I bet that's a sharp looking set in person. I've never seen one, but I like the deco look.

I can belive something that old still works. A few years ago I found a RCA BP-10 portable radio. It was made in September 1940, all original, and still had two vintage Eveready batteries in it. The flashlight style A battery had an expiration date of December 1940, and the 467 B battery had a date of January 1941. These had to be the original batteries that came with the radio. Neither one had leaked or was even bulging. The A battery still had the cardboard spacer around it. I figured someone might have gotten it as a present in 1940, didn't really care for it, stuck it in a closet, and was forgotten for nearly 70 years. It probably spent most those years in a/c, dry, away from light and vibration. I put new batteries in and it worked. I can't say it works great, and probably a recap would help a lot. But, I don't have the heart to change it. As they say, it's only original once.