09-11-2011, 09:48 AM
Well, I see the vendors are gradually running out of patterns. Philco 1935-37 "V" and Philco "Ribbed" is gone. Radio Daze no longer has 70/90 cloth in whiskey, but have it in copper (used in early Model 60B, 89B, and 19B) although Grille Cloth Headquarters still lists the whiskey hue of 70/90 cloth.
I wonder if this will make the value of sets with good original cloth, or with accurate repro cloth, increase somewhat? After all, many sets that come on the market now that need cloth will not be able to get the proper replacement cloth for the near future, at least.
John, I'll bet you will find people pulling cloth out of those console cabinets at Kutztown before they get thrown onto the burn pile, if the cloth is any good at all. There's nothing wrong with reusing good cloth from an otherwise unusable cabinet. My 650B has "V" cloth from a junk 1937 Philco console; the cloth had a tear in it so it couldn't be used in a console any longer, but there was enough good cloth for use in the tombstone.
I wonder if this will make the value of sets with good original cloth, or with accurate repro cloth, increase somewhat? After all, many sets that come on the market now that need cloth will not be able to get the proper replacement cloth for the near future, at least.
John, I'll bet you will find people pulling cloth out of those console cabinets at Kutztown before they get thrown onto the burn pile, if the cloth is any good at all. There's nothing wrong with reusing good cloth from an otherwise unusable cabinet. My 650B has "V" cloth from a junk 1937 Philco console; the cloth had a tear in it so it couldn't be used in a console any longer, but there was enough good cloth for use in the tombstone.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
