I went home over lunch to open this box, and take some pictures. Unfortunately no time to eat after I was done admiring. I figured I would not hijack this weeks acquisition thread, I have a few pictures, and will be adding a lot more. The title razor booty is because I feel like a pirate diving in to his treasure today. I have been in a bit of trouble for my RAD this week, maybe this will help explain why, but how do you pass up a haul like this? You don't. Some surprises in the haul: the 58 TV, from his tiny picture of the lot I thought it was a standard FT. The Ranger Tech, yippee! I was also pleasantly surprised by the general condition of the collection.
open and empty the contents of the box, these were wrapped together in grocery bags and bubble wrap
The lot
close up, see the TV and ranger tech?
The gentleman who sold these to me is a guy I met at an antique show, I got talking about what I was looking for and he perked up, telling me he collected for a long time, but had not touched them in a decade. i asked him to send me a picture. He had no computer, but his son, in another town did. Between the two of them and myself we managed to work it all out. He is happy, and I am ecstatic.
He was clear that he got these all to shave with, and was not going to put time in to cleaning them, so that is my next job, but really I am impressed, I was expecting worse.
To appease SWMBO my multiples are for sale, but I am not going to actively pursue that right away. If you see something you want let me know.
open and empty the contents of the box, these were wrapped together in grocery bags and bubble wrap
The lot
close up, see the TV and ranger tech?
The gentleman who sold these to me is a guy I met at an antique show, I got talking about what I was looking for and he perked up, telling me he collected for a long time, but had not touched them in a decade. i asked him to send me a picture. He had no computer, but his son, in another town did. Between the two of them and myself we managed to work it all out. He is happy, and I am ecstatic.
He was clear that he got these all to shave with, and was not going to put time in to cleaning them, so that is my next job, but really I am impressed, I was expecting worse.
To appease SWMBO my multiples are for sale, but I am not going to actively pursue that right away. If you see something you want let me know.
