PX4s galore! - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Boom · 10th Jun 2014, 3:15 pm

Nope this is not a windup.

Today was viewing day at Standerwick auction (off the A36 Wiltshire) and there to my total disbelief were boxes and boxes of PX4's PX25's EL34s , KT66's and a myriad other valves all going as just a few lots.

There has obviously been a vintage workshop clear out and there are amplifiers there too.

Sales day is tomorrow (Wednesday) and the sale starts at 10am.

I have nowhere to put it all so good luck.

http://www.cooperandtanner.co.uk/Sale-Rooms.aspx

Tim · 11th Jun 2014, 3:22 pm

Did anyone go?

Richard · 11th Jun 2014, 3:53 pm

Hi

I managed to get them to send me some pictures and the catalogue, but then could not get anyone to cover me in work

Looked a chaotic pile of junk, probably went for £1000s

Richard

GrimJosef · 11th Jun 2014, 4:47 pm

I went (I've just got back) and I met a few other familiar faces. I also saw quite a few other unfamiliar ones milling around the valves. The lots included a fair few home-brew amps with a fair few PX4s, PX25s and KT66s in. And there were some more of these in boxes. There was also a nice-ish Leak TL/12.1. There were lots of empty valve boxes though, and the stuff did look like it had sat in a garage or a shed for rather a long time. I didn't keep a tally but a single one of the thirteen 'radio' lots, as they were called, went for well over £1,000 and I'd estimate that all thirteen fetched a total of £5,000 or so, mostly paid by people I didn't recognise, some of whom were on phones. I think the 'radio' total might have been comparable with the total for everything else that had sold up to that point (500+ lots). The gasps from the crowd and, frankly, to some extent from the auctioneer, show that most people out there still have no idea at all what the market value of these things is.

Cheers,

GJ

kalee20 · 11th Jun 2014, 5:17 pm

...which might lead the people to think that the unremarkable-looking radio set in their boxroom will earn them a holiday abroad.

At least it could save a few more radios from landfill though.

GrimJosef · 11th Jun 2014, 5:32 pm

Fortunately a rather tired bakelite Cossor Melody Maker, which had been given pride of place on a shelf of its own just inside the door, had sold earlier for not very much. So the more perceptive members of the crowd might have realised there was more to this vintage electronics thing than meets the untrained eye

.

Cheers,

GJ

Nickthedentist · 11th Jun 2014, 6:26 pm

A happy ending then, I suppose. At least they've not been dumped by someone who doesn't know better.

Nick.

Radio Wrangler · 11th Jun 2014, 10:44 pm

So we can just wait and see where they next turn up and for how much...

David

stevehertz · 12th Jul 2014, 2:20 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalee20

...which might lead the people to think that the unremarkable-looking radio set in their boxroom will earn them a holiday abroad.

Well, I think that's been the case in some quarters for a long time. Many is the time - just out of curiosity - I've gone into a back street junk shop and asked the price of an oblong, louvred, ugly, late 50s 'plastic' cased wireless and been told, "Oh yes, that's a bakelite wireless and it's £80". They soon learn when no-one buys the stuff.

FrankB · 31st Aug 2014, 3:03 am

I see you folks have the same problems there as here with "Antique" shops over pricing old radios.
They look in the price guides for "working" status radios that are complete and seemingly add on another 50% for radios beaten, battered, and missing parts and knobs. (Like $95.00 for a what!? A 1960 clock radio with a broken case, missing the volume knob and all of the clock adj. knobs?!)

Sadly, here they never seem to learn that they are pricing themselves out of the market.
I know of one store with the same radio and price on it for over 10 years now. They won't negotiate down on it either.

OTOH, the best score I ever made was a 2nd hand store that had a $20.00 price on a Catalin radio. I had the radio paid for and out of there in a few minutes. ( Yes, Sir, may I please look at that one there? Well OK, I guess it might be one I would like).

I was chortling all the way home. (MINE! MINE! All MINE! ) Yes, it was a pretty common one with a chip in the case, but is now "My Precious". The only Catalin I have.

10th Jun 2014, 3:15 pm	#1
Boom Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Westbury, Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 2,451	PX4s galore! Nope this is not a windup. Today was viewing day at Standerwick auction (off the A36 Wiltshire) and there to my total disbelief were boxes and boxes of PX4's PX25's EL34s , KT66's and a myriad other valves all going as just a few lots. There has obviously been a vintage workshop clear out and there are amplifiers there too. Sales day is tomorrow (Wednesday) and the sale starts at 10am. I have nowhere to put it all so good luck. http://www.cooperandtanner.co.uk/Sale-Rooms.aspx

11th Jun 2014, 3:22 pm	#2
Tim Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 3,310	Re: PX4s galore! Did anyone go? __________________ "Nothing is as dangerous as being too modern;one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly."

11th Jun 2014, 3:53 pm	#3
Richard Heptode Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Garnant, near Ammanford, South Wales, UK. Posts: 657	Re: PX4s galore! Hi I managed to get them to send me some pictures and the catalogue, but then could not get anyone to cover me in work Looked a chaotic pile of junk, probably went for £1000s Richard __________________ BVWS member.

11th Jun 2014, 4:47 pm	#4
GrimJosef Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 4,311	Re: PX4s galore! I went (I've just got back) and I met a few other familiar faces. I also saw quite a few other unfamiliar ones milling around the valves. The lots included a fair few home-brew amps with a fair few PX4s, PX25s and KT66s in. And there were some more of these in boxes. There was also a nice-ish Leak TL/12.1. There were lots of empty valve boxes though, and the stuff did look like it had sat in a garage or a shed for rather a long time. I didn't keep a tally but a single one of the thirteen 'radio' lots, as they were called, went for well over £1,000 and I'd estimate that all thirteen fetched a total of £5,000 or so, mostly paid by people I didn't recognise, some of whom were on phones. I think the 'radio' total might have been comparable with the total for everything else that had sold up to that point (500+ lots). The gasps from the crowd and, frankly, to some extent from the auctioneer, show that most people out there still have no idea at all what the market value of these things is. Cheers, GJ __________________ http://www.ampregen.com

11th Jun 2014, 5:17 pm	#5
kalee20 Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lynton, N. Devon, UK. Posts: 7,081	Re: PX4s galore! ...which might lead the people to think that the unremarkable-looking radio set in their boxroom will earn them a holiday abroad. At least it could save a few more radios from landfill though.

11th Jun 2014, 5:32 pm	#6
GrimJosef Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 4,311	Re: PX4s galore! Fortunately a rather tired bakelite Cossor Melody Maker, which had been given pride of place on a shelf of its own just inside the door, had sold earlier for not very much. So the more perceptive members of the crowd might have realised there was more to this vintage electronics thing than meets the untrained eye . Cheers, GJ __________________ http://www.ampregen.com

11th Jun 2014, 6:26 pm	#7
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,846	Re: PX4s galore! A happy ending then, I suppose. At least they've not been dumped by someone who doesn't know better. Nick.

11th Jun 2014, 10:44 pm	#8
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,872	Re: PX4s galore! So we can just wait and see where they next turn up and for how much... David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done

31st Aug 2014, 3:03 am	#10
FrankB Heptode Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Olympia, Washington, USA. Posts: 664	Re: PX4s galore! I see you folks have the same problems there as here with "Antique" shops over pricing old radios. They look in the price guides for "working" status radios that are complete and seemingly add on another 50% for radios beaten, battered, and missing parts and knobs. (Like $95.00 for a what!? A 1960 clock radio with a broken case, missing the volume knob and all of the clock adj. knobs?!) Sadly, here they never seem to learn that they are pricing themselves out of the market. I know of one store with the same radio and price on it for over 10 years now. They won't negotiate down on it either. OTOH, the best score I ever made was a 2nd hand store that had a $20.00 price on a Catalin radio. I had the radio paid for and out of there in a few minutes. ( Yes, Sir, may I please look at that one there? Well OK, I guess it might be one I would like). I was chortling all the way home. (MINE! MINE! All MINE! ) Yes, it was a pretty common one with a chip in the case, but is now "My Precious". The only Catalin I have.