This has got to be a typo...

[mattsd]

Or at least I hope it is. Not mine and no affiliation.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pioneer-SX-780-Vintage-Stereo-AM-FM-Receiver-1642-/330777370421?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4d03de1f35

 

[roberttx]

Carefully Selected, Tested and Offered by ValueAuctions - an Esteemed eBay Seller:

They appear to have neglected so mention in what esteem, exactly, they are held...

 

[62caddy]

Price changed to $299.

 

[roberttx]

That's more like it. Perhaps it really was a typo or, equally likely, some kind of screw up on the back end - ebay has some funky systems and they don't always work as they should.

 

[tromba]

So what was it originally?

 

[roberttx]

A little under $10K, iirc.

 

[jhinkel]

this is truly an amazing condition piece, considering it's 370 years old (title says 1642!!)

 

[mattsd]

so what was it originally?

$9149.00

 

[Saint Johnny]

And I thought I was getting ripped off for paying a whole $5.00 at a local garage sale, the other day. It seems it was the seller that had left a lot of money on the table.