04-04-2022, 07:49 AM
https://ronsradios.com/2022/04/04/the-ce...ss-philco/
Little has been known about what is probably the rarest Philco in existence, the 1933 model 16CPX Century of Progress model. And for good reason - Philco only made 75 of these. This unusual chairside radio with separate speaker was priced at $600 in 1933. For many years, none were known to have survived.
In the latest post on my blog, Ron's Radios (link above), I try to clear up a little bit of the mystery - and present, for the first time in the radio collecting community, actual color photos of a surviving set (with a sincere thank you to the photographer for making this possible).
Little has been known about what is probably the rarest Philco in existence, the 1933 model 16CPX Century of Progress model. And for good reason - Philco only made 75 of these. This unusual chairside radio with separate speaker was priced at $600 in 1933. For many years, none were known to have survived.
In the latest post on my blog, Ron's Radios (link above), I try to clear up a little bit of the mystery - and present, for the first time in the radio collecting community, actual color photos of a surviving set (with a sincere thank you to the photographer for making this possible).
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
