michael
02-28-2003, 07:34 PM
Forgot I had this! RCA dealer binder containing most(?) of their consumer line for '58-'59. Features table & portable radios, recorders, thirty-four b/w sets, a table of cabinet finishes available and of course, 6 late model CTC-7's with prices: the Meredith ($495); the Southbridge ($725); the Pensbury ($825); the Whitmore, w/remote ($775); the Grenoble, w/remote ($925) and the Worthington, w/remote ($1200).
Adjusted for inflation, those same sets would cost: $2915, $5447; $4859; $4564; $5448 and $7068 [2001 dollars from S. Milton Friedman's inflation calculator]. Even the cheapest b/w set, the Envoy, was $159. Imagine paying $936 for a 14" b/w set now! Makes paying a few hundred (now) for a CTC-7 quite a bargain!
I hope I can get these scanned in short order and will post a link to each as time permits!
Michael
Adjusted for inflation, those same sets would cost: $2915, $5447; $4859; $4564; $5448 and $7068 [2001 dollars from S. Milton Friedman's inflation calculator]. Even the cheapest b/w set, the Envoy, was $159. Imagine paying $936 for a 14" b/w set now! Makes paying a few hundred (now) for a CTC-7 quite a bargain!
I hope I can get these scanned in short order and will post a link to each as time permits!
Michael