Boot Sale 2015

[Audio Al]

Great haul Clark. You should be well pleased :)

[brian2957]

Where's your haul Allen ? :)

[Audio Al]

Where's your haul Allen ? :)

Im trying not 2 buy anything and have even managed 2 walk past boxes with records in them without side affects

I am enjoying what I have and now only buy if its something special ;)

I still go just incase and for the long walk on a lovely British morning ( Cold Wind Cloudy etc :D )

[brian2957]

Being satisfied with what you've got is a good place to be mate although it is difficult sometimes to walk past something we perceive to be a bargain . I used to love raking around the Barras in Glasgow years ago . Bought some amount of junk though . Just making the effort to get up and go will help keep you fit mate :)

[struth]

i like dinah washington. got some of here records....that one is a good find

[BTH K10A]

i like dinah washington. got some of here records....that one is a good find

Yes, it's a nice sounding reissue.

[Audio Al]

Nothing worth buying today other than a 70' set of wall scales and a 35mm film book :)

Lovely morning though ;)

[sumday]

SONY EARTH ORBITER 9 band radio for 3 quid.
bit of a punt this one.
no battery cover or front dustcover, but as the front is just a cosmetic screen it looks better naked.
typically,it was gunked up with emulsion paint and dusty as hell.
a bit of TLC with solvent and half a box of cotton buds and now looking spangly!!
I'm currently knocking up a ahem. bespoke battery cover from 4mm hardboard to keep the EIGHT d cells in place.
luckily all functions work fine and all lights lit.
even the rotary display dial is straight....these warp when under mains power as the dial lights stay lit....under battery power the display is lit by a push switch.
listening last night with a 'long wire' to Chinese state radio was a treat.

p.s...the wife thinks I've gone "ALL RADIO HAMMY"

NIGE

[Roy S]

a 70' set of wall scales

Your house must be huge Al!

[Macca]

even the rotary display dial is straight....these warp when under mains power as the dial lights stay lit....under battery power the display is lit by a push switch.
listening last night with a 'long wire' to Chinese state radio was a treat.

p.s...the wife thinks I've gone "ALL RADIO HAMMY"

NIGE

What does Chinese State Radio play?

Is it mainly Bryan Adams? I'm guessing it is.

[Audio Al]

Your house must be huge Al!

Its getting smaller ever week :lol:

[Audio Al]

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Popped in the local Saturday booty and found these :)

Ist is something for M rAndy

Shalamar :ner:

Then one for me , Cant beet another Joan Vinyl I don't have this one but do now

Next up 3 CD's for a £1 :eek:

[dowser]

My favourite Armatrading album, good find

[Pierre De Grenoble]

Once again nothing to talk about. Bootsales 3 Stevie 0

really has been poor all over for a good few months now. :confused:

[Audio Al]

Once again nothing to talk about. Bootsales 3 Stevie 0

really has been poor all over for a good few months now. :confused:


Steve , What time are you getting 2 the boot sale ?

[Audio Al]

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32 cassettes and the case £2
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.7 Albums £5

And a cosmetically challenged Yamaha cassette player for £3

:)

[Pierre De Grenoble]

On Sat @ 0500 and 0800 ( a mid morning one... lol)On Sunday I get a lie in 0630

[Audio Al]

On Sat @ 0500 and 0800 ( a mid morning one... lol)On Sunday I get a lie in 0630

The boot sale I attend has lots of traders in the first 15 or so isles all selling new household consumables its a bit like a market , so I always head for the far end of the field ( last public sellers area ) and work my way from the back of the field towards the start , that way you are in the homeowners area , I have more success this way ;)

[BTH K10A]

This morning there were literally hundreds of good quality classical records about. I'm now quite selective and tend to go for the earlier recordings so came home with a few really nice recordings

[Pierre De Grenoble]

The boot sale I attend has lots of traders in the first 15 or so isles all selling new household consumables its a bit like a market , so I always head for the far end of the field ( last public sellers area ) and work my way from the back of the field towards the start , that way you are in the homeowners area , I have more success this way ;)

Homeowners in these parts tend to sell utter sh*te and the mantra is: Sells for £10 on ebay butt.. answer is "so sell it on ebay then" and they reply.. "I did.. no one bought it...." :doh: :punch:






Most of my good hits come from the local house clearance boys, they simply have too much gear passing thru to check it out properly.

[Marco]

Its getting smaller ever week :lol:

It'll just be lack of use. Keep rubbing the cream on it, as directed, and it'll get bigger again! :D

Marco.

[Audio Al]

It'll just be lack of use. Keep rubbing the cream on it, as directed, and it'll get bigger again! :D

Marco.


Cant do that Marco , If I do I keep passing out , Not enough blood for both of us

[Marco]

:lolsign:

Marco.

[Audio Al]

Went 2 a different boot sale this morning and tripped over these :)

Fist up a TRIO KA 2000 Amp , heavy little beast ,It powers up so looking good , It has some rather large caps inside :eyebrows:
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It has 2 phono inputs , Tape ,Aux and tuner


Then a unopened pack of 4 cassettes , not top quality but new and 4 for £1 is good for me ;)
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Then this little beauty :D

Sunsui SC 1110
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The drive belt has perished you can see part of the old belt on the flywheel at the end of the screwdriver
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And on the motor pulley
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Will get a belt kit on order :)

Decent result , I'm happy :D

[brian2957]

Nice one mate , seems to be plenty of car boot sales down your way .

[Audio Al]

Nice one mate , seems to be plenty of car boot sales down your way .

We have them 5 days a week except Mondays and Fridays , Spoilt for choice :D

[Saber]

Hello all you good ppl, all these threads on boot finds inspired me to get out and look..

http://imageshack.com/a/img909/2219/JcMVfw.jpg

Kenwood dual tape deck, Possibly not something that will get loads of use, but my wife is a massive Manics st preachers fan and has loads of stuff on cassette, so happy wife happy life, outer case was a bit grubby, cleaned up alright, Gave the rollers and heads a good clean, seems to play with no problems :)

Also grabbed this as my record deck has 78 on it.

https://imageshack.com/i/ipy9Na79j

Not tried it yet, my deck came from my parents and hasn't been used in years, 78 needle seams pretty be really noisey so i'm going to get another from ebay before i play some of the 78s that came with it.

[Barry]

Picked up in Sunday's boot sale, the following vinyl for 20p apiece:


Bob Newhart – ‘The Best of Bob Newhart’

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71VWVvvbGWL._SY355_.jpg


Joan Armatrading – ‘Track Record’

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Alan Price – ‘The Alan Price Collection’

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91A%2BlDJvxsL._SX355_.jpg


Elkie Brooks – ‘Pearls II’ and ‘Live and Learn’

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and

The Dave Brubeck Quartet – ‘Time Further Out’

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All in absolutely perfect condition.

[Barry]

Picked up in today’s boot sale, the following classical vinyl for 50p apiece:


Mozart – ‘Eine Klein Nachmusik’ and ‘Sinfonia Concertante’

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The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, dir. Neville Marriner
Decca Argo ZRG 679 (1971)


Ravel – ‘Daphnis and Chloé (Complete Ballet)’

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London Symphony Orchestra cond. Pierre Monteux
Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 170 (1959)


Meyerbeer – ‘Les Patineurs’ and Massenet – ‘Le Cid’

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The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Jean Martinon
Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 139 (1966)


Vivaldi –‘Concerti Op. 8 Nos. 5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 12’, Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra RV 429’ and ‘Concerto for ‘Cello and String Orchestra RV 424

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English Concert (on original instruments) dir. Trevor Pinnock
2- LP set CRD 1048/9 (1978)

and on CD:

Jacqueline Du Pré – ‘Les Introuvables de Jacqueline Du Pré’

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A 6-CD set covering some of her lesser-known performances with the LSO, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the English Chamber Orchestra.
EMI CZS 5 681322 2 (1994)


All in perfect condition.

[Audio Al]

Nice finds Barry :)

[Audio Al]

It's that time again folks

Off I go :)

[Audio Al]

`And back

Epic fail , Absolutly nothing today, hardly any sellers , very poor :(

[Marco]

You've hoovered up all the best stuff, daftee! :eyebrows:

Best try a different car bootee... :)

Marco.

[dantheman91]

Doing my local after 10 today huge arena so should be interesting for gems fill the Daewoo up :eek:

[BTH K10A]

Fairly quiet this morning but managed to find some nice vinyl and a copy of the Radio Designers Handbook which was the bible for builders of valve amplifiers. Might appear in private exhibitions as I already have a copy

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[Gordon Steadman]

Huge Vide Grenier this morning. Lovely setting by a lake with all the tables amongst the trees. Terrific warm croissants and strong coffee to ease the trek around what seemed like hundreds of tables.

Being France there was no hi-fi in sight but lots and lots of crap:)

However, amongst the Johnny Halidays and Richard Claydermans (however they are spelt) there were just these five immaculate LPs. They are dead flat and looked unplayed. Three of them are B&O club records. Christopher Hogwood might just make me listen to Mozart!! Two of the B&O are on Decca and the Hogwood on L'Oiseau-Lyre.

I also managed to find a load of rubbish Chinese slot cars!! Great for spare parts though. We have a temporary small scale track to see us through until I can get the big track built in the barn.

PS: Listening to Karajan at the mo. Surprised at him!! He's playing Vivaldi like classical music and it is no such thing. We've just done the bouncing pony bit and it plods!! Ronnie just said how flat it is. With Hogwood, you can see the fat little ponies with their fat little riders bouncing happily as they bounce along. Where's the bounce Karajan? He's just going through the motions not trying to find the music. Shame.

PPS The LPs were one whole Euro each:)

[Barry]

Fairly quiet this morning but managed to find some nice vinyl and a copy of the Radio Designers Handbook which was the bible for builders of valve amplifiers. Might appear in private exhibitions as I already have a copy

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1781_zpsg1elwzte.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1781_zpsg1elwzte.jpg.html)


Nice one Andy. I bought my copy in 1968 for 12/6 (62.5p). It's full of useful information, and has been consulted so many times it's in danger of falling apart!

[BTH K10A]

Nice one Andy. I bought my copy in 1968 for 12/6 (62.5p). It's full of useful information, and has been consulted so many times it's in danger of falling apart!

I would agree Barry, it covers just about everything you need to know. Ownership should be mandatory for all valve amp owners and, in light of some products I've seen over the years, mandatory for manufacturers as well :eyebrows:

[Barry]

This morning’s gleanings:

Beethoven - 'Beethoven Edition'

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Complete symphonies 1- 9 on 8 LPs.

Vienna Philharmonic, cond. Carl Bohm. Deutsche Grammophon 2721 154 (1972)

All in perfect condition; some of which I don't think have been played at all. Not bad for £1!


4 x 1metre XLR terminated balanced line cables for £2,


plus a copy of The Holy Qur'an.

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[Marco]

Training to become a suicide bomber, Barry? ;)

Nice score on the Beethoven :)

Marco.

[Barry]

Training to become a suicide bomber, Barry? ;)

Nice score on the Beethoven :)

Marco.

No, don't worry Marco. It's something I have meant to read for a long time. Comparative religion is an interest of mine.

[Audio Al]

No booty for me today

I went here instead
http://www.europeanwoodworkingshow.eu

:)

[Audio Al]

Deliberately arrived at the boot sale at 10am hoping everything was already purchased and I would just have a walk around in the sunshine , absolutely beautiful day here today :)

I ended up with 3 Kate Bush LP's 1 Donna Summer and a Pink Floyd LP at 50p each and as I purchased 5 it was 5 for £2 :)

Also found a vary rare ( not seen by me before at a booty ) Panasonic cassette walkman :eyebrows: in it original case with original rechargeable battery and charger unit and ear phoned , It also has a side attachable AAA battery holder and instruction book sold to me for £3 :eek::eek:
I put a AAA in expecting nothing and it only works :D

Also a few original recorded cassettes cheap as chips ;)

Will do photos later :D

[Pierre De Grenoble]

Carboots again have been absolutely dire this weekend. lots of cars but nothing to get excited about. All I got at 2 boots yesterday was a cup of tea.. :(

did manage a book and a Deep Purple Lp this morning and a cup of coffee :rolleyes:

[dantheman91]

Wharfedale Linton Receiver for 50p today that was it no CD's , No Vinyl:rolleyes:

Needs a clean and will get it sent of for a service. :)

[Macca]

You lads seem to have some great boot fairs near you. Here it is all baby clothes and Haynes manuals.

[Barry]

Al Stewart - 'Bedsitter Images'

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Mint vinyl, complete with stout polythene outer sleeve protector. £2.50 (Available from Amazon for £36!)

[rdpx]

You lads seem to have some great boot fairs near you. Here it is all baby clothes and Haynes manuals.

Your comment about Haynes manuals has made me want to post this. I wish I could say I picked it up at a car boot sale this morning...

http://i.imgur.com/sAZ4xiD.jpg

[walpurgis]

At least it's got one of my favourite engines in the picture.

[Macca]

A classic Ladybird title.

[Firebottle]

At least it's got one of my favourite engines in the picture.

What, the old 'A' series?

[walpurgis]

What, the old 'A' series?

Yup. Great engine. Easy to work on, reliable and also easy to get a lot more power from.

[Saber]

Got this from a carboot today, I thought " That would make a nice case for that cheep dac board i've been looking at on Ebay"

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Near had a heart attack when I checked what it was online.
No power supply, but ran it with a variable Laptop supply and sure enough there's is power, had a look inside the case and it as clean as a whistle.

Can't test it as I have nothing that reqiuires those inputs/outputs... so now im not sure what to do with it.

[Barry]

Your comment about Haynes manuals has made me want to post this. I wish I could say I picked it up at a car boot sale this morning...

http://i.imgur.com/sAZ4xiD.jpg

How about a genuine Haynes manual?:


http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDAwWDMwNA==/z/Ar4AAMXQDnpTY2yO/$_35.JPG?set_id=89040003C1

[rdpx]

Got this from a carboot today, I thought " That would make a nice case for that cheep dac board i've been looking at on Ebay"

http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab261/empire2600/DSCF3022.jpg (http://s870.photobucket.com/user/empire2600/media/DSCF3022.jpg.html)

Near had a heart attack when I checked what it was online.
No power supply, but ran it with a variable Laptop supply and sure enough there's is power, had a look inside the case and it as clean as a whistle.

Can't test it as I have nothing that reqiuires those inputs/outputs... so now im not sure what to do with it.

£300 new!

Nice score. It looks lovely - my kind of design... Go on - what did you pay for it?

R:mad:

[Saber]

A whopping £3

Still not too sure what to do with it though, trying to find a power supply for it,
Have messaged the uk distribritor to see how much they are, and then try to get it tested somehow I guess?.

[spendorman]

What, the old 'A' series?

Not a good picture, but from the type of car, It's more likely to be a B Series.

[walpurgis]

Not a good picture, but from the type of car, It's more likely to be a B Series.

Could be actually, they look very similar. It is a sketch after all. I believe it may depict a Riley 1.5.

[spendorman]

Could be actually, they look very similar. It is a sketch after all. I believe it may depict a Riley 1.5.

Could be, I was thinking Riley 4/72 (like Morris Oxford).

[shane]

More likely a Wolseley 15/60. The Riley had twin SUs.

[walpurgis]

More likely a Wolseley 15/60. The Riley had twin SUs.

Yes. I'd forgotten.

[spendorman]

More likely a Wolseley 15/60. The Riley had twin SUs.

Funny, I just looked that up, correct. My Dad had the less sought after Morris Oxford, single carb. His previous car was a Wolseley 6/80 that he bought new at a cost of £1000, was a lota money then.

[walpurgis]

I had a Farina MG Magnette. What a rot heap!

[Pierre De Grenoble]

great CD haul this morning. a house clearing regular got hold of an awesome collection, which caused a bit of a feeding frenzy... :D

I picked up approx. 120 cds/boxsets for the grand total of £26.00

amongst were:-

1st 3 Genesis (Charisma) on SACD (Ex Box set??)
L. Cohen Box set
7 x Cocteau Twins
11 x Marianne Faithfull
7 x Iron Maiden
8 x Eat Static (RESULT! :D)

even an infected Mushroom, some Dub, and all sorts of odds & ends.

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[struth]

Nice one.... Ive got that cohen set..cost me £26 so yohve got your money back

[Macca]

Some good stuff in there - I see Zappa and Captain Beefheart

[walpurgis]

Blimey! Some excellent CDs there.

'In the Nude' by Eat Static is great, some Shpongle too and that 'Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus' by Spirit is an absolute classic. 'Thick as a Brick' by Jethro Tull I see, nice. Some great Hawkind there. 'In Search of Space' has the incredible Master of the Universe on it, bung that on loud after a beer session and turn the lights down, it'll blow your socks off!!

Lucky guy. You got a real bargain.

[Pierre De Grenoble]

The Zappa/Beefhearts are more in the way of refreshing the memory as neither are really artists that I'm comfortable with. Joe's Garage is the only vinyl album I have ever kept. and I simply don't get Trout Mask at all, though the later stuff is more accessable I know...

[Pierre De Grenoble]

I'm like a kid in a sweet shop at the moment, dipping in and out. and there's a shed load of these to put on the Ipod, though that is getting towards full already.. of the 5 Hawkwinds tho I only don't have 2, the Search of Space has the Bonus material where as the one on my shelf doesn't... duplicates get put into my own carboot/horse trading box.It was a bit of a feeding frenzy, a friend got every Soft Machine album bar one, there was every Gong, I don't think I have ever seen so many Ozricks and they were still there when I left.. so maybe tomorrow..As I said it was a house clearance guy that had them, the original owner (probably deceased) had great taste...

[Marco]

WOW, Steve, what a haul!! That's what you call being in the right place at the right time... Lucky bugger! :respect:

Enjoy! :cool:

Marco.

[HackneyRF]

Nice one Steve, some great stuff there.

[Barry]

Well done Steve - a great haul! :eek:

[agk]

That's the muthaload man, great score.

[Firebottle]

I'd have bought that lot at that price, as Marco says you lucky bugger :)

[Audio Al]

:eek:Super result

[Audio Al]

Went late today 08.15 and still could this :eyebrows: again at the bottom of a pile of hifi , all the crap piles on top , asked how much for the bottom one ? Answer £10
Oo thats a bit steep , How about £5 as I can't see if it works , Counter offer £7 , I counter offer £6 and walk away with it :D

Just home and you can still see the dew on it and some grass and mud

Plugged it in and it powers up :) , It is filthy as you can see so a good clean up is in order

Its a Pioneer SX-450
http://classicreceivers.com/pioneer-sx-450

Also missed out on a pair on SL1210 decks £300 :doh: a buyer had left a £10 deposit and was going back later , I left my phone number just in case :eyebrows:

Will hook this unit up later and see what happens :)
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[Marco]

Nice one, Al. Looks like a veritable bargain, if it works when you connect an aerial and hook it up to your system! :)

Marco.

[Ali Tait]

Nice one Al, have an SX 650 sitting on the shelf. Bit cleaner than that one though!

[Ammonite Audio]

I bought an SX-450 nearly 40 years ago, having saved up over a summer hoeing cabbages on a market garden. In a bout of nostalgia a couple of years ago, I bought a nice restored example. It looks lovely, but as DSJR pointed out at the time, its sound is not exactly great. That boot sale example was a bargain at the price, though.

[Marco]

Sure, but you can bet your boots that as a standalone tuner, it would sound superb!

Therefore, those of an electronically minded bent could simply hoof out/disable all the superfluous amplifier gubbins, turn it into a tuner-only, and connect it up to a quality separate hi-fi amplifier... Bet it would then piss all over pretty much anything modern (especially DAB) ;)

It's the 'superfluous gubbins' inside that complicates the signal path and makes it sound crap.....

But then why would you mutilate a lovely old vintage receiver? I guess that you just enjoy it for what it is :)

Marco.

[Audio Al]

:d

it works

[Firebottle]

R e s u l t :wowzer:

[Pierre De Grenoble]

Way to go AL :D Regret to say that all I got this morning was wet

[walpurgis]

:d

it works

'Course it does. It's Japanese! :)

[Barry]

Been a productive time at today’s boot sale.


A couple of LPs in absolutely mint condition, 25p each:

Purcell – ‘Dido & Æneas’, L’Oiseau Lyre, 1962

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71JBJx8DL9L._SL1427_.jpg

Beethoven Sonatas Op. 22, 27 and 90. Daniel Barenboim, piano. EMI, 1970

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Judv2PWWL._SY355_.jpg


15 DVDs, between 10p and 25p each. (Too many to list.)


And finally a TES RF field strength meter. Model MC 661-C. Covers 40 –270MHz. Complete with leather carrying case. £10.

http://www.radiomuseum.org/images/radio/tes_tecnica/misuratore_di_campo_mc_661_c_1315887.jpg
(Mine is better than this one, having Belling & Lee RF sockets, and a dB as well as a uV scale on the meter.)

[Audio Al]

Come on Barry , get your act together , You posted this in the 2015 boot sale thread " How last year is that " :lol:

[Barry]

Come on Barry , get your act together , You posted this in the 2015 boot sale thread " How last year is that " :lol:

It caught your attention though, didn't it? :ner:

Shall I lock the thread?

[Barry]

I have been recently advised it is now 2016, so this thread is now closed. :)