Dorotheum Antique Radio Auction
Vienna, Austria -- June 13, 2007

REPORTED BY ERWIN MACHO

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Auctionhouse Dorotheum, doing business in the tenth district of Vienna since 1995, held another of its very successful antique radio auctions on June 13, 2007. Of the 137 cataloged items, 98 were sold, resulting in total proceeds of $52,500 (including tax) -- an absolute record price in Austria.

The first part of the auction included gramophones and phonographs in very varied conditions. These had been largely bought from one Vienna dealer. The second part was full of radio highlights from Austria manufacturers. However, it also included two items from the U.S.A. -- an Atwater Kent breadboard 10C and an RCA Radiola 60 with an RCA Type 103 loudspeaker in original condition. Both sets are exotic types in Europe, but they found a new home in a large collection in Austria.

The highlight of the radio items was once again a product from the famous Ingelen radio factory. From the early 1920s to the 1970s, this Vienna company produced extremely good radios, maybe similar to Atwater Kent in the USA. They are very popular with European collectors.

The 1929 Ingelen U6, with missing tubes and a case in poor condition, got a hammer price of $3,484 -- a new record for this model.

The next Dorotheum Auction will be held in November 2007. For details see A.R.C.'s "Coming Radio Events" or the Homepage www.dorotheum.com.

The following includes all sold radios and tubes. (See print version for complete auction listing.) The prices have been rounded down to the nearest dollar.

This Atwater Kent 10C breadboard, Type 4700, sold for $1,273

A view of a few of the many sets auctioned at Dorotheum in Vienna, Austria, on June 13, 2007.

This Philips 930A radio from 1931 sold for $322. The front is a plastic simulated rosewood.

This 1931 Radione GSHL radio sold for $456.

A warning: Auction prices are not current values. Our selection of auction items is not necessarily complete. A listing such as this cannot adequately include the condition of cabinets, chassis, transformers, tubes, the operating status of the set, and the inclusion of incorrect, restored or replica components, etc. Auction prices are the result of the excitement of the auction process, the skill of the auctioneer and the specific interests of the participants. Nevertheless, auction prices serve as useful references and as another element in the value determining process. The possibility of error always exists, and if we are notified, corrections will be reported.