{"id":17054,"date":"2016-01-24T19:12:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T23:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17054"},"modified":"2016-01-24T21:35:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T01:35:32","slug":"dan-notes-a-collins-51s-1-nos-that-is-near-record-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/dan-notes-a-collins-51s-1-nos-that-is-near-record-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan notes a Collins 51S-1 NOS that is near record price"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Collins-eBay-s-l1600\"<\/a><\/p>\n

[See update below]<\/em><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes:<\/p>\n

This NOS 51-S1 is headed for a record price\u00a0for an Ebay sale. I have only seen one of these\u00a0in this condition in my decades on Ebay. This is a rare rack version complete with box and original\u00a0accessories. The preselector, also NOS, sold e<\/em>arlier\u00a0today:<\/p>\n

Click here to view on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll watch this auction just to see how high the price goes. At time of posting, it was at $4,850 US (plus shipping):\"eBay-Collins\"<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE: The winning bid was $5,500 US plus $56.19 shipping:<\/p>\n

\"eBay-Collins-Final\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[See update below] Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: This NOS 51-S1 is headed for a record price\u00a0for an Ebay sale. I have only seen one of these\u00a0in this condition in my decades on Ebay. This is a rare rack version complete with box and original\u00a0accessories. The preselector, also NOS, sold […]<\/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":[1271,3],"tags":[4708,4709,2635,331],"class_list":["post-17054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-anchors-2","category-news","tag-collins-51-s1","tag-collins-51s-1","tag-dan-robinson","tag-ebay"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4r4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48291,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/dan-spots-a-rare-collins-51s1-ltv-g133-f-military-receiver-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":17054,"position":0},"title":"Dan spots a rare Collins 51S1 LTV G133 F military receiver on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"March 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who notes: This military version of the 51S-1 receiver is almost never seen on the used market. 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It is not one of the well-known and quite rare Beckman 51J4s, and likely it was re-finished to give it the almost white-grey\u00a0color it has. 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