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WHAT'S
MY RADIO OR TV WORTH ? (REVISED SEPTEMBER
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Please
note Radiocraft does not buy or sell radios. We restore them.
However
further down this page there's a table of roughly what someone in
the UK might pay for your set when buying privately off our pages.
These prices assume your set is complete with all its correct parts
and is in good condition. If the cabinet is bakelite, it should
be unchipped and with no cracks.
A
reputable dealer, who does buy and sell, can be found HERE.
Mention 'Radiocraft' when contacting him.
Points to note:
- If you don't want to sell to a dealer, there's a portal straight
into the relevant Ebay section from our
sale page.
- There are two tables for values below: one for Radios
and one for Televisions.
- Dealers will not offer anything like these prices, since
they have business overheads, storage, cash-flow, and often their
own living to finance. But in return they can offer real expertise,
the ability to take whole collections, and the convenience of
a quick sale. For a hassle-free, businesslike transaction, use
a dealer.
- The prices realised at auction (or on Ebay) will generally
be much less unless the item is very rare and sought-after.
- Remember selling a radio privately can be a slow business and
may sometimes take months, depending on the method used and the
likely market for your set.
- Radiocraft-restored receivers will cost substantially more
since they include the added value of several days to several
weeks in the workshop.
- The tables below are purely advisory. The price you buy or sell
at is strictly your decision. This information is being
provided on the understanding that we cannot be held liable for
any perceived losses (or gains!) resulting from a sale.
- The term 'brown box' here means a wooden cased radio of average
appearance.
- Although most radiograms literally hold no more market value
than matchwood, a very few high quality radiograms from the early
'50s-and-before may be the exception; that is if they possess
separate power amplifiers with rare output triodes. Unfortunately
this phenomenon rests entirely on these sets' appeal to 'audiophools',
who vandalise them purely to get their hands on the amplifiers.
- Please bear in mind these tables cover British-made sets only.
If you seek to value a set made elsewhere, you'll need to look
elsewhere on the internet.
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NEW!
Try our individual valuation service. Just £5 per
individual valuation. You'll receive three prices for your
item which will give you a comprehensive guide to its market
value - private sell, dealer sell, dealer buy. These
valuations will be independent since we do not buy
radios or tvs here. CLICK
HERE now to email us and be sure to include full details
of your item, its condition and whether it's complete. Attach
a photo if necessary.
Prices
should be regarded as a useful guide only. No liability
is accepted for any outcome resulting from a subsequent
transaction.
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RADIOS
British radios are mainly listed here
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More
than 2000
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Ultra-rare died-in-colour Round Ekcos. Sparton Bluebird
& Nocturne, McMurdo Silver, Air King tombstones. |
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700
- 2000
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Perfect
Round Ekco model AD65s. Gecophone 'Smokers Cabinet'. |
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400
- 700
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All
other Round Ekco models (when in good condition). Emor
Globe. |
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200
- 400
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Perfect
Ferranti pre-war 'jelly mould' sets. Pye M78F. Philips
superinductance 'Ovaltiney' and variants. Philco 'Peoples
Set'. Ekco AC97. |
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150
- 300
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Pye
'Rising Sun' sets. Ekco M23 and variants. Ferranti Arcadia
and 145. Many crystal sets. Exceptional pre-war 'brown
boxes'. H.M.V 800. Defiant MSH 938. Bakelite radios when
particularly sought-after. |
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75
- 150
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Perfect
Bush DAC90As. Attractive or luxury pre-war 'brown box'
radios. Most interesting bakelite radios. PX4 and other
rare valves. |
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30
- 75
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Average
Bush DAC90As. Average pre-war, or excellent condition
post-war 'brown box' table radios. |
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10
- 30
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Most
1950s 'brown box' table radios, valve portable radios,
'60s transistor radios and Bush TR82. Mainstream 1930s
radiograms. |
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0
- 10
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Most
1960s 'brown box' table radios and other miscellaneous
items. |
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ZERO
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1950s, 1960s, 1970s radiograms and stereograms, even top
models in excellent condition. (Normally completely unsaleable).
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TELEVISIONS
British-made sets only
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More
than 4500
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Certain
pre-war 'table' models and other sets which are particularly
luxurious or extremely rare and in good condition. Retrovisor
Imperial. Original, complete, Baird televisors. RCA CT-100
color
television. |
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3200
- 4500
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Most pre-war console and mirror-lid televisions in good
condition. Most other 1950s American early NTSC color
sets. |
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700
- 1500
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Mk III Retrovisors in mint/re-serviced condition and MkI
and II models once upgraded.
A very few 1946-48 models, but only when opulent, highly
sought-after and in pristine original condition. |
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200
- 700
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Certain 1946-9 televisions but only when complete and
in good condition. Baird Townsman, Countryman and Garrick,
Pye B16T, Beau Decca. |
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100
- 200
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Many
1949-1953 sets when of design interest and in good condition.
Certain spherical TVs. Retrovisors in rough, incomplete
or non-working condition. |
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50
- 100
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Most early-50s televisions, including the Bush TV22. Sought-after
late '60s colour televisions. Recent widescreen CRT sets.
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10
- 50
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Most late-50s televisions. Transistorised miniature televisions.
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0
- 10
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1960s
'slimline' monochrome televisions and most old colour
televisions from the '70s and '80s. |
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