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November 11, 2014 at 8:55 pm #6217
Wayne Brown
Forum ParticipantThis dealer
s advertising sign is original with the exception of the cord and the small backing cap the cord goes thro.Id like to replace the cord someday with a period correct cloth wound cord. It was used to advertise the AK model # 35 in 1926 "with one dial" and is whats known asreverse painting on the glass.This was my dads when he sold radios in the 20s and this is all i know about the sign.If anyone has any further information on it, id very much appreciate your knowledge.Many thanks in advance for any info.Sorry for the large pics as i haven`t figured out how resize…Wayne
November 11, 2014 at 9:35 pm #6223Wayne Brown
Forum ParticipantApologies if the attachments weren
t applied correctly.Im fumbling my way around in here like a newbie should i suppose,lol.Best,
WayneNovember 21, 2014 at 11:13 pm #6230Wayne Brown
Forum ParticipantHi,just wondering if anyone has any further info. on this AK sign? Would really appreciate hearing from any one here.This sign was used in my dad
s business of selling radios in the 20s in St Marys Ontario,Canada.Please chime in and let me know your thoughts.With thanks.Wayne
December 5, 2014 at 7:33 pm #6262Wayne Brown
Forum ParticipantWell…i must admit that i
m abit disappointed to not hear anything back on this rare sign and its here in Canada too.Whenever im visiting this forum it somehow feels like im all alone here,a ghost forum so to speak.Would love to just hear”hi” from any of the members as i`m new to the CVRS.Hi guys,is anybody out there???Wayne
December 8, 2014 at 2:06 pm #6265phil
Forum ParticipantHI Wayne you are not alone 😉
The sign is an incredible find, AK stuff is sought after especially breadboards, as is any sort of advertising sign, I think what you have there definitely has value but how much? that is anyone’s guess unless you could perhaps see some past auctions on ebay perhaps?
I’d say is is scarce as hen’s teeth, I am not sure how valuable a hen’s tooth would actually be if you found one. If you put that thing on Ebay it would be seen perhaps by some AK breadboard collectors and perhaps some with deep pockets?at one time there was an AK collectors forum that had a lot of info but I think what may have happened is someone bough the rights out for the AK name and perhaps closed the forum?
for several years I have tried to piece together all the parts to build my own AK 12C breadboard. I managed to collect every single part except the two tube island, the one with the larger Knob. I was never able to find the remaining part. i do have some appropriate mahogany to make a new board and there is one in the SPARC museum that I can use for some comparisons.
I started the forum in PHPbb but it was then changed to this format. It was hard to get people using it initially I spent many hours working on it. At one point it was pretty active. It is still in use. All I can say is yes please do return and make posts, it is not a dead forum and it isn’t being taken over by spam either. I think we all realize that the readership isn’t what it could be , but we can change that by posting and also by encouraging your radios friends to use it. It is in use and there are people visiting it but the frequency of posts could be better. How can it be improved?
Phil
December 9, 2014 at 10:19 pm #6293Wayne Brown
Forum ParticipantHi Phil and thanks very much for your reply and now i don
t feel so alone on here.Also thank you so much for your work and dedication to the CVRS as i like anything Canadian and im not a radio collector but just the son of a much loved father who sold radios back in the 20s & early 30s.The Ak light-up advertising sign is valued at about $650.USD and was used on the AK model 35 exclusively.Have talked to guys in the know and it certainly is quite rare and one AK collector said he
d only seen about 8 of these signs in his 30 yrs. of collecting and is currently looking for one.I told him this ones not for sale and just wanted to post it on a Canadian Radio forum where it belongs as my Dad`s radio shop was in St Marys,Ont.Canada.I
m sorry i dont have any opinions on how to make this forum more productive as im not well versed in this capacity.But ill continue to occassionaly post with pics and radio related items in hopes of having some correspondence with forum members.Again,i thank you Phil for all your work on this forum and for your reply.Best,
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