This Incredible Collection Of 400 Vintage Boomboxes Recently Went Up For Sale

This Incredible Collection Of 400 Vintage Boomboxes Recently Went Up For Sale

If you happen to be in the market for 400 vintage boomboxes, then you’ll be sorry you missed this. Craig Kenton, a New Zealander who’s collected boomboxes for 15 years, put his entire collection up for auction, and it’s huge.

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This Incredible Collection Of 400 Vintage Boomboxes Recently Went Up For Sale
This Incredible Collection Of 400 Vintage Boomboxes Recently Went Up For Sale
This Incredible Collection Of 400 Vintage Boomboxes Recently Went Up For Sale

Kenton started the bid at $NZ20,000 ($19,000) but says he could easily just sell the top 20 units for that much, according to Stuff. Although he doesn’t list all 400 units in the lot, he certainly has some prime kit. Like these beauties:

Sanyo Big Ben

This Incredible Collection Of 400 Vintage Boomboxes Recently Went Up For Sale
Image: Stereo80s

Image: Stereo80s

JVC M70

This Incredible Collection Of 400 Vintage Boomboxes Recently Went Up For Sale
Image: Stereo80s

Image: Stereo80s

Sharp GF-1000

This Incredible Collection Of 400 Vintage Boomboxes Recently Went Up For Sale
Image: Yoshinoumeo

Image: Yoshinoumeo

The auction ended August 1.

[Stuff.co.nz via Atlas Obscura]


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