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There's a great looking and working ( tested it myself in the auctionhouse) Beolit 40 on auction.
now... Which bank do i rob to be able to affotd it ;o)
http://www.lauritz.com/Item/Item.aspx?LanguageId=1&ItemId=3514496
Welcome to the forum, but if you are looking for a bank to rob, you are wrong here, as for the Beolit, be careful, the Lauritz auction site add a lot of fees and extra cost to the auction price
Collecting Vintage B&O is not a hobby, its a lifestyle.
Nice radio but same description as used previously, and that's still a very sorry description:
'This model is the first radio, which has a cabinet made of bakelite'.- Not true. There were hundreds before it.It wasn't even the first radio from B&O with a bakelite cabinet. The Beolit 39 holds that title though thecabinets were identical. B&O produced several bakelite items from 1936 (maybe even earlier) - just not any radios.
'The mold got lost under a bombing of the factory during the war'.- That is not confirmed. The mold was most likely worn out and discarded at the end of production.However, it is of little importance since production already stopped in 1940 and the factorybombing wasn't until january 1945.
'The production was first resumed in the 50' again'.- Not true. The Beolit 40 production was never resumed. A somewhat Beolit 39-inspired model wasproduced from late 1949, namely the JET 505, but it was mirrored, it had a considerably differentlooking cabinet, an all new chassis with completely new electronics and was housed in plywood rather than bakelite.
Of course, none of this makes it a bad set. Just a hint not to put too much into the descriptions from this auctionhouse.
Martin
Yeah, their descriptions are rarely very good - that might be good news for me though, having checked it out in person, as opposed to those having to rely on the description :o)
I'm leading the auction so far, but i doubt it will last very long - we'll see later today :o)
Basic rule of auction bidding.... don't raise anyone else's interest in an item you are after yourself!
Graham
Yeah, but I'm out of funds, so its fair game :o)
And it would be nice to see it go to a Fellow viking ;o)
Saxviking: Yeah, but I'm out of funds, so its fair game :o)
Out of funds, but did you win it????
Sally no, even though someone got a steal!! I couldn't go any further than 4500 kroner..
Am I mistaken, or is that same radio for sale again?
http://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/bang-olufsen-beolit-40-from-c-1940/i3550343/
Something rather odd going on here by the looks of things.
I do lose faith in places when they do things like this.
Lee
I told you this already a long time ago...