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Originally Posted by radiotvnut
This one really takes the cake:
http://northmiss.craigslist.org/for/993782772.html
I usually don't bother to contact sellers like this; but, I couldn't resist this time. I asked them for a model number and also was it tube type or solid state. I'm looking forward to telling them that their late '60's-early '70's GE clock radio is only worth $5-$10, if they are very lucky. |
That's like the guy who called me up about a "1901" Pearce Airo set (I posted pics in the antique radio forum.) He told me about how his dad owns a radio/tv shop in Michigan and had this on the shelf for years. There was obviously some paperwork with it at one time - he was telling me about how Marconi came over from Italy and was associated with Pearce Airo, etc., etc. He also insisted it worked - this is a battery set that, judging by the light rust and whatever else on the coils, pots & tuning cap this thing hasn't been powered up in 50 years at least. The poor guy really thinks he has something, even though others have told him it was incomplete (no cabinet or speaker) and not worth much. Some AKers posted some useful info that I'll give to the man next week. I may offer him $20 for it, as that's all its worth to me - as it would be a shelf queen, passed on to another collector or maybe I'd get around to restoring it years from now. Don't think he's gonna go for that though...