Hoffman Radio Corporation

I saw this in the daily ad from Electronic Goldmine:

$20 for a Germanium diode is a little high but the name Hoffman reminded me of this ad:

Here is a Hoffman Solar radio KP706 for $289 on Ebay (and the solar cells don't work !)

source: https://www.ebay.com/itm/177777411535

The inflated price of the KP706:

More info on the KP706 here:

https://solarmuseum.org/cells/hoffman-rp-706-solar-radio/

Here is a picture of Les Hoffman of Hoffman Radio:

source: https://www.ebay.com/itm/306751529317

Basically everything associated with Hoffman is high in price :)

Here is the wiki for Les Hoffman:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Hoffman

And what could be done with that $20 diode in a $289 radio ?  Maybe as a detector replacement ?  Here is the Beitman 1960 schematic:

It's a nice radio but of a pretty standard design, I'll keep both my $20 and $289 in my pocket :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm