J.
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