Special Book Sale Day

1:00pm - Sunday 24th April 2022 (ANZAC Long Weekend)

A Major Sale of radio reference books, magazines, other radio publications, plus some scientific demonstration items and a collection of historic and rare valves. A small collection of unsold radios from the last Sale are also available.

St. Cyprian's Church Hall 70, Melbourne Street North Adelaide, SA, 5007

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ABOUT THIS SALE :

Following an Adelaide HRSASA Member wishing to quit his substantial collection, two large Sale Days were held last year at a warehouse in Ottaway. The first sale was radios and the second of test equipment and components. This is Day 3 of that sale.

This is also sale-day rather than an auction. The page below lists the items available and a suggested price for each item.

We apologise for the lateness of the release of this information.

Any of the following items (other than those listed as NOT FOR SALE) may be purchased immediately by contacting Mr. Tony Bell, on: (08) 8269 4095 - You do not have to wait until Sunday 24th April to purchase items. Any REASONABLE offer will be accepted.


WHAT IS ON OFFER?

LITERATURE:
• A large number of reference/text books. (See lists below.)
• A large number of data books/catalogues. (See lists below)
• Many periodicals including:
⁃ A substantial number of Radio & Hobbies through to Electronics Australia
⁃ RadioWaves from circa 1993 to the present
NOTE: It is proposed to sell the periodicals by series: ie/ all the Radio & Hobbies through to the final EA to be sold as a set.
• Miscellaneous publications as required

VALVE COLLECTION:
There is a substantial collection of valves demonstrating their development over the last century. These occupy 7 "File Archive" boxes. It is proposed to sell them as a set. The valves should NOT be purchased for use in radios as they are FOR DISPLAY ONLY and may not work.

DEMONSTRATION SYSTEMS THAT WILL BE FOR SALE:
• Vintage induction coil
• Two person Simplex Telegraph stations (including documentation)
• Undersea cable telegraph demonstration (visual)
• The Minifon wire-recorder development through to the "black-box" flight recorder
• A tuner to demonstrate the various types of detector, as follows:
⁃ Galena and cat's whisker crystal detector
⁃ Molybdenite and cat's whisker crystal detector
⁃ Carborundum crystal detector
⁃ Perikon crystal detector
⁃ Castelli Italian Navy Cohere
⁃ Massie "Oscillaphone" detector
⁃ Electrolytic detector
⁃ Flame detector
• Wimshurst machine
• Tesla apparatus

RADIOS FOR SALE:
There are 12 unsold radios from the original sale days that are available. See the Catalogues below for a list of these radios.

PARKING AT THE HALL:
There is limited parking in the Church grounds. NO PARKING BEFORE 12:30pm - However there is ample parking in Melbourne Street, and free parking at the City Council carpark in the side-street opposite the Church

COVID 19:
All regulations shall apply and attendees will be required to use either the mobile phone Covid Safe QR Code or to manually sign in.

Two Catalogues of Items for Sale (Updated)

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The complete list of reference books; text books, magazines; valves, periodicals and demonstration valves etc. is quite extensive…. too big to be reproduced here on this website.

We have created a "paper version" that you can view online, and then print off and use as a catalogue to bring on the day of the sale.

Click here to view the Catalogue document - To print a copy, follow the "print" instructions, or symbol on your computer screen.

There are also a number of unsold radios from the two Sale Days (held at the Ottoway factory) last year that are available.
Click here to view the Catalogue of Unsold radios - To print a copy, follow the "print" instructions, or symbol on your computer screen.
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This may NOT the be the complete list of items for sale. New items, especially more Miscellaneous Components may be added on the Sale Day.

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The information provided in this site is based on information supplied by the HRSA (unless otherwise specified), and is intended only as an introduction and guide to the HRSA for the range of available products, items and services for its own financial members.