Old Radio

Today I found an old table top radio 1930's vintage
tossed to trash , the metal base and speaker . so the wood was gone just the guts or what was important to a scrapper.



The heavy base has a nice transformer - a tuner - large speaker with transformer and wires - outlet plug wire , wound copper internal antenna .
Once stripped to separate metals I figure pound and half of copper
as under tubes had copper also
7 pound metal (heavy grade ) I could get to pass with short .
and some tin 2 pounds
I figure $3.50 scrap value
Then a little research
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pu...prices1998.pdf
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pu...per/240798.pdf
I figure 1930's scrap value
wile prices fluctuated .12 cents seems doable
Ok time for lunch
year 2014 $ 3.50 could buy lunch
$1 menu's (fast food)
pizza
Bodega food

1930's .12 cents
As my father told me , ten cents could buy a nice sandwich and drink
The way my father talked about a nickel (enthusiasm)
I bet .12 had some decent value

But wait 1930 would of been a silver dime and 2 pennies
or 2 nickels 2 pennies or 12 pennies . I'll take the silver please
but thats another story, or is it.

I wonder if there were scrap yards to sell to back then
Any way metal is king,
good value then
good value now

lets do lunch
how bout a nice cold one for that matter .

please don't tell me you scrapped the tubes?

If ANYONE comes across tubes that appear to be intact contact me!!!!!!

Originally Posted by pcbhawk

You just told me in a PM that you don't have an outlet for this type of material any longer....????

I don't have an outlet for entire radios, or space for them, but tubes, I am working on a solution.

Originally Posted by Copper Head

I scrap well enough that I know the value by sight
so I have what ever is there . Not scrapped yet
Sadly I have found tubes many a time - once in boxes (new)
but ill keep in mind for the future
So you think some one will buy this pile of vintage
parts . Yes I have an Ebay account

The biggest thing with tubes is selling tested tubes. I asked around yesterday about finding some test equipment and might buy one if the price is right. I just don't like seeing vintage electronics getting scrapped when there's still good value in them.