[Ron Ramirez]

I attended my very first Estes auction today.

My only reason for going was the McMurdo Silver Masterpiece VI in a Clifton cabinet. I had heard it was missing the correct speaker and might have been missing the audio amp/power supply, so I decided to take a chance and see what might happen.

Long story short...it followed me home.

Some quick and dirty photos, then a bit of background on this set to follow.

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Now the story:

Richard Estes announced that this, along with a few higher-end Zenith consoles, was part of a collection previously owned by someone in Indianapolis. According to Richard, the previous owner passed away, and the heirs wanted the radios out of the house - quick - so they could sell the house. Until they called Estes Auctions, the radios had been in danger of being set out, as he put it, "along the treeline" just to get them out of the house!

He went on to say that the Masterpiece's components were scattered all over the house of the previous owner - the tuner in one room, the Clifton cabinet in another, the amp/power supply in yet another. He also said that he and his crew tried to find the Jensen speaker which would have belonged with this radio, but could not locate one anywhere in the house.

I'm sure the heirs are happy they called Estes now!

So after a trip to northeast Ohio, this Masterpiece is back in Indiana now.

Somehow, a Scott/Magnavox 15 inch speaker ended up inside the Clifton cabinet. When I saw this set initially, it had an incorrect power supply inside. I found the correct amp/PS (it was sitting with a Scott chassis!), and told the auction folks about it. They put the Silver amp inside the Clifton cabinet and put the incorrect PS back on the table with the Scott chassis. So, now, it is mostly complete.

Now I have to save up for the Scott I'm wanting...