Friday, September 16, 2011

1939 RCA Victor K-105 Antique Tube Radio

1939 RCA Victor K105 (Ch - RC-476).      This is the second of three radios I have had sitting in storage for a long time.   The look of this radio screams nostalgia.  What is really unusual is that RCA manufactured this to also connect to a television and a victrola.   See picture of the inputs in the back.

The woodwork is in good condition and the radio shows well.  A solid and heavy cabinet with a couple of deep scratches in the top and the trim on the front is partially missing.  The cabinet appears to be in much better shape than most items posted on eBay (my opinion).    The glass is in great shape and looks really sharp.   The grill cloth is fully in tack.     It contains all the tubes, electronic chassis and speaker.  The speaker cone appears to be all in tack.  One of the front knobs is missing.   The push button tuning switches do not move the needle but assume this can be fixed by someone with restoration knowledge.

Please look at all the pictures.

Three bands marked on the sides of the glass are:  A - Special Service (police, amateur, aircraft, etc.), B - Domestic and C - International

The knobs are labeled on the cabinet and read as follows from left to right:  1 Television - radio - victrola;  2 Power - Volume; 3 Tuning; 4 Range  A  B  C (for the bands as noted above).

The dial in the middle is the Tenna-vane which I guess is for the "RCA Victor 'Magic Antenna", the no-aerial antenna in the cabinet.

I have not powered up this radio for fear of damage as I have little knowledge in this area.       The ticket hanging off the chassis in the back is not a repair ticket.   It is a storage ticket which I thought was cool so I left it there.   Part of it reads:  " A. Santini & Sons Inc.  Firerproof Warehouses   The Orgininal Santini "  It has the address in the Bronx, N.Y.C. and the phone number Melrose 5 -3800.

I have priced this low to sell quickly.     I have this listed as "Local Pick Up".   However, if you wish to work with UPS or some carrier in the area, please let me know.


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