[Jayce]

Asking for a bit of advice on a Philco 70 Lowboy I am going to look at Friday. I've seen this unit before, and even tried to deal on it in the past with no luck. Now the guy is starting to clear out his collection, but sadly, most of the stuff he is parting out as it's worth more and easier to ship that way due to the audiofools out there and people not wanting complete radios. He called me late this afternoon about it, giving me first go at this little console before he turns it into eBay parts fodder.
I know it still has a decent, solid cabinet and is mostly complete except for the power switch knob and the dial esce.. eske... fark.. thingy! Looks like the ball is in my court and I will have to make an offer on the radio. What would be a fair offer to make? Note, this guy is very eBay savvy and knows that the parts would be desirable for someone with a 70 cathedral cabinet. I'll be sure to give it a good look-over, but want to know at least a starting point for an offer. I think it would  be better for it to survive as a complete set instead of parted out and the cabinet tossed into the dumpster.