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Is this Philco 42-400 worth anything?
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Speaking of childhood radios, my Grampa and Grandma
had a radio in their kitchen and eventually
their livingroom for decades that I remember well.

It's in this picture of myself at aboput 1 yr. old
in Grandma's kitchen sink getting a bath.
(...and yes, it's a hot-chassis AA5 type set!)

[Image: http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/...e-sink.jpg]

Once I started collecting, that old radio came to
mind and I found it was a 1947 Emerson model 535.
Consequently, I found a very "minty" 535, complete
and with cardboard back intact at a swapmeet and
scooped it up and recaped/restored it. Two years
older than me in this picture.

"Grandma's radio" is the prize of my collection now. Memories . . . .
[Image: http://www.philcorepairbench.com/images/535.jpg]

Someone will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands. ;-)

Chuck


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Re: Is this Philco 42-400 worth anything? - by Chuck Schwark - 10-17-2010, 08:47 PM



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