Another Concert Grand on ebay

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Another Concert Grand on ebay

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Looks nice, with the usual dreamer's price. I still don't really know what one is worth. Allegedly restored. No Multiplex adapter. It has an eye tube, so it would be a 1959-'60 model Provincial style in Cherry. The ad says it has AFC, but I question that. AFC didn't come out on Magnavox tube tuners until mid-1961 model year. This would still have the eye tube. It doesn't mention the remote control, nor the remote control system that I see. No remote would certainly lower the value. ;) ;)

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It's worth whatever someone who actually shows up to buy it will pay for it, most likely between $50 and $500. I saw one for free about 5 yrs ago.
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I would agree with your prices as being reasonable. Why everybody who has one for sale thinks they can kill a fat hog is beyond me. Their market is very limited. The things are massive, with shipping costs for most people being prohibitive. It costs a lot to restore one, again prohibitive for most people if they have to hire it done.
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This is true, one thing I know is i'm too old to move these things anymore LOL
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The market is limited to those like us who know what it is, popularity and fads notwithstanding, this is a timeless console.

I would rather sell one of my carefully restored "keepers" to a person that will enjoy it and has a place for it, even if its for significantly less $. If I could flip my 62 Declaration for double what I paid, without so much as cleaning it, great but I never got to enjoy it like the SK32, which I broke even on. Its also one I got to thoroughly enjoy.

Most of us have some limitation on bringing home something this large and expecting it to appropriately fit in. I pictured these only in large, rambling post-war mansions. I am imagining my RCA SHF-1 in a huge ballroom or huge deck of a post-modern home. I will have none of those places, my biggest room is 16x18m just big enough? :?
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What's a '62 Declaration?
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It's a Motorola model.

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Firedome wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:48 pm What's a '62 Declaration?
Of course :oops: its Motorola's more popular model in Walnut or Cherry , woven fabric speaker panels (not cat recommended without diversionary measures) .Drexel models staring with SK32 in 1960 and SK77 in 1962, which added reverberation, this after the Masterpeice designations.
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