AK 82 cathedral and Crosley "fiver" tombstone

[radiotvnut]

A few weeks ago, a new flea market opened and the two times I went by, there were very few vendors and most of what they had was new crap. A friend told me that there were two old wooden radios there; so, I went by today and sure enough, there were two old radios.

The first one I saw was an AK cathedral and I said to myself, "they'll probably want ten prices for this." I looked at the tag and it said $50. Then, I noticed the cabinet issues (broken piece out of the grille, missing piece on the right hand side of the cabinet, missing cabinet brace, and various parts that need to be glued back). I said to myself, "it has the knobs, the chassis looks complete, and despite the cabinet issues, this thing is going to my house."

I sat it on the counter and asked the guy if he had anymore radios. He said he didn't think so; but, that I was welcome to look around. When I went in the back, I noticed a decent looking Crosley "fiver" tombstone. I again said, "they'll probably have the price jacked up"; but, it was $45 and looked like a routine restoration; so, it also came home with me.

Right now, insurance is due on both the house and car and I had about as much business buying these two radios as I need a hole in the head; but, I knew I'd likely never find an AK cathedral for $50. Around here, the only cathedrals I see are those stupid Thomas replicas that people always want too much green for.