"dxAce" wrote in message
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| "Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:
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| | There isn't any better furniture in the World than a floor model
Radio.
| | cuhulin
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| Zenith's chair-side radios, in particular,
| look like truly fine furniture.
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| I was just sitting here thinking about the nice one I passed up for $75 a
few
| years ago.
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| The big black Zenith dial, a perfect cabinet too...
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| dxAce
| Michigan
| USA

Holy crap, what a great price.

Right now, the Transoceanics seem to be going (at least locally) for
around that, thanks to the rare/expensive (so they say) 1L6 tube,
intact with both antennas (MW and SW), but I have yet to find
one with an outstanding, clean case.

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous

"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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|
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| "Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:
|
| wrote in message
| ...
| | There isn't any better furniture in the World than a floor model
Radio.
| | cuhulin
|
| Zenith's chair-side radios, in particular,
| look like truly fine furniture.
|
| I was just sitting here thinking about the nice one I passed up for $75 a
few
| years ago.
|
| The big black Zenith dial, a perfect cabinet too...
|
| dxAce
| Michigan
| USA

Holy crap, what a great price.

Yeah, the more I think about the darn thing I wish I'd bought it. As I recall
the owner of the shop later gave it to her daughter who committed suicide. Who
knows, the little shop is hardly ever open and I've not been there for some
time. Maybe I should try to stop when it's open...



Right now, the Transoceanics seem to be going (at least locally) for
around that, thanks to the rare/expensive (so they say) 1L6 tube,
intact with both antennas (MW and SW), but I have yet to find
one with an outstanding, clean case.

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous

"dxAce" wrote:

| Yeah, the more I think about the darn thing I wish I'd bought it. As I
recall
| the owner of the shop later gave it to her daughter who committed suicide.
Who
| knows, the little shop is hardly ever open and I've not been there for
some
| time. Maybe I should try to stop when it's open...

There's a shop called "Grampy's" in the Benson neighborhood, in Omaha,
and they tend to get the chairsides from time to time. I saw a Philco
motorized
console there a couple of years back, and kick myself often for not buying
it.
Also, saw an old Grundig console, with AM/FM/Shortwave and turntable,
selling for $25.00. "Works great," said the tag. "Better recap it," said
I.
What a beautiful radio - once again, another one passed up.

What a pain in the butt.

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous