Vintage Radio Advice

[BeerCan]

I just came from the brother of a business friend. He is selling his radio collection and I was wondering if I should buy some.

First let me say I know little about radios, but I would love to get into restoring them.

He literally had a house full of old radios. Desktops, floorstanders etc etc. There must have been a 100. I am going back staurday to "pick" the ones I want. What I am doing in the meantime is trying to research what I should "pick".

So tell me what should I be on the lookout for? These range in age from the 20's to the 50's and are in varing degrees of completedness. He said he hardly ever powers them up and estimates about 50% will work right away. Some don't have batteries so I can't test those and the otheres I would be hesitant to just plug them in given their history.

Any tips, tricks and or advice for a beginer collector/restorer?

Thanks