3 radios scored

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Anyone remember my post about the Gold Coast Gallery ? http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=244359

Well, they've lost their lease, will be closing 11/22 and are having a blowout sale. Anything left over will be going to a liquidation outfit. Maybe it will show up cheap in the local classifieds - maybe it will disapper? So I grabbed my buddy and headed over. I wasn't really expecting much because I had already purchased what I really wanted and the prices were kinda high. Plus, I'm really out of room, but I figured I might grab a few tubes or knick-nacks.

I was surprised to see that about half of the radios and TVs were gone. The TeleTone 7", dual RCA T-100S, and B&W RCA in the "wingate" cabinet were still there. Maybe I'll go back on Sunday and grab them....

Well, to my surprise they were really open to haggling so I carried out 3 more radios. A Philco 70, Philco 38-7CS (charside), and a Sparton 400.


Here's the Philco 70. I think it's been refinished. It looks too light and has no decals. Also it's had a PM speaker added in an interesting mod. I wonder if that's the original speaker cannibalized for it's xfrmr ?
It has a nice set of globe tubes and early electrolytics.



Here's the Philco 38-7CS. It's my first chair-side and first set with cone-centric tuning. Looks like there may be a little re-wiring and one of the pots. is missing. Cleans up nice though and came with a vintage headset.



Finally, here's the Sparton 400. I was on my way out and asked if he had any vintage movie posters. I thought I might find some cool noir stuff like "Double Indemnity" or "Dial M for Murder". No luck there, but noticed this radio way up on top of a bookcase. The asking price was steep, but I talked him way down. Nice little set but it's missing it's 183 tube - damn I need two of them now! Very hard to find/expensive.



Oh, one last thing. I grabbed a few random tubes. A couple 80s (good), a 6BG6 (bad) and these odd bulbs ??? Anyone know what they are ?