Estes Antique Radio Auction 2/21/09

Well, I made it to another fantastic Estes radio auction this past Saturday (2/21/09) and managed to avoid the majority of the snow both to and from the auction. This auction was heavy in nice vintage hifi tube audio gear, of which I was able to aquire quite a few piece of. I currently have a couple of vintage HH Scott items, a McIntosh preamp, and a relatively rare Fisher tube preamp. If you would like to see these items, and possible get to bid on them, please take a look at my website at www.simplyspiritsales.com and scroll to near the bottom of the home page where you will find a link to my eBay listings. I plan to list more of this fine vintage hifi tube gear over the next couple weeks. Once again, I was quite pleased with the quality and quantity of the items at this particular auction. My next planned trip is not scheduled until near the end of March in Charlotte, NC. By that time, I will certainly be wanting to escape the cold weather here in Milwaukee and, the Charlotte, NC antique radio swap meet is one of the best of the entire year, in my opinion. This is one of the few multi-day radio shows, which includes a very good auction as well. So, please stay tuned for additional updates of my radio adventures. Peace, Patrick

Farmington Hills, MI Antique Radio Show: Part 2

I am now back from the Farmington Hills, MI antique radio swap meet and was it ever fun. The show consisted of two large rooms filled with vendors of antique radio related items. I spent the extra $10 to get into the show an hour early, in order to find those extra-special deals and boy was it well worth it. I did not buy many items but, the items I did purchase were relatively high quality hifi stuff including a Fisher 800C tube receiver and a pair of Dynaco Dynakit Mark III monoblock tube amplifiers. To see these items, in addition to other vintage electronic items that I purchased at this show, take a look at my website at www.simplyspiritsales.com and scroll down to near the bottom of the page to the eBay "widget", which will allow you to scroll through all of my current eBay auctions. In addition, I picked up a number of unique RCA Victor Nipper related items for my wife's and my collection. As always, my wife was just thrilled with the Nipper items although, she has no real interest in the hifi stuff. The next shows that I may be attending are next weekend in Beech Grove, IN (2/7/09) and Carol Stream, IL (2/8/09). The Indiana show will depend on the state of the ice storm issues of course. Until next time, have a great week. Peace, Patrick