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48-485
#1

Should I be interested at $70?  Not many made.  AM only.
#2

My opinion: Meh... Icon_thumbdown

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
#3

I think it's ugly, but if it were rare and desirable....
#4

Rare: possibly. Desirable: no. Ugly: definitely.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
#5

For those of use following at home this is the set in question:  https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1948b/#Model_48-485
[Image: https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/sm...mbdown.gif][Image: https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/sm...n_yawn.gif]

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!

Terry
#6

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

"Don't pity the dead, pity the living, above all, those living without love."
Professor Albus Dumbledore
Gary - Westland Michigan
#7

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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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
#8

Thanks guys. No way I'm going after it.
#9

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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