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Vintage radios have a weird time these days because the people (typically: men) who used to have experienced them as young child's are dying. As a consequence,
by ktpsns 5y ago
Vintage radios have a weird time these days because the people (typically: men) who used to have experienced them as young child's are dying. As a consequence, prices are dropping and massive amounts of radios are trashed. Why? Because their collections are resolved by their heirs.
For instance, rare radios where about 2000€ in the 1980s and are around 200€ nowadays.
- femto 5y agoThat's true of rare things in general. They get more expensive and desirable as they get rarer, then they cross a threshold where they become so rare that they become little known and demand goes away. (My dad had a car like this.) I think there is a reason why you regularly see stories about rare things being auctioned for record prices: it's an part of the publicity campaign to increase public awareness, thus maintaining demand for those rare things.
- mikewarot 5y agoThat hasn't quite happened yet with Ham Radio, I have a friend I help from time to time who does a LOT of repair work on Collins, Hallicrafters, etc. There are still enough hams around collecting the stuff to keep it worth repairing them. I'd guess that purge is coming to get the boat anchors in about 10 years. I've learned a lot about repairing them from him, but playing with more than 12 volts scares the bejeezus out of me.