The auction house charged a 10 percent buyer's premium in addition.Ī warning: Auction prices are not current values. Prices listed here are rounded up to the nearest dollar. Battery sets, unless noted otherwise, were fully equipped with tubes having good filaments. Other significant sales included an Atwater Kent 10B at $900, a Kennedy XV at $975 and a Radio Shop Paramount-Echophone at $950. This early 1930s Turner microphone (front center) brought $1,600,Īnd is surrounded by a large assortment of radio speakers up for bids. One of these DeForest D-12 receivers in leatherette cabinets sold for $2,600 (with original crystal detector) A pair of DeForest D-12 receivers, one with a crystal detector, brought $2,600 and $800.
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Highlights of the sale included a massive Western Electric theater-speaker driver that sold for $1,050 and a charming Turner 1930s condenser microphone that brought an impressive $1,600. Material offered covered a wide spectrum, from "wireless" (a Signal Corps pigeon cage) to transistor sets and modern audio gear. New Jersey Antique Radio Club members assisted in cataloging and setting up the sale. As a result, over 200 people attended.Īuctioneers Harold Smith and Dennis Childers kept the 448 cataloged lots, along with 124 uncataloged lots, moving along. and posted on the World Wide Web, the catalog enjoyed 600+ "hits" by sale day. Widely advertised via the newsletters of the Delaware Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and New Jersey Antique Radio Clubs, and also in A.R.C.
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The sale included radios from the estate of long-time collector William Findley, W3FEA, of Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, plus selected other items. conducted a large cataloged sale April 26, 1997, in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
Findley Estate Auction Downington, Pennsylvania April 26, 1997ĬONTRIBUTED BY LUDWELL SIBLEY AND RAY CHASE
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