16-05-2013, 06:11 PM
What amazes me is the low price that these beautifully made items tend to fetch - just a fraction of what they would originally have cost to make. The one at Bonham's went for just £36.00. Probably because they have little or no practical application in this day and age. At least curios such as 'electric shock machines' are functional items should anyone have the urge to inflict pain upon themselves, and crystal sets will still receive signals - several stations all at once, right across the band!
I have a very complex 'Cambridge Instruments' potentiometer which has no practical application and must have been very costly in its day - beautifully made, with many coils, switches, dials, mahogany cabinet and vulcanite front panel. Just an ornament of times gone by -probably used in a university lab I imagine. Really, it belongs in a museum, but where?
I have a very complex 'Cambridge Instruments' potentiometer which has no practical application and must have been very costly in its day - beautifully made, with many coils, switches, dials, mahogany cabinet and vulcanite front panel. Just an ornament of times gone by -probably used in a university lab I imagine. Really, it belongs in a museum, but where?
Regards, David.
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BVWS Member.
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'I'm in my own little world, but I'm happy, and they know me here'
