04-04-2006, 10:01 PM
Hi,
They turn up on Ebay from time to time and I've seen them sell there for as much as $500 a couple of years back. I actually have a couple of them, one shown on my website that started off in pretty rough shape & the other in good original condition:-
http://www.tuberadioland.com/philco551_c..._main.html
Ron Ramirez in his book lists it as fairly hard to find. It uses the same chassis as the 51 and 52 cathedrals. About 25,000 of each of these was made, which probably also includes the number of these clocks.
There is also a model 80 colonial clock in a very similar case. It differs only in that it has two knobs rather than three for the 551.
The radio shown by m82alpa (on the radioattic, I believe) has the incorrect finials and clock hands.
Paul
They turn up on Ebay from time to time and I've seen them sell there for as much as $500 a couple of years back. I actually have a couple of them, one shown on my website that started off in pretty rough shape & the other in good original condition:-
http://www.tuberadioland.com/philco551_c..._main.html
Ron Ramirez in his book lists it as fairly hard to find. It uses the same chassis as the 51 and 52 cathedrals. About 25,000 of each of these was made, which probably also includes the number of these clocks.
There is also a model 80 colonial clock in a very similar case. It differs only in that it has two knobs rather than three for the 551.
The radio shown by m82alpa (on the radioattic, I believe) has the incorrect finials and clock hands.
Paul
