Estate Sale Finds In 2011!

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Okay, neither are rectangular nor solid-state, but they are definitely finds!

I was fortunate to attend an estate sale Friday, a day earlier than the public sale. The house belonged to a gentleman who was a ham and spent his career repairing and calibrating equipment in the Navy, from around WWII until the late 70's. The family had hauled all the electronics from the attic into the kitchen. I couldn't even tell what half of it was. It was strongly emphasized that they wanted to sell it all as a lot. Well, I didn't intend to buy so much, but my offer was accepted and I wound up taking home an F-100 filled to the brim with old Navy test gear, radios, books and the two prizes below: A Hallicrafters T-54 and a Telefunken radio with the Nazi eagle/swastikas beside the dial.