[quaddriver]

being in the business myself I can state with authority: instead of sitting unused in a display, or in a basement until eventual disposal, it is now somewhere.

People all the time tell me how valuable old radios are...if that is true, why am I able to generally buy them all for $5 or less each?

Case in point, I restored an early panasonic transistor table radio with a wood case, and a GE tube amfm table top to pristine condition, and had the wife paint the wood cases in her 'shabby chic' motif. Both radios sold quickly, for decent prices, and play in someones house TODAY. Which after all, IS the point of being in it.