Hi Rob
I am in a similar situation, my interests have changed, and my back is playing up a lot these days.
I had about 70-80 old "woodies" and have slowly been reducing them. The house is not cluttered with them now, we can even see the walls in the living room.
Only the one now remains in the house occupying space, my KB 888. I still have more smaller wooden radios and a large collection of Rhapsody radios on shelves around the pelmets, but you hardly notice them as they are not on the floor.
My intention was to sell as many as I could privately. I did not offer any courier service, as it seemed such a daunting prospect if say a sudden rush (unlikely I know) resulted in me having a production line of packaging dozens of radios. They take a massive amount of packaging to keep them safe if they are to be thrown around in and out of multiple vans by a courier. I have sold 2 small 1930 radios lately and it took about 1.5 hours for me and the misses to pack them safely and book them in for collection.
It has been going fairly well, nearly all of my more interesting 30's and early 40's radios have gone. Quite a lot of post war radios still to go.
In one case someone bought 14 in one go and had for themselves a ready collection. He sent a van who packed the radios with cardboard and blankets between each one. Other persons have bought them either singularly or at 4 and 5 at a time, and have either collected personally or used private couriers who would pack the radios carefully.
So I think wooden radios, if they are in good condition, are still popular with collectors, and nearly all of my ones were restored to a working condition and reasonable appearance.
How many have you actually got for disposal. If your radios are mostly in an unrestored condition and are not particularly rare then advertising on ebay at a start price of say £10 will probably help ensure they do at least go to a collector rather than a dismantler.
You should still get interested parties at that price, even if postage is not offered, but it may take a while for them all to go.
Its my opinion that the later radios will become more popular with collectors, as nostalgia for the 50's and 60's starts to creep in more. Or at least that's what I am hoping for..
If the BVWS events were still happening I would consider taking some for sale there. I had considered boot sales because they are easy, just rock up and take them out of the boot, no need to cart them dozens of yards from the car to the hall. But the situation changed with the virus.
Good luck.
Mike
I am in a similar situation, my interests have changed, and my back is playing up a lot these days.
I had about 70-80 old "woodies" and have slowly been reducing them. The house is not cluttered with them now, we can even see the walls in the living room.
Only the one now remains in the house occupying space, my KB 888. I still have more smaller wooden radios and a large collection of Rhapsody radios on shelves around the pelmets, but you hardly notice them as they are not on the floor.
My intention was to sell as many as I could privately. I did not offer any courier service, as it seemed such a daunting prospect if say a sudden rush (unlikely I know) resulted in me having a production line of packaging dozens of radios. They take a massive amount of packaging to keep them safe if they are to be thrown around in and out of multiple vans by a courier. I have sold 2 small 1930 radios lately and it took about 1.5 hours for me and the misses to pack them safely and book them in for collection.
It has been going fairly well, nearly all of my more interesting 30's and early 40's radios have gone. Quite a lot of post war radios still to go.
In one case someone bought 14 in one go and had for themselves a ready collection. He sent a van who packed the radios with cardboard and blankets between each one. Other persons have bought them either singularly or at 4 and 5 at a time, and have either collected personally or used private couriers who would pack the radios carefully.
So I think wooden radios, if they are in good condition, are still popular with collectors, and nearly all of my ones were restored to a working condition and reasonable appearance.
How many have you actually got for disposal. If your radios are mostly in an unrestored condition and are not particularly rare then advertising on ebay at a start price of say £10 will probably help ensure they do at least go to a collector rather than a dismantler.
You should still get interested parties at that price, even if postage is not offered, but it may take a while for them all to go.
Its my opinion that the later radios will become more popular with collectors, as nostalgia for the 50's and 60's starts to creep in more. Or at least that's what I am hoping for..
If the BVWS events were still happening I would consider taking some for sale there. I had considered boot sales because they are easy, just rock up and take them out of the boot, no need to cart them dozens of yards from the car to the hall. But the situation changed with the virus.
Good luck.
Mike
