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11-21-2019, 11:04 PM
Should I be interested at $70?  Not many made.  AM only.
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11-22-2019, 06:21 AM
My opinion: Meh... Icon_thumbdown
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11-22-2019, 09:09 AM
I think it's ugly, but if it were rare and desirable....
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11-22-2019, 09:16 AM
Rare: possibly. Desirable: no. Ugly: definitely.
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11-22-2019, 05:23 PM
For those of use following at home this is the set in question:  https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1948b/#Model_48-485
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When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

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11-22-2019, 05:37 PM
It didn't sell well when new... that should tell you something. Sometimes it is enough to see history only documented. Just my opinion. Take care, Gary
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11-22-2019, 10:10 PM
Gary is (IMO) exactly right. Why would folks want to pay $119 in 1948 for an AM-only console radio when FM and TV were the latest, greatest things in electronics? Sure, consoles with FM, and TV sets, cost a lot more at the time but still...
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11-22-2019, 10:28 PM
Thanks guys. No way I'm going after it.
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11-22-2019, 11:17 PM
For a similar amount of money one can buy a 48-482, with AM, FM, and SW. It is a lot more versatile radio, a fine performer, and, being a table model, is more practical in most modern homes. I love the one I have restored. When I first moved from Rhode Island to Tennessee, and was waiting for sixteen months to get connected to the internet, it was my main source of entertainment and news. I played it for hours every day. Since then I have bought 2 more complete radios, as well as a chassis. Someday I'm going to refurbish at least one more of these fine radios.
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