It's a tough situation. I've known the seller for many years and he mainly deals with antique and vintage radios. He originally thought it was a 1962 model. He said just take a look at
www.fisherconsoles.com! I pulled up the fisher console web site on my phone and explained what he really had. Now even though I've known him for a long time, I nicely explained to him that I own
www.fisherconsoles.com so I have some idea of the value. He claimed that he was already offered $1000.00 but turned it down.
But I'll tell you, it was one HOT HOT console!!
By the way, I saw it at the Kutztown, PA radio meet this past weekend. If anyone hasn't been to the Kutztown radio meet about 400 people show up between the buyers and sellers. They have a radio meet every May and September. I saw at least 10 to 15 pieces of Fisher equipment there that was torn out of consoles. It doesn't make me happy but there isn't anything I can do about it. A few years ago I saw a Lincoln turntable at the Kutztown radio meet.
Also, it was completely untested. I've purchased consoles in the past where the something was really messed up. One time I purchased a console where the the speaker cones were blown out. Another time I purchased an untested console and the amp had a bad power transformer.
The seller is in no rush to sell it so let keep it for a while.
In any event, on the way home from PA to NY I stopped in NJ and picked up a 1964 Fisher Futura V F-59 in a French Provincial cabinet. That's the one with the tube tuner and hybrid amp with 3 tubes and transistors. The guy said it belonged to his mom and unless someone took it he was going to bring it to the dump. I normally don't take the later consoles but I didn't want it thrown in the dump. We had to carry it down from the second floor of a garden apartment building - it must have weighed 200 pounds. It's still sitting in the wagon so I can't post any photos until I have someone help me take it out. It's not the prettiest and I would have been much happier if it had been the modern cabinet. But he gave it to me for free.
I also picked up the Fisher Sound Panel speaker at the radio meet.
But as I say "you can't always get what you want".