How Much Is This Junk Worth?

[Hellion]

How Much Is This Stuff Worth?

I am being posed to help liquidate an unbuilt Heathkit Deluxe Solid-State Color TV.

It has the big heavy CRT, the 'bezel' or trim plate and a suitable wood cabinet to place it in (I think it used to be a Sylvania) along with all the rest of the internals, circuit boards, and hardware packaged up and ready to go.

Some extra kits are in the offer such as at least two old-school vacuum tube multimeters with Nixie tube displays, also in kit form.

Has all the manuals and literature, most of it designed as a study course from Bell & Howell Schools / DeVry Institute of Technology and these have been sitting relatively untouched for 40+ years.

So what do you think?



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[Whitetrashrocker]

I'd love for you to send the VTVM my way.
As far as the tv? Other than building just to say you did I think it's obsolete. Analog tv in digital world.

 

[MilesGC1999]

I don't k ow how much it is worth, but find a way to turn it into a kart.

 

[Hellion]

It doesn't matter about obsolescence WTR, people are nutty nostalgic about these things and in order to make it work, all you need is a analog-to-digital converter thingy. That part could probably be integrated into the cabinet too.

I'm thinking ballpark figure of $350-400, but it might be insanely more than that or just slightly so.

 

[B.M.800]

It doesn't matter about obsolescence WTR, people are nutty nostalgic about these things and in order to make it work, all you need is a analog-to-digital converter thingy. That part could probably be integrated into the cabinet too.

I'm thinking ballpark figure of $350-400, but it might be insanely more than that or just slightly so.

The trick might be just finding one of those people...

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

That^^^^^^

 

[Bbqjoe]

I'm gonna say it's worth a small fortune to someone.
I never say this, but I'm gonna say it just this once:
Heathkit stuff was the bomb!

 

[MTNSleder]

Where'd you get that stufff Hellion?? Cool stuff... I'd fund you $350 Just to mess around with it on the weekend To bad you don't deliver

 

[Hellion]

It is the ideal cabin fever project for you Canucks in the Great White North.
You know, gotta have something engrossing for the brain, eh?

It is my understanding that Heathkit instructions are some of the best ever written too.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

Junk: old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.

Veneered particle board fits that definition in my world.

 

[Hellion]

One man's junk = another man's treasure.

There's a quandary for ya.

The rest of the kit is strikingly made of high grade steel and aluminum, glass, etc. Saw a few Bakelite pieces too.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

The place to sell this is via auction. On-line will reach the largest audience. Set a reserve and make the buyer pay for shipping.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Look into vintage tube groups. And as Joe said Heathkit stuff is awesome.
Again send the VTVM my way.
But you will need it to build that TV.

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And if you do build it,keep in mind the new (in that kit) capacitors are junk. Most likely dried out. New ones will have to be bought.

 

[Hellion]

Look into vintage tube groups. And as Joe said Heathkit stuff is awesome.
Again send the VTVM my way.

But you will need it to build that TV. And if you do build it, keep in mind the new (in that kit) capacitors are junk. Most likely dried out. New ones will have to be bought.

The VTVM stays in the package. As you said, it's needed to build the TV. Shoulda kept your mouth shut about that very important fact.

I've heard that the older components may have had an early expiration date. Good thing too I guess but they can still be found, just not at your now-defunct neighborhood Radio Shack.

Notice how I asked for opinions on what it was worth, not on how to sell it. Not a good inquiry for this forum though, is it?

99% of the old-school talent and wisdom is gone from this arena, methinks.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

I agree with ya there. I know a lot of dying breed tradesmen.
A good friend is a silver Smith. The man is skilled. But no one has a tea set they need fixed anymore.

Buy a new one and throw out the old.

I dabble in those old electronics. It's fun, but I'll spent a few hours going through an old radio, but no one around here to share the hobby with.

 

[anickode]

I agree with ya there. I know a lot of dying breed tradesmen.
A good friend is a silver Smith. The man is skilled. But no one has a tea set they need fixed anymore.

Buy a new one and throw out the old.

I dabble in those old electronics. It's fun, but I'll spent a few hours going through an old radio, but no one around here to share the hobby with.

Not a lot of guys running radio gear anymore, especially 10M and below. There's a handful of CB pirates still out there blasting away on 6 or 11. Very seldom is my base station switched on these days. Nobody within range to talk to but foul-mouthed truckers. Heck, Ive got a D&A 12 tube phantom kicking an antron 99, and there's still nobody close enough to talk to.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

I can run 10-180m. Nothing bigger than 300 Pep. A viriety of gear. An astroplane, a bigstick, and some wires. Can make contacts all over when conditions are right.

No locals to rag chew with. Just the 4x4 clubs on trails.

I have a home brew based off a D&A. Just 1x2. Love the sound of glass.

 

[Bbqjoe]

I gots me one of these. It runs on 10 and 11 meters. I have it in my shop now, but this pic was when I had it set up in the kitchen of my restaurant.
It's kinda fun when the skip comes in, and you're talking to someone halfway around the world, but the convo is always the same, what's your gear, and how's the weather?
Pretty boring really.
I've got an Imax 2000, which I guess is about the same as an antron 99.

A dude once gave me a moon raker to build. Major PITA, and I really didn't have anything high enough to mount it on.

 

[Hellion]

The big rig truckers are still the holdouts for CB radio use or has that died off substantially?

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Nice black box.
I'm always looking for a tower. I'd love to find a telescoping to put a big ol beam on.