{"id":14295,"date":"2015-08-06T09:34:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14295"},"modified":"2015-08-06T09:37:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T13:37:04","slug":"ebay-sighting-braun-wall-unit-by-dieter-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/ebay-sighting-braun-wall-unit-by-dieter-rams\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay sighting: Braun &#8220;Wall Unit&#8221; by Dieter Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14296\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DieterRams-WallUnit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14296\" class=\"wp-image-14296 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DieterRams-WallUnit.jpg\" alt=\"DieterRams-WallUnit\" width=\"864\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DieterRams-WallUnit.jpg 864w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DieterRams-WallUnit-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dieter Rams&#8217; office with mounted Wall Unit. (Source: Campsite studio)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thank to my buddy, <a href=\"http:\/\/davidkorchin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Korchin (K2WNW)<\/a>, who sent the following eBay link:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337666156&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=201401580195&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">Dieter Rams masterpiece Braun &#8220;Wall Unit&#8221; Wandanlage TS45 TG502 reel L470 PCS5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I love Dieter Rams&#8217; designs, and no doubt this is a very rare piece in &#8220;almost perfect shape,&#8221; it is certainly well-beyond my budget at $11,000 US plus $600 shipping.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337666156&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=201401580195&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14297\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Fullscreen-capture-862015-13210-PM-1024x363.jpg\" alt=\"Fullscreen capture 862015 13210 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Fullscreen-capture-862015-13210-PM-1024x363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Fullscreen-capture-862015-13210-PM-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Fullscreen-capture-862015-13210-PM.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, though, if I were building a modern house and wanted a feature piece of functional artwork, the Braun Wall Unit may very well fit the bill. Most of Rams&#8217; designs certainly seem to hold or increase in value over time.<\/p>\n<p>For now, I&#8217;ll just admire this design from a distance. Curious if it&#8217;ll fetch <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337666156&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=201401580195&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">its BuyItNow price.<\/a>\u00a0Thanks again for sharing this one, David!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thank to my buddy, David Korchin (K2WNW), who sent the following eBay link: Dieter Rams masterpiece Braun &#8220;Wall Unit&#8221; Wandanlage TS45 TG502 reel L470 PCS5 While I love Dieter Rams&#8217; designs, and no doubt this is a very rare piece in &#8220;almost perfect shape,&#8221; it is certainly well-beyond my budget at $11,000 US plus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,26],"tags":[4050,4049,4051,331],"class_list":["post-14295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","tag-braun","tag-dieter-rams","tag-dieter-rams-braun-wall-unit","tag-ebay"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3Iz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36859,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/ebay-find-the-dieter-rams-braun-t1000cd\/","url_meta":{"origin":14295,"position":0},"title":"eBay Find: The Dieter Rams Braun T1000CD","author":"Thomas","date":"April 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Cap Tux, who shares this eBay find: a Dieter Rams Braun T1000CD. I must say, \u00a3675.00 is a lot of money, but I'm not so sure it's an inflated price for the Braun T1000CD. I believe I've seen them fetch even higher prices and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Braun-T1000CD-Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Braun-T1000CD-Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Braun-T1000CD-Front.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Braun-T1000CD-Front.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17535,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/cl-find-a-braun-slim-line-a-301-amplifier-and-t-301-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":14295,"position":1},"title":"CL find: A Braun &#8220;Slim-Line&#8221; A-301 amplifier and T-301 receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"February 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who shares this link to a post on Craig's List and asks: \"Interesting shortwave tuner, designed by Dieter Rams. Anybody know anything about this?\" I was not familiar with the Braun A-301 and T-301, but I know there are a few SWLing Post\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Braun-Dieter-Rams-Slim-Line-Combo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Braun-Dieter-Rams-Slim-Line-Combo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Braun-Dieter-Rams-Slim-Line-Combo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Braun-Dieter-Rams-Slim-Line-Combo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24834,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/ebay-find-the-braun-t-1000\/","url_meta":{"origin":14295,"position":2},"title":"eBay find: The Braun T-1000","author":"Thomas","date":"March 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Korchin (K2WNW), for sharing a link to this Braun T-1000 on eBay. 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