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Pilot Valve Radio G 184 (Circa 1936)
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I rediscovered this old radio up in the attic. It still works although the body frame needs a bit of restoration. Any idea do these radios create any interest among radio collectors?. Thanks
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As they're American, they only rarely turn up in UK auction houses but one fetched a couple of hundred dollars on eBay USA three months ago:
http:// www.eba y.com/i tm/PILO T-MODEL -G184-W OOD-TUB E-RADIO -1936-/ 2011929 25806?p t=LH_De faultDo main_0& amp;has h=item2 ed8086a 6e
Being AC/DC sets, they're potentially lethal (because that usually means a live chassis) so you can't legally sell them as working radios in the UK. You have to sell them using the description of "collectors item only - does not comply with modern PAT testing requirements" but there's nothing to prevent you from adding "in working order" to such a description.
When I get a big win on the National Lottery the one thing I know that I'll do with the money is to start seriously collecting old radios. Until then I've decided to stop buying them. (There's a lovely old Bakelite model, fully working,on the far side of my room). So, regrettably, I can't make you an offer at the moment ;-)
They're certainly lovely radios though:
http:// www.rad iomuseu m.org/r /pilot_ g184.ht ml
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Being AC/DC sets, they're potentially lethal (because that usually means a live chassis) so you can't legally sell them as working radios in the UK. You have to sell them using the description of "collectors item only - does not comply with modern PAT testing requirements" but there's nothing to prevent you from adding "in working order" to such a description.
When I get a big win on the National Lottery the one thing I know that I'll do with the money is to start seriously collecting old radios. Until then I've decided to stop buying them. (There's a lovely old Bakelite model, fully working,on the far side of my room). So, regrettably, I can't make you an offer at the moment ;-)
They're certainly lovely radios though:
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