Isn't this beautiful

[WhiteSE]

I wish i could afford this

 

[squirrelnest]

I sold a 1938 Zenith floor model radio that had the "butterfly dial" for the different frequencies (AM, FM, etc.)....it was a beauty!

 

[WhiteSE]

one day I will own one...I love listening to my humble old radios..a Crosley and a Philco...

 

[gdmoore28]

Goodness! Just breathtakingly beautiful - all of them.

GeeDeeEmm

 

[manu et deo]

Love it! I have a 1939 Stromberg-Carlson in the shop waiting to be re-capped.

 

[Lavane]

I wish i could afford this

Very nice! Now all it needs is a LED dial light conversion. Maybe blue. Just kidding!

 

[Marine0811]

Those old radios sure were a work of art

 

[rxonmymind]

Yes. What language is that?

 

[Jailtime]

Wow, it's gorgeous. So many old radios were more art than electronic equipment. Zenith Stratosphere, Sparton Nocturne, Bluebird, and "Sled", all works of art with prices to match.

 

[Dazaa]

I've scrapped loads of similar wooden radios over the past few years. What i've found is they just aren't worth anything and nobody wants them. Perhaps it's different over the pond?

 

[the_nines]

I wish i could afford this

That's gorgeous. I love the tuning eye.

 

[DaveVoorhis]

I've scrapped loads of similar wooden radios over the past few years. What i've found is they just aren't worth anything and nobody wants them. Perhaps it's different over the pond?

It depends on the radio. On both sides of the pond, there are beautiful items that are valuable and have excellent electronics (though some desirable items have fairly crappy electronics), but there's a awful lot of ugly mass-produced stinky electrocution-fodder -- the 1930s to 1960s equivalent to Yorx and Soundesign, or worse -- that nobody wants.

By the way, if you run across one of these not-even-good-enough-for-wood Bakelite radios...



...they're utterly worthless and nobody wants them and they're embarrassing to have around, so I'll save you the bother and humiliation of having to scrap it. Just set it to one side, let me know you've got it and I'll pop down and, uh, dispose of it for you.

 

[gslikker]

Yes. What language is that?

Sometimes radios just have language problems. On some carriage on the hamfest here I saw this one. I could not resist taking a picture.

The text (half of it German half of it Dutch) states it is a German radio but it also speaks Dutch language.

 

[gtv2000]

Here my mid 1940's Admiral. It has a 78 player behind those doors.

 

[tarior]

Those old radios are beautiful. I have somehow managed to ignore their siren song, and have never gotten into them.

 

[arts]

Fabulous! I recently restored a '37 DeForest Crosley. I love these old tube radios. Very classy and most certainly much more of a conversational piece than a modern system...
Cheers and good day from over'ere in New Scotland.

Wow,I have a 1936 version,a ''Lyra'',complete with disc. Wish mine was as nice as this internet photo;my front corners have veneer issues

 

[Spacey37308]

Here's one I redid . I moved to a one bedroom apartment and gave it to a friend.

Philco

• Spacey37308
• Apr 6, 2018

1940 Philco 40-201

 

[James Hart]

I use this for FM or to play my LG V20 through in my little workshop. Cost me $35 plus a used but tested tube from a forum member. I plan to tear it down for some component replacement soon,

 

[WhiteSE]

One of these years, I have to make a trip to Kutztown, PA for the fest!

 

[BillWojo]

One of these years, I have to make a trip to Kutztown, PA for the fest!

Jack, you will go into sensory overload! I've been there twice and I'm sure glad I don't have the "bug" for old radio's. Just to much cool stuff to see.
The neat thing is, if your not after something rare, a nice example of an antique radio is not all that expensive. Some of the veneer work is incredible on those old units.

BillWojo