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I've had a number of them pass through my hands. One year I drug home 2 or 3 Magnavoxes plus an Emerson; there was a high-end RCA from the late 50s which was sort of in that same style. I had a Motorola that I held on to for years, and when I was a kid I had a Sparton. Most all ended up parted out, something I hated to do but I just simply didn't have the room. I have saved a Capehart and a Stromberg-Carlson. The S-C I bought in the early 90s at a used furniture store that also had an empty cabinet for the same model, but I left it there.
A little over a year ago a friend asked me to do something with their postwar Zenith side-by-side, in really nice shape. I gave up after no response through the usual channels. I hauled it to the local auction barn where it sold for, darn, $3! Which is why I usually part it out-I could have sold the phono on ebay for $15 or more, and maybe that much for the chassis. I see these sets all the time. On vacation the other week we hit a lot of flea markets and I spotted a couple late 40s RCA combos, gathering dust. One thing I noted was a vendor selling LP's at inflated prices and he had about a half dozen console stereos (plus one of the aforementioned RCA's). I wonder how many he sells?
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Bryan
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