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Old 18th Oct 2008, 11:50 am   #1
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Default Bush EAC91 Value?

What would be a reasonable price to pay for a Bush EAC91 I've spotted coming up for auction next week? It's the MW + 2 x SW export version of the DAC90 style radios and looks to be in original unmolested condition.....

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Old 18th Oct 2008, 12:22 pm   #2
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Default Re: Bush EAC91 Value?

Very difficult to put a pre-sale value on anything like this because it's simply down to how keen you are to own such a radio. Personally I'd stop bidding when the auctioneer shouted "Anyone gimme fifty pounds?" but someone else may be prepared to go way beyond that.

Actual worth, in the context of a fixed price, is difficult in this case anyway; it's such an uncommon radio that yardsticks are scarce.
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Old 18th Oct 2008, 12:29 pm   #3
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Default Re: Bush EAC91 Value?

As Darren suggests, it all depends how much you want it.

I don't specifically collect export radios so would view it as a minor variant of the DAC90 and rather less usable (because there's no LW), so I'd probably only pay £40 for it. Somebody who specifically collects export sets (or Bush sets) might pay as much as it takes to get such a rare set. If there are two such people at the auction the price could go very high.

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Old 18th Oct 2008, 12:46 pm   #4
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Default Re: Bush EAC91 Value?

Hello Alvin,

I agree with Darren and Paul's comments there. It is going to be virtually impossible to give an accurate price. It depends entirely on who's become interested in the set at auction.

If you've got a keen Bush collector bidding for it too, then the £40-50 already suggested is going to be at the low end of the price range.

As a very rough comparison the last Bush export set that came up for bidding that I'm aware of, an ETR92, sold for a staggering £205 a few months ago on eBay!

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Old 18th Oct 2008, 3:52 pm   #5
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What would be a reasonable price to pay...?
Hi Again Alvin,

I've given your question a bit more thought. As you already know, I share your interest in Bush sets and particularly this sort of export model. So if I was at the auction bidding for this set I would probably go as high as £100 at a push for it. But would hope to get it for around £70-80, which I think is a more realistic value of its worth.

Good luck with it anyhow if you decide to bid.

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Old 21st Oct 2008, 1:41 pm   #6
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Default Re: Bush EAC91 Value?

Thanks guys....was thinking 50-60 quidish myself though as it was just catalogued as Bakelite Radio with a guide price of £20-£30 hoped to get it for less......I couldn't attend the auction myself but a friend went for me with a £65 top limit. Bidding was fast starting at £20 from a phone bidder againt my friend who took it up to my limit of £65 but the phone went one more and got it for £70 (+ £12.25 commission) so I wasn't the only one who knew what it was!!

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Old 21st Oct 2008, 3:55 pm   #7
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Default Re: Bush EAC91 Value?

Sorry to hear you lost out there Alvin.

But it sounds like if you'd have gone any higher then the other bidder may very well have gone higher still, obviously he/she must have known of the set's rarity and was keen to obtain it.

Better luck with the next one that turns up!

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