04-17-2018, 09:53 AM
Patric
That's going to be a tough one.
On one hand, this is the first Hi-Fi radio in the whole industry. And a beautiful one at that. And it is a gorgeous-looking set above all. An immediate predecessor of 680X.
And the time and work you put in it dictate a price in the low 4-figure region.
On the other had:
It won't beat a 690. Those in great condition (never saw them sold restored but saw them in the condition that I would not touch leaving the cabinets the wauy they were only restoring the chassis) go up to $2K.
This I doubt will reach that limit on any public platform. Plus the eBay is such that people often do not start bidding unless the initial bid is low. And then you are at the mercy of the human psychology and luck.
I would guestimate, and this is ONLY if you are willing to ship this radio (which will also be a bit of a deterrent - you could see how Willy does it), it could potentially, if the right crowd is bidding, go to $800.
However, marketed to the right people it could go for more. Good question is, how do you find the right people.
In any case, I doubt you will earn a good pay doing that: even a $1000 profit, spread over the hours you put in it, would result in below-poverty-line pay, akin to McDonalds patty-flippers kind.
Not to discourage the effort - most of us do it for fun, and then the money is there to recoup part of the expenditures so teh hobby doesn't get to be overly expensive.
Luck!
That's going to be a tough one.
On one hand, this is the first Hi-Fi radio in the whole industry. And a beautiful one at that. And it is a gorgeous-looking set above all. An immediate predecessor of 680X.
And the time and work you put in it dictate a price in the low 4-figure region.
On the other had:
It won't beat a 690. Those in great condition (never saw them sold restored but saw them in the condition that I would not touch leaving the cabinets the wauy they were only restoring the chassis) go up to $2K.
This I doubt will reach that limit on any public platform. Plus the eBay is such that people often do not start bidding unless the initial bid is low. And then you are at the mercy of the human psychology and luck.
I would guestimate, and this is ONLY if you are willing to ship this radio (which will also be a bit of a deterrent - you could see how Willy does it), it could potentially, if the right crowd is bidding, go to $800.
However, marketed to the right people it could go for more. Good question is, how do you find the right people.
In any case, I doubt you will earn a good pay doing that: even a $1000 profit, spread over the hours you put in it, would result in below-poverty-line pay, akin to McDonalds patty-flippers kind.
Not to discourage the effort - most of us do it for fun, and then the money is there to recoup part of the expenditures so teh hobby doesn't get to be overly expensive.
Luck!
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