Exclusive Report from the NJ Antique Radio Club

1996 AWA ROCHESTER AUCTIONS

Copyright (c) 1996 Ludwell A. Sibley, Author of Tube Lore

Rochester, NY, September 4-7, 1996 - The auctions at this year's Antique Wireless Association meet offered a broad variety of collectibles. Ed Gable's communications-equipment sale on Thursday included a group of coilsets for the WW II German version of the National HRO receiver. Friday's all-day auction was expanded by the inclusion of material from three estates and Museum- support donations. It ran late as a result. The "literature" part included an unusual supply of early radio catalogs in good condition, and a letter signed by Samuel F. B. Morse. High-interest tubes included a spherical audion (one filament good), a French M‚tal E4M transmitting tube from WW I, two iconoscopes, a scarce WE 224B 'scope tube, and lots of WE audio types. Early radar tubes may have finally become "collectible": there was spirited bidding for magnetrons and other specialized types in little demand a few years ago. Friday's general auction included a nice De Forest six-unit Interpanel (deaccessioned by the Museum), an excellent Federal 59, a sharp Grebe CR- 5, and an all-brass L. M. Ericsson (Swedish) telegraph register. Total for both days auctions was $62,500, very close to AWA's record.



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COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

This was the usual, separate, (Ed Gable) sale on Thursday the 5th. A " * " designates communications gear that appeared in the main auction on Friday the 6th.

GENERAL
Hallicrafters
Hammarlund
Heathkit
Johnson
Knight-Kit
Kuhn (Cincinnati)
Lafayette
Millen
National
Philmore
RME


COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
MILITARY


AMPLIFIERS & AUDIO


CRYSTAL SETS


LITERATURE
BOOKS


LITERATURE
CATALOGS


LITERATURE
PERIODICALS


KEYS & TELEGRAPH


MICROPHONES


MISCELLANEOUS


RADIOS - TUBE


RADIOS - TRANSISTOR


SPEAKERS, HEADSETS


TEST GEAR


TUBES
BY BRAND


TUBES
GENERAL


TUBES
FOREIGN TYPES


TUBES
BOX LOTS


TELEVISION


"WIRELESS"
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