i was given this, but have no idea whether to junk it or sell it. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Sure doesn't look like junk! :) Are there any markings you can find to help narrow it down & find out how much this would cost!
I am sure someone would love this!
You should look underneath and behind for markings. That will help you identify who made it, its age and value.
The arm has the name Capehart on it. What you have appears to be a Capehart Console Stereo.
From what I remember, these were sold for many years at low end stores, like K-Mart and small family owned retail shops.
They are all over the place in value today with a bunch of factors that can affect the value.
Does it work?
Are they all original parts?
Do you have the book for it?
What condition is the cabinet?
Yours looks to be in rougher shape, so that will devalue it some.
I would not junk it since there is some value in it, but how to proceed is up to you.
Your options include:
Taking it all part and selling off the working parts (you would have to be able to test them). People who have these items love original parts to fix their own. There are also furniture flippers who love the cabinets and they do neat things with them, so you could get something for the cabinet also. Put the brand name into eBay and parts and you will see people are making money on the parts.
Find a good reseller, someone who specializes in vintage items and get them to sell it for you on consignment. They will be able to value it for your town and your market. There is not a lot of demand for these in my town, so you wouldn't get much here (probably less than $100), but in another city, you may get a lot more. It is all about supply and demand. In this venue, you would get a percentage of the sale.
You can also try to sell it on your own...you can look around your town to see if they are being offered and how much people are getting for them and start yours in that range.
There is one being sold in Utah that appears to be an close if not exact math to yours where someone is asking 799.99, but it appears to be pristine. Yours is not pristine, so you would have to take that into consideration when trying to value it.
You can always lower the price you ask and tell people to make an offer.
Post back how your sale goes and what you fetch for it! Thanks for sharing!
Well - it does resemble 'junk' but probably because it needs a lot of TLC.
Pghgirl has a lot of very good points so not much advise left to offer and she is definitely correct about saying to NOT use eBay.
If you try to sell your cabinet as it shows in the pictures, you may have trouble even selling it for $50 - just my opinion.
If you clean it up and test it you may be able to sell it for a lot more but you really need to know more about your cabinet to maybe realize its true value.
I like to recommend free online appraisals as you can learn so much from these appraisers - for free.
You can only ask for an appraisal if you clean it up, check it out and submit some good pictures.
You will need pictures showing full front, sides, back, and any marking on the inside or back. Also a picture with everything open that will open.
Does the top open?
Also state measurements and give your location and any information you have about this piece.
You may have a hidden treasure so do a little work and find out if you're lucky with this one...
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Thank you everyone for all the feedback .
Ill keep post how it goes .
It's an early Zenith from about 1929 and it does have some value. It should also have a radio in it, but that probably was removed in the 40's when it started having issues.
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