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12-18-2005, 11:29 AM
Ron,Chuck or anybody,

Can you please ID this phono? I think it is a 41-RP serries but unsure of which one. I have a RP2 so I am pretty sure it is not that one.

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12-18-2005, 11:45 AM
Hi Chris

It is the first version of Model RP-2, from January 1939.

If you win it, please send me some pictures of it. I don't have a good photo of this model. Thanks...and good luck! Icon_biggrin
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12-18-2005, 11:48 AM
My guess, looking at the 1941 and 42 product cut sheets, is a 42-RP2, since the case is smooth, the 41-RP2 has a moulded front on the lower case. Circuit-wise they are almost identical, between the 41 and 42 versions. Case may also have been refinished at one time, since the photo-finish "veneer-inlay" strip is missing on the lower case.

{EDIT, later that same morning.} Ok, maybe not....... Icon_smile
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12-18-2005, 11:59 AM
This is a 42-RP2:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/image...42rp2o.jpg]
(Photo credit: Bob Timms)

Notice that this one has no half-round moldings, and it is wider at the base.

(edit) Now, a mid-season 1939 Model RP-2, which is identical with the item on our favorite online auction site:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/images/1939/rp2o.jpg]
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12-18-2005, 01:14 PM
Thanks for the information. Hopefully I will win it.
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12-22-2005, 11:13 AM
HOOOLLLLYYYY COOOWWWWW!!! That thing went for 81 buckazoids! Icon_eek A bit ridiculous, if you ask me, for one of these units.

No, I take that back. Not just a bit ridiculous - more like WAY over the top. Don't think I've ever seen an RP-x bring that much money, save for the more rare RP-3 that looks like a big Mystery Control on steroids, only without the dial.

Chris, hang in there, there will be another one, and more reasonably priced. (I'm assuming you aren't "monique-renea," right? ...Right? Icon_wink )
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12-22-2005, 01:35 PM
Ron,
No I am not. I was very disappointed I did not win it. I don't understand why it went that high! I got my RP2 for $25! Will keep my eyes open. Still have not gotten to restoring the RP2 yet. Too many radios not enough time Icon_lol
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12-22-2005, 05:35 PM
I think $25 is more like it for these models. Chris. One man's opinion. Someone must have wanted it BAD for a Christmas present or something?
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