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Anyone into vintage radios?

By jackd104

3 years ago


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#8 3 years ago

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.

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