I have some things sitting around for years that I have always intended to get to put up, and still to some degree hope to.
But time takes its toll and I'm neither as agile nor energetic as I used to be. I'm having more fun with the other stations I have, and am running out of both wall space for displays and tower space for sensors, so it is beginning to make sense to me to sell one of my Taylor WeatherScopes.
Since I was able to remember back in the early 60s I was smitten by the Taylor wind and direction sensors, with the little wooden box housing a moving needle meter to show wind speed and direction. I think they were just about the only game in town when it came to non-toy almost affordable stations.
I was able to find a new in box unit a couple years ago and bought it off ebay,but frankly only slightly recollect the final price. It had some water stains to the outside box, but the whole thing was truly brand new inside and in excellent shape. I've been waiting to put it up but as time goes by, other than to gaze out the window to watch the classic but still today modern looking wind vane point into the wind and watch the little anemometer cups that I so wished for as a kid spin around, I'm thinking that an interested neighbor who really wants it should have it.
So, with that background, I would like anyone who knows about these units to send me or share here what a fair price would be for this unit. Its not like a classic car that goes up dramatically in price, yet I don't want to give it away for a pittance, either. The old reliable litmus test for what something eventually sells for, eBay, hasn't had a new one that I've seen listed for a couple years. If the neighbor was right next door I might hope that he'd put it where I could still gaze out to see it, but it's way too far away for that, even for someone I call a neighbor.
So, what do you guess? $150? $250? what are these worth in today's market?
Thanks for any ideas, and also for any other stories you may wish to share with your experience in having one or lusting after one as I did, when a week's wages were a couple of double sawbucks.
Dale