[Amps] UNBUILT SB 220 SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!

[Carl]

Id rather have a SB-240 anyway.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger" <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
To: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab at cdsnet.net>
Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] UNBUILT SB 220 SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!


> 
> 
> Van K7VS wrote:
>> I FIBBED...I DIDN'T SELL MY SB-220.  JUST GOT TIRED OF READING ALL THE 
>> NONSENSACLE COMMENTS THAT WERE BEING POSTED.  VAN, K7VS 
>>
>>   
> I still say the same, but I'm surprised it didn't move already. Unbuilt 
> kits from out-of-business companies, even volt meters, have gone for 
> astronomical values.
> 
> To most of us, there is the utility and even nostalgia value added in. I 
> *sometimes* pay a bit more for a nice piece of Hallicrafter's gear, or 
> rather did. Now I just have too many projects and can't keep up. To a 
> true collector though, the rarity (unbuilt in this case) and being 
> *untouched* is what makes it valuable. 
> 
> I'd bet that kit on e-bay would bring *more* than the $1600, but you 
> never know.
> SX115s hit a high of over $4,000 USD for one in almost like new shape. 
> OF course that was at the peak of the Dot Com Boom, right before the Dot 
> Com Bust when *almost* every one had money.
> 
> 73
> 
> Roger (K8RI)
> 
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