04-27-2013, 08:08 PM
OK, it pays to be a user of facebook. More importantly, it pays to "like/become friends" with all the local flea market/antiques dealers who post pictures on facebook.
Early last week, one of the local antique malls posted the following Crosley "book" radio on their facebook page. It seems like the really good ones always turn up at the end of the month, when my funds are extremely limited; but, I sent the owner a message and asked how much and she said $70. I've done business with her before and I asked her to hold it for me; which, she agreed to do. I ended up putting $20 down for her to put it on lay-a-way for me and I picked it up today. It turns out to be a model 148; and, as can be seen, something made a nest in it and someone replaced the original electrodynamic speaker with a PM speaker. Eventually, I'd like to find an original type speaker for the radio. The cabinet needs a good cleaning and some of the covering needs to be reglued; but, I think it's restorable and I think I did good for $70.
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The second radio, a '36 RCA 6T2 tombstone, was the result of another local resell shop posting it on their facebook page. I asked about the price, was told that it was $60, and I picked it up Friday. This radio looks very restorable, with some minor veneer damage along the bottom. The chassis looks to have been worked on very little and is not a hack job mess like so many of them are. This RCA looks to be very well made and I'm sure it will perform well.
In my area, radios such as these rarely turn up; and, when they do, the owners think they are sitting on a goldmine. Most of what I find in my area is stuff from the '40's and later.
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...c65460.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...aab476.jpg]
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Early last week, one of the local antique malls posted the following Crosley "book" radio on their facebook page. It seems like the really good ones always turn up at the end of the month, when my funds are extremely limited; but, I sent the owner a message and asked how much and she said $70. I've done business with her before and I asked her to hold it for me; which, she agreed to do. I ended up putting $20 down for her to put it on lay-a-way for me and I picked it up today. It turns out to be a model 148; and, as can be seen, something made a nest in it and someone replaced the original electrodynamic speaker with a PM speaker. Eventually, I'd like to find an original type speaker for the radio. The cabinet needs a good cleaning and some of the covering needs to be reglued; but, I think it's restorable and I think I did good for $70.
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...205e1b.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...1a196a.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...d37adb.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...27e2c7.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...7e80bd.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...647782.jpg]
The second radio, a '36 RCA 6T2 tombstone, was the result of another local resell shop posting it on their facebook page. I asked about the price, was told that it was $60, and I picked it up Friday. This radio looks very restorable, with some minor veneer damage along the bottom. The chassis looks to have been worked on very little and is not a hack job mess like so many of them are. This RCA looks to be very well made and I'm sure it will perform well.
In my area, radios such as these rarely turn up; and, when they do, the owners think they are sitting on a goldmine. Most of what I find in my area is stuff from the '40's and later.
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...c65460.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...aab476.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...74b3bf.jpg]
[Image: http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff341...4679a6.jpg]
