Extremely Rare Antique!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RogerKulp]

Don't everybody jump on this at once.

 

[JonVH]

OMG Got to get me one of THOSE!!!!

 

[petehall347]

rushes to the storage shed to see if i got one

 

[Stephen J]

Free Shipping !...:thmbsp:

 

[aidynphoenix]

I got a ipod..
im pretty sure its worth more too

 

[petehall347]

found a much cheaper one and it nearly works ...http://fr.etsy.com/listing/81201910/general-electric-transistor-radio-model?ref=cat3_gallery_19

 

[richd860]

My Zenith Eight transistor radio must be worth at least $5000.Better get it on Epay NOW!!!!!

 

[toxcrusadr]

Opening bid: $7500 BIN $12,500

"Up for auction is a Vintage General Electric Seven Transistor Radio. This is an antique and extremely rare and hard to find, an amazing addition to any true radio collection. "


Good thing I only have a fake radio collection. :thmbsp:

 

[Westy56]

Way high for that thing :thumbsdn:

I only paid $2500 for this and it's newer.

 

[petehall347]

having some fun now i sent this message .....have you made an error with the price ? i hope not i have 2 in working condition ...

 

[tubeornotube]

OKEEEDOKEEE!!:scratch2:

According to Bunis Collector Guide to Transistor Radios,the highest value GE radio is $75 for a Disney themed radio..So this guy must have rent to pay for the last 6 months..Most valuable transistor radio is Sony's Tr-55 at $1500 and it was only sold on the Japanese market..Oh and the 'Mike Todd' Regency TR-1 are $4000 but you will never find one,not in any lifetime..

Matt.....tubeornotube

BTW..I collect transistor radios too

 

[Doctordirt]

OKEEEDOKEEE!!:scratch2:

According to Bunis Collector Guide to Transistor Radios,the highest value GE radio is $75 for a Disney themed radio..So this guy must have rent to pay for the last 6 months..Most valuable transistor radio is Sony's Tr-55 at $1500 and it was only sold on the Japanese market..Oh and the 'Mike Todd' Regency TR-1 are $4000 but you will never find one,not in any lifetime..

Matt.....tubeornotube

BTW..I collect transistor radios too

Yes, but your not a real collector if you don't have one of these, ne-ner ne-ner ne-nu

 

[cubby01]

I'll bid if you will

 

[Robisme]

I'll bid if you will

OK, I'll bid first.

Rob

 

[js1138]

I wish I had my red Regency from 1957 (or 58). I had it stored away for years and it just disappeared.

 

[jonman]

Darn It! I just paid $12,501 for one.

 

[frankxbe]

Estes Auctions of Medina, Ohio, held a radio auction May 23 at the Expo Auction Center in Burbank, Ohio, for the Ken Zander estate from San Jose, Calif.

More than 200 people were in attendance with buyers from 20 states, including California and New Mexico.
http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/transistor-radio-breaks-record-at-auction/12268.html
The top-selling item was a Zenith 1936 “Stratosphere” radio for $39,000.
he surprise of the day was a Regency TR-1 transistor radio that was given as a gift by Michael Todd, the movie mogul in the 1950s and 1960s, to Frank Quinn, a movie publicist. The radio set a new record of $8,500. The previous record was $6,800.
Other top-selling items included a Majestic Park Avenue for $5,000; a McMurdo Silver for $4,100; a Zenith 835 for $2,800; a Scott Napier for $4,000; a Philco bar radio for $3,100; an Australian Astor radio for $1,900; a Zenith 829 for $1,900; a Sparton glass 558 radio for $1,900 and a Zenith chair-side 15S346 radio for $1,800.

collector frenzy no doubt

 

[BOUXY]

I had a Sony 7 transistor from 1954 in a red Mahogany case with Gold trim on the grill and knobs.It had a 4 x 6" speaker and sounded awesome. Can't remember the model # but I bought it new in 63 from a little hardware close to home for $75 who had reduced the price quite a bit but never could sell it.! I took it to the head office of Gendis in my home town,Gendis was the Canadian Business run by the Cohen Brothers who had partnered with Sony.Well anyways this baby I had when they saw it they couldn't believe I had found a new one and wanted to have it but I just said no way.Wonder what this one would b worth now?Unfortunately it's at the bottom of a lake out here since the late 60's,one of my friends dropped it out of the boatFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albert Diamond Cohen, OC (born January 20, 1914) is a Canadian entrepreneur, community builder, philanthropist, and Officer of the Order of Canada. Currently, he is Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Gendis Inc. (www.gendis.ca), a Toronto Stock Exchange listed Canadian real estate and investment company headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. At one time, Gendis held a 51% stake in Sony of Canada and owned the SAAN Stores retail chain. He has been married to Irena Cohen since 1953,and they have three children: Anthony, James, and Anna-Lisa. He is the author of several books: The Entrepreneurs: The Story of Gendis Inc...The Triangle of Success: The Gendis/Saan Story...The Story of SAAN...and...I.D.E.A. His interest and talent for writing stems from his close personal friendship with the late British author Ian Fleming.

Contents [hide]
1 Background
1.1 Sony and the Cohen Brothers
1.2 SAAN, Metropolitan, real estate, and the Cohen Brothers
1.3 Oil & Gas, and the Cohen Brothers
2 Gendis Today
3 Philanthropy
4 Awards
5 References

[edit] BackgroundCohen came from a poor immigrant family of eight, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba as the son of Alexander and Rose (Diamond) Cohen, and he served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1942 to 1945.

Albert's five brothers, John, Harry B. Cohen, Morley Cohen, Samuel N. Cohen, and Joseph H. Cohen set up a small retail store and, by 1939, the family had scraped together enough monies to create General Distributors Ltd., a wholesale import firm.

"Sony and the Cohen Brothers
Cohen Brothers of CanadaBy 1950, General Distributors sales amounted to $1 million. In 1952, the company obtained exclusive Canadian rights for Paper Mate pens. Albert negotiated the sale of Papermate in Canada to the Gillette (brand) Company of Boston, Massachusetts in 1955 whereby Gendis continued to distribute the Papermate pen in Canada until 1962 when Gillette fully took over. Then, in 1955, Cohen accomplished feat of landing the Canadian distribution rights to Sony products. Spotting an ad in a Japanese newspaper seeking a distributor for a new portable transistor radio, Cohen met with Sony co-founder, Akio Morita. On the basis of a handshake deal, Cohen cemented a partnership that would last for decades. The Cohen brothers scattered across Canada in order to manage the national business, each brother establishing himself in a major city: Morley (Montreal), John (Toronto), Joe (Vancouver), Harry (Calgary), and both Sam and Albert setting up headquarters (Winnipeg). Gendis' stake in Sony of Canada was sold back to Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan in 1995 for $207,000,000. This was a crowning achievement for Albert, the man who launched Sony's first national export business."

 

[aidynphoenix]

i dont understand why anything that looks anything similar to that would be a collectors item..

i mean if it looked like it was made out of wood. i understand.. but not a white plastic looking thing..

id either throw it away or sell it for $10.

 

[tubeboob]

That guy's a nucking fuk . . .