There is a 1925 Kennedy on eBay right now with an asking of $350!! This one is a Model 20

how many tubes does it have? If it's more than 5 you can date it to before the mid-30's. After that it was pretty much balls out with all-american 5 clones.

Its better to use a Variac to fire up an old radio slowly so that the tubes can warm before full voltage is applied. They usually suffer from leaking Capacitors and blow out quite easily. Doing a Cap job can be easy or a nightmare depending on the complexity of the wiring and corrosion level. Deoxit and Tuner cleaner/lube is your friend on these things. Speakers are usually shot as well but replacements are available. I used to order parts from Antique Radio Supply (Think they changed their name but can't remember to what, Tubes and more?) but now they primarily cater to guitar amps.
Its fun to put a later AM/FM tube receiver into these nice old AM cabinets, if you look around you can also find ones with Shortwave.

I could not find your particular model in my "Collectors Guide to Antique Radios" (3rd edition)" but it did have some information on the company that will help narrow down the age. Some of their radios are worth a considerable amount but they are mainly the tabletop models. Consoles are much less at around $200.

KENNEDY
The Colin B. Kennedy Company, Inc.
Rialto Building
San Francisco, California

The Colin B. Kennedy Company was formed in 1919 for the production of radios. Business boomed until the mid-twenties when sales began to decline due to lower priced competitive models and, by 1926, the company had declared bankruptcy.

Hope this is helpful,

Randy

If you are in the Northeastern US (or Eastern Canada), you can hook up with the New England Vintage Electronics Club. See http://www.nearc.net/ for more info.
.................David Marston

The best thing you can do right now is open it up and use a precision vacuum to remove all dust, lint, insect carcasass.
If you plan to keep it inspect with a good light and assess the Unit. If you are not a tube Freak these make great platforms for Retro Mod stereos, Short Wave receivers or a simple speaker units.
These Vintage cabinets are great, yours looks in good order. Resist the impulse to refinish.
I would rub it down with some pure Tung Oil thinned with a little Naptha or Coleman Fuel.
Then wax.

I've been collecting & restoring these since 1975. First of all DO NOT PLUG IT IN!!!!!!
As had been mentioned the filter caps in these fail, often a short and will fry the
power transformer and possibly the speaker field winding. Both are hard to find
(originals). If you'd like to get it fixed there may be someone in your area
that still does this work.

Value: this is a common late 1920's or early 1930's console. Collectors don't like consoles
for the very practical reason you can't fit as many in your house. The real value
is, well, not much. The local radio museum sells them for $50 to free. There are
certainly some exceptions and some rare and very desireable consoles sell
for several kilobucks. But not yours, and no, I don't want it.

These are actually pretty cool when working and I'd encourage you to get it
fixed. Listening to baseball games is a blast and vintage radio shows are
available to play through it.

Enjoy! The one thing that I was on the fence for years but now am very glad we now have is a proper tube testing rig. Has come in handy for our radio, jukebox and guitar amplifier work.

2 virgin Crosley cases. These were made local, got from former employees

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You would find this model in your hotel room, I re- capped so it works great on coins.

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