23-10-2015, 04:14 PM
I had a friend who bought, collected and sold vintage clocks. There is a lot of money in it, although he was naturally a good businessman.
With radios I don't know why they seem to have low commercial value by comparison. With organs it's even worse. I recall in the eighties when a 3 keyboard layer electronic organ would cost well over 1000 pounds. I recall seeing an expert play one as a demo in a shop and I was totally in awe. Now, you barely give them away on EBay.
I agree with you totally on the comments above. No, I don't have the skills to do repairs as a commercial venture as I work too slowly and would be baffled by the wide varieties of design. Also, it would be an awful amount of hard work for virtual peanuts.
By comparison a friend of mine has just paid 1,500 K for a cover for his boat and I was stunned. The canvas material probably cost 200 quid max and then it was skilfully stitched and sewn and finally clamps attached so it went over the stern and the bow. Must have taken the guy a day's work or so. There wasn't even a frame used.
However, I do believe there is a healthy market for classic car radio. Personally I don't have the skills to seriously tackle a classic car wireless but wish I did. It's a niche market and people will pay decent money for a wireless that may suit their vintage car.
Other than that, possibly HAM equipment is still a niche market.
With radios I don't know why they seem to have low commercial value by comparison. With organs it's even worse. I recall in the eighties when a 3 keyboard layer electronic organ would cost well over 1000 pounds. I recall seeing an expert play one as a demo in a shop and I was totally in awe. Now, you barely give them away on EBay.
I agree with you totally on the comments above. No, I don't have the skills to do repairs as a commercial venture as I work too slowly and would be baffled by the wide varieties of design. Also, it would be an awful amount of hard work for virtual peanuts.
By comparison a friend of mine has just paid 1,500 K for a cover for his boat and I was stunned. The canvas material probably cost 200 quid max and then it was skilfully stitched and sewn and finally clamps attached so it went over the stern and the bow. Must have taken the guy a day's work or so. There wasn't even a frame used.
However, I do believe there is a healthy market for classic car radio. Personally I don't have the skills to seriously tackle a classic car wireless but wish I did. It's a niche market and people will pay decent money for a wireless that may suit their vintage car.
Other than that, possibly HAM equipment is still a niche market.
