15-11-2016, 05:19 PM
My car boot sales completely finance the hobby! I do not even buy items if they say they are working. I get the pleasure from getting them going, and then, like Crackle, I sell them unless they are something really special. I am keeping the Avo valve tester. But I sold the magnetic amplifier that cost £10 for £75 on Ebay. My finest find, that I have mentioned before, was a Burndept 4, purchased for £25 and sold at a London auction for £2,400! Really, I had come within an ace of taking it to the tip, but a chance mention of it when talking to Christie's auction house about other things prompted me to send it there! I got an Avo 8 for £5, but have kept that, and use it a lot! Before that, I got another Avo 8 for £10, but the movement was burned out, but I kept it for spares, and it came in useful for the next one that, although working OK, had a pretty poor condition case.
Bob
Bob