A price that makes auction radio waves

UK: “ONE of only two known examples of Marconi’s first commercial wireless set in complete condition”, was how this inconsequentially appearing box was described by the English trade underbidder at G.A. Key’s sale in Aylsham, Norfolk on May 4.


The Marconi coherer was the first ship-to-shore receiver ever made, but within a few years it had b…

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