[Arran]

It's nice to see that the plastic bezel/grille combo is still in good shape, maybe they used a better mixture of Tenite on those sets then they did on the portables? As for Philcos coming out of the woodwork maybe you should investigate whether there was a local distributor nearby? Where I am both Philco and C.G.E had a regional distributor so there are lots of both around here. Even if there wasn't Philco was the largest manufacturer, by far, during the 1930s, that may have slipped a little by the early 40s but they were still building millions of radios every year, and what's more they were decently built so there are still lots that survived.
Regards
Arran