Sold Radios and Other Pieces
Radios and other pieces I have picked up, but are no longer in my collection.
1937 Philco 37-62T
10-6-2018. Picked up at the Annual Central California Historical Radio Society's Swap Meet, this is 1 of 3 radios I brought home this year. Not an exceptionally rare or desirable one, but the cabinet and Faux Finish on this was immaculate! This one was restored and has a new home. It was a partial trade for the 1935 Philco 16B Art Deco radio shown on the Philco page.
1940 Zenith 8S443
A very large 1940 Zenith tabletop I picked up in October 2016. I haven't decided whether to keep this one or not. It has a green tuning eye on it.
April 27, 2020, I finished restoring this one, and on May 3, 2020, it was adopted into a happy new home.
1951 Zenith H725 AM/FM
1-9-2017. Bought this from a local Seller for $25. An early Zenith AM/FM set. September 2018 I sold it unrestored to a fellow collector. I decided I had too many projects, and I already have an AM-FM Philco model.
1925 Emerson Jr. Fan
3-29-2017. A classmate of mine posted on my Facebook wall and asked if I wanted this. She had seen some of the antiques that I've posted about fixing. I said sure. She didn't want anything for it. They had to clear out her Mother-in-Law's apartment at short notice. All it needed was a new head wire and new power cord. This went to my sister.
1933-34 Philco 89B Cathedral
I had 2 of these. I decided to fix up and sell one. It went to a new home as of December 30, 2017.
1932 Crosley 148 "Fiver"
5-13-2017. I spotted this in the pics for an Estate Sale nearby in the foothills outside of town. Was the 1st in line to get in at opening. I've decided to thin out some of my non-Philco Collection, so this was sold as of 12-26-2017. It went to the home of a friend in town who is a Crosley collector .
1941 Philco 41-258
One of the 1st dozen or so radios I picked up, I never intended to keep this one. Finally sold it on consignment through an antique store fully restored. It went to a new home in August 2017.
1953 Crosley E-15TN
When I 1st started collecting, I would pick up anything that was cheap and caught my fancy. I grabbed this at a thrift store for $25. I was told the knobs were impossible to find. I wound up selling it to a member of the Antique Radios Group on Facebook for what I paid for it + shipping. I found out later reproduction knobs were available. Oh well. This model was made in several colors. I wouldn't mind finding the blue one someday.