I used to collect and repair antique radios, but like others here have noted... Ebay is the main reason that I stopped actively searching for radios. Ebay has ruined the market for antique radios because every person with a radio looks at Ebay and immediately thinks that anything with a vaccuum tube in it is worth $300. And they instantly assume that you're trying to rip them off when you try to explain that their radio is really only worth $40 or $50... *sigh*

My coolest radio... a 1929 United American Bosch cabinet type radio. I paid $150 for it, but when it was purchased brand new... it cost about the same as a 3 bedroom house!! How's that for extravagant? Whoever bought that unit new was very very wealthy.