Thanks a lot, Ron Ramirez!
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I stumbled upon your book, Philco Radio 1928-1942, on Amazon and just had to buy it. It was such an interesting read, I had it finished cover to cover in one day. But instead of being just a reference book, it became more of a catalog of radios I simply had to have. Within a year, I went from nothing to owning a 42-380 console, a 40-130T, a mint restored 39-07T, an 84-B early version, which I consider to be one of the nicest examples of a true Art Deco design, a 620 and waiting for delivery of an 84-B later version. I'm also considering purchasing a 38-2 console. You have introduced me to the addictive world of Philco Radio from which there is no escape for weak willed souls such as myself. Thanks a lot, pal!
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This website caused me to end up with about 73 different philcos in 10 months.
+1, thanks Ron, lol
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Hey, don't blame the barkeep for your DUI ticket! 
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(12-30-2014, 04:39 AM)mafiamen2 Wrote: here`s your pic
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I have to admit, this site sped up my Philco collecting once I found it. Even with me stopping collecting, strays still seem to find me...
No matter where you go, there you are.
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There's a certain mystique or je ne se qua, when it
comes to Philco radios ca.1929 to 1950.
Almost genetic . . .
Happy 2015 Collecting!
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Yup, antique radios sure are addicting. I have always been fascinated by electricity. When I was very young, about 6, my father got me some of the old No. 6 telephone cells, and some wire, and switches, and little bulbs and miniature sockets, and I started to play with electricity.He also got me one of those crystal radio kits they sold back then, with all the parts, and a plastic cabinet they all assembled into. That only got me more interested. When I was 10 we went to visit the wireless museum here in Rhode Island. http://www.yelp.com/biz/new-england-wire...-greenwichsland. It was written up in Yankee magazine at the time. That got me HOOKED. I began to read and study about radio and electronics avidly. I also began to buy, or salvage, and try to repair every old radio I could find. I learned a LOT. I read Popular Electronics and Electronics Illustrated, and Radio and TV Experimenter every month. It was back in those days that I got some of the really old radios in my collection. In those days most people considered them "old junk" and were happy to get rid of them. I'm still collecting, as folks here can tell you. Anyway, welcome to the addiction !
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Well, I did it again. I have come on hard times with the house renovation and running out of money so I listed all the radios for sale locally. I got about 20 emails all wanting my philco's.....
Today I pulled most of them and told everyone I they were no longer for sale or they all sold so I didnt have to sell them. Instead I got a job,
Working from home so no worries with my back but Some people will do anything to keep their Philco's 
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Glad to help steer some folks away from the Order of the Big Black Dial. 
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Addiction? Surely not!! 30+ plus of mine (including some Philcos) are on display at our local museum for the next 3 months. Participated in a live 2-hour radio remote from there celebrating the display and 65 years of our local radio station on Dec. 30. It went on the air Jan. 4, 1949. I mentioned that collecting is like a disease. 
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