Oct. 31, 1996

AUCTION RESULTS

NJARC HIGHTSTOWN MEET, OCTOBER 5, 1996

by Ludwell Sibley, 1996(c)

This auction, conducted by Sam Cannan of MAARC fame, was a fast-moving, no-minimum, move-'em-out sale. About half the 500 lots were catalogued in advance, the rest bring-ins. There was a substantial volume of club-donation material, contributed by Bob Lynn and a variety of bring-in donors, for which NJARC expresses its thanks.

The following results are highlights, excluding miscellaneous box lots, low-valued items, etc. Prices have been rounded to the nearest dollar.

AUDIO GEAR

Fisher 400 amp 35
Fisher 500C tuner, exc. 60
Home-built amp, 3-chan. (?), w/ wooden chassis and cabinet 5
Knight-Kit 10-W mono amp 5
Lafayette LR-800 amp 5
Pilot stereo tuner-amp 11
Roberts stereo reel-to-reel recorder, good 4
Sherwood 64-watt stereo amp 5
Sherwood FM tuner 5

Boat-Anchors and COMM GEAR

Central Electronics 20A SSB exciter, VG cond. 18
Central Electronics 458 VFO, VG cond. 5
Drake 2-B rcvr, w/ 1-B speaker and book, VG 75
Globe Electronics LA-1 linear amp., VG cond. 20
Hallicrafters S-27 VHF rcvr, good cond. 25
Hallicrafters S-120 AM-SW rcvr, works, fair cond. 5
Heathkit 2-meter AM transceiver 4
Heathkit QF-1 Q-mult., fair cond. 1
Lafayette 6-meter mobile transceivers (2) 5, 5
National NC-125 rcvr 29
National NC-155 rcvr w/ book, works 60

LITERATURE - BOOKS/BOOKLETS

Amateur Radio Stations of the US, 1931 Gov't ed., good 5

American Telegraph Practice (McNicol), good; High Frequency Measurements (Hund), VG; Mathematics for Electricians and Radiomen (Cooke), VG 5

AT&T "The Magic of Communication" (1925); "Telephone Almanac" (1937, 1940); good 60

Elementary Principles of Radio Telegraphy and Telephony, SigC Radio Pamphlet No. 1, 1921, cover repaired 10

Lafayette Radio '36 catalog, VG cond. 15

Mil. manuals: TME-11-227 and -227A - German/Japanese comm eqpt; xerocopies 6

Photofacts: packet on '50s tube audio; Altec, Ampex, Fisher, Grommes, etc. 7

Radio's Master catalog, 1953, good cond. 10

LITERATURE - PERIODICALS

Citizens Radio Callbook, Spring 1926, less rear cover 8
Communications, 14 '40s issues, good cond. 23
CQ, 106 issues from '46-'55 6
Modern Electrics, Nov. 1913, fair cond. 25
Philco '50s dealer pubs, two bundles 4
QST, 68 1946-57 issues 18
QST, two 1927-28 and 12 1938-45 issues 18
Radio & TV News, 14 1950-53 issues 3
Radio Engineering, 13 1930-33 issues, fair-good 28
Radio-Craft and Radio-Electronics, 17 1947-54 issues, good cond. 10
Radio-Craft and Short Wave Craft, 12 1932-35 issues, "reading grade" 5
Radio-Electronics, long run of 1951-64 issues 9
Sylvania News, 1-'" stack from 1947-60 1
Tube catalogs: Eimac 1950 booklet (orig.); Taylor 1937 (less cover); De Forest Audions 1932 (xerocopy) 5
Tube catalogs: "RCA Phototubes" (1940) and "RCA Numitrons"; plus xerocopies of "De Forest Audions" '32; Western Electric/NE tubes, 1937 char. chart (two); and "RCA Tube Picture Book" (1953) 17
Tube manual: GE "Five-Star and Special-Purpose Types," binder, fine shape 9
Tube manuals: RCA TT-3 "Air-Cooled Transmitting Tubes," VG; and "Sylvania Tech. Manual," '59, good 9
Tube manual: Tung-Sol innards; covers 0A3 to 9003; less binder 15

MILITARY GEAR

AN-80 antennas for BC-645 IFF set, pair new-in-box 3
BC-474 (SCR-288) transceiver, VG cond. 85
BC-779B receiver, no power supply, fair cond. 10
DY-10/ARC-4X dynamotor, WE, good cond. 5
RAL Navy receiver, good cond. 45

MISCELLANEOUS

Box lot: two Ohmite bakelite resistor cabinets, new electro. caps, wire-wound res., Micronta DVOM, etc. 33
Geiger counter, '50s Civil Defense, new 15
Diathermy, portable spark-gap, 225 W @ 30 MHz; also uses two 8005s; good cond. 8
Electric fan, small antique 1
Recording discs, unused, ca. 10 13
Resistors: 1% types in pairs, 100-650 ohms, small box of NOS 7
Shop tags: RCA "Radio-TV Repair," 1 flat NOS 3
Western Electric oak bell box, less magneto 10

PHONOS

Edison disc Model 1C, w/ motor, crank and records, less horn and pick-up, fair-good cond. 13
Victor portable, good lock, has crank 18
RCA 45-rpm, works 10

RADIOS, TUBE

AK Model 145 case 5
Coulamarie Jr. Deco WR-1Z 215
Crosley 10-135 45
Earl radio 45
Emerson 132 28
Emerson 514 28
Emerson 541 10
Emerson 569 5
GM "Little General" cathedral, 1937, Zolotone paint job 60
Grandfather-clock radio, unident. 1940 50
Grundig AM-FM-SW-phono console, 1956 28
Korting 1036 AM-FM-SW plastic, 1962, VG cond. 18
Loop antenna, for RCA Radiola superhet 48
Majestic grandfather clock, 1937 100
Meissner receiver 10
National Pfanstiehl cabinet 8
Northern Electric 5500 20
Philco 37-84 65
Philco 38-12 33
Philco 42-390 AM-FM, works 5
Philco 42-3321, works 7
Philco 70 cathedral 125
Philco 90, works 110
Philco console "desk," 1936, "71" 10
Radio-phono: Sonoradio by Sonora, ca. 1924, acoustic crank phono w/ Radiola IX, less the 5 '199 tubes. Phono plays well, radio cosmetically complete, fair-to-good. cond. 475
RCA Victor console, 1939 23
RCA Victor 56X3 7
Silvertone 107 farm set 2
Silvertone 6220 farm set, good cond. 1
Silvertone tube Trans-Oceanic-oid, good 18
Stewart-Warner 9001F 40
Stromberg-Carlson 1101 23
Westinghouse console, works 18
Zenith J615 13
Zenith tube Trans-Oceanic 2

TEST GEAR

Bell & Howell Schools scope, VG cond. 18
Greibach 500 AC-DC RMS lab voltmeter; poss. less pointer 6
Heathkit impedance bridge 11
Heathkit O-9 scope, good cond. 5
Heathkit scope, works 25
Hickok 600 tube tester 23
Jackson tube tester w/ spare chart, works 10
Tektronix 310 portable oscilloscope, works, VG cond. 55
TS-413/U signal generator, VG cond, works 23
Wavemeter, General Radio '20s, fair cond. 18

TUBES

12AX7s, five Telefunken, brand marks readable, tested OK 20
Antique transistors and diodes, starter coll.; 1N47, 2N34, 2N123, etc. 7
Audio triodes: two RCA-Cunningham ST-bulb 50s, blackened some at top;
         one new-looking Ken-Rad 10Y; all tested OK 130
Box lot, 160 tested/reboxed miniatures 11
Box lot, 45 total - new 5T4s, 3 tested 6146s, 6- and 12-volt tested/reboxed sweep tubes 16
Box lot, 48 tested-good octals, reboxed 7
Box lot, boxed/reboxed octals and compactrons, ca. 77 total 5
Box lot, ca. 1 cu. ft. mixed raw (2) 6, 6
Box lot, caddyful of "raw" 8
Box lot, miniature, ca. 170 14
Box lot, miniatures, 6- and 12-volt, packed in envelopes 18
Box lot, tested sweep types 10
Box lot, 400 octals/compactrons plus 1400 min., mostly TV, NOS 28
Sylvania 211C and Duovac 242 "50-watters," fils. good. 10
Test/repair kit - 37 octal/min. "radio" types, tested/reboxed 13
Tube caddies, empty (3) 3, 8, 23
Tube mélange: a batch of xmtg. duds, a dud TB1 (WW I), 7 WE 437As w/ good heaters 25
WW II radar/IFF types, starter collection, mostly NIB, 11 types 3

TELEVISION

Admiral 10" console, all-bakelite, 1946 83
Archer antenna rotator, exc. 12
Panasonic VHS VCR w/ book 65