[sdradioman]

I have alway thought this too... I have had a lot of conversations with collectors on this subject... Many of them, and I believe it myself, was population and wealth... Also most of the radio manufacturers where in the eastern half of the country... Take Philco, they where out of Philadelphia... RCA, they where out of New Jersey... Zenith, they where out of Chicago.. There was a lot higher population and wealth in the north eastern part of the country at the times these radios where built.... most of those radios have stayed in that area for the last 70+ years, and are now coming up for sale... I live out in South Dakota and there are barely any high end radios here... Back then there was little to no population here and no one could afford most radios... Plus most of the farms here didnt even get modern electricity until the late 40's into the 50's... Most of what you see here are farm radios(battery powered) and for some reason a lot of Silvertones... Most likely due to the Sears & Roebuck catalogs and that they too where located in Chicago... The last couple radios I bought where a Zenith 15U269 and a pair of 38-690's... I had to drive 21 hours round trip to get them because those types of radios just never made it this far west... And from what it sounds like, the South too... It seems to me that all the money was in the Northeast at the time and that is where the radio manufacturers where located, so thats where all the radios ended up...