Lazy-Ferret
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Suz and I are currently going through my late Father-in-laws house sorting everything out. The entire estate is shared equally between Suz and her brother, so it's now just a case of maximising the assets, so to speak...
Going through everything has opened our eyes a lot, he was a bit of a magpie, and never seems to have had just one of anything.
The problem is, everything is also slightly off the beaten track, so it's not just a case of popping it on Ebay/local free ads, if we want to get the best value for them.
Some stuff is so specialised, like we have found 2 harmonica's in a drawer, a full sized Yamaha Keyboard/piano, goodness only knows how many Oil paint sets in custom wooden boxes, and all sorts of easels, several SLR type film cameras along with their paraphernalia, a bird watching telescope, a few pairs of quality binoculars, several bowie type knives, plus an SAS type Dagger, which we are trying to find a collector who will be interested in buying from us, as selling knives is a very dodgy pastime now.
Then there is a an amazing special forces sleeping bag, that rolls up into it's own hood, and is waterproof... It looks perfect, and never used. I have no idea where to sell that.
But those are all for a later date, the current headache, is his Stereo system... I feel a bit overwhelmed, as he was so into it and very proud of it. Unfortunately, I am the sort of person who pops into Curry's and says "That sounds OK, and looks nice, I'll have that"..
He has 4 huge Quad speakers, 2 are an older design, and 2 are the newer design. He has various Quad Amps, pre amps, power supplies, and tuners.
Then he has another tuner, plus 2 amazing looking record decks (I can't remember the makes of these at the moment)
The first item I decided to look into was his CD player...
For the Audiophile, it's a CDP-101 made by Sony..
Basically, for the rest of us, its the first commercially available CD player ever made, complete with infrared remote control, and seems to have a real enthusiasts following. It is amazing, when you look at it, you would never know that it was built in 1983, as it would not look out of place in any modern system.
All the stuff is in Mint condition, as he kept it covered, in his music room, and only uncovered it when he listened to it. Wish me luck, it's going to seem weird when we actually start selling it all.
Going through everything has opened our eyes a lot, he was a bit of a magpie, and never seems to have had just one of anything.
The problem is, everything is also slightly off the beaten track, so it's not just a case of popping it on Ebay/local free ads, if we want to get the best value for them.
Some stuff is so specialised, like we have found 2 harmonica's in a drawer, a full sized Yamaha Keyboard/piano, goodness only knows how many Oil paint sets in custom wooden boxes, and all sorts of easels, several SLR type film cameras along with their paraphernalia, a bird watching telescope, a few pairs of quality binoculars, several bowie type knives, plus an SAS type Dagger, which we are trying to find a collector who will be interested in buying from us, as selling knives is a very dodgy pastime now.
Then there is a an amazing special forces sleeping bag, that rolls up into it's own hood, and is waterproof... It looks perfect, and never used. I have no idea where to sell that.
But those are all for a later date, the current headache, is his Stereo system... I feel a bit overwhelmed, as he was so into it and very proud of it. Unfortunately, I am the sort of person who pops into Curry's and says "That sounds OK, and looks nice, I'll have that"..
He has 4 huge Quad speakers, 2 are an older design, and 2 are the newer design. He has various Quad Amps, pre amps, power supplies, and tuners.
Then he has another tuner, plus 2 amazing looking record decks (I can't remember the makes of these at the moment)
The first item I decided to look into was his CD player...
For the Audiophile, it's a CDP-101 made by Sony..
Basically, for the rest of us, its the first commercially available CD player ever made, complete with infrared remote control, and seems to have a real enthusiasts following. It is amazing, when you look at it, you would never know that it was built in 1983, as it would not look out of place in any modern system.
All the stuff is in Mint condition, as he kept it covered, in his music room, and only uncovered it when he listened to it. Wish me luck, it's going to seem weird when we actually start selling it all.
