Another Radio! - 1930s Truetone model D-727

[LarryInMichigan]

I haven't found much in the way of phones around here lately, but I found an interesting radio at a nearby estate sale.  It is a 1930s Truetone model D-727.  It is in very good condition, and it does mostly work, at least on the standard broadcast band (MW).  it is quite large (21 1/4"W x 12"H x 9"D).  It was marked $199 yesterday and reduced to $150 today.  I offered $120, and they accepted.  I don't know if I got a good deal or not.



Larry

[rp2813]

Nice looking radio.

It doesn't matter so much if you got a good deal or not, as long as you like it.

[Nilsog]

Man, some of the stuff you guys come across makes me jealous. I'd love to come across some old radios, expecially if they work. Thats a beaut, and Ralph is right- as long as you like it, its worth what you paid.

[Bill]

Nilsog -

I don't mean to hijack this thread, and we should immediately take this off line if it gets into specifics. I have collected old radios for about 25 years, and I am now in the process of selling off my collection (to concentrate on telephones!) I am in Wells, Maine, so figure shipping from there.

Email me for details - my email address is in my profile. Other members welcome to reply, of course.

Dennis, if I have overstepped, please feel free to delete this.

Bill

[LarryInMichigan]

Bill,

I don't think that your message is hijacking the thread at all.  If you have a link to pictures and information about your radios, please post it.  I am sure that several forum members would be interested.

Larry

[Bill]

Thanks for the invitation, Larry. I will rely on Dennis to keep me in line, but I don't think we want to get real commercial on this site - we should go offline if it gets to that.

Easiest place to look at a few of my radios is
http://www.radioatticarchives.com/contributor.htm?code=81
My contributions to this site were made quite a number of years ago. I still have many but not all of the radios shown, and of course I have quite a number of others that have not made it into this gallery. If anyone wants to email me with questions about a particular radio, or to inquire about a radio not shown or a general preference for old radios (wood vs plastic, table vs floor model, 1920s vs 1930s, etc), I will try to respond. Perhaps I will try to update the gallery in the next few weeks as well.

[Doug Rose]

Nilsog -

I don't mean to hijack this thread, and we should immediately take this off line if it gets into specifics. I have collected old radios for about 25 years, and I am now in the process of selling off my collection (to concentrate on telephones!) I am in Wells, Maine, so figure shipping from there.

Email me for details - my email address is in my profile. Other members welcome to reply, of course.

Dennis, if I have overstepped, please feel free to delete this.

Bill

Bill...I am at Janet's father's house in Kennebunk this weekend. I didn't know you were so close, I wondered why  phones were not showing up at the Arundel Flea Market anymore ...Doug

[Dennis Markham]

Bill, I have no problem at all with you discussing your radios and/or some you'd like to sell.  This "Off Topic" section is fine as we've discussed radios many times in the past.  You may even start a new "topic" in this "Off Topic" area if you'd like.

I suppose we'd have to watch things on a case-by-case basis so it doesn't become a use car lot but personally I like radios....a couple of the member of this forum are also members of the radio collectors forums as well.

[rp2813]

Bill, I would love to see more pictures.

That S.C. 235H is interesting and rich looking, but the little bakelite RCA with aeronautical dial is a scene stealer.  The Trail Blazer is a handsome set too.

[Bill]

Thanks all for the encouragement. I will try to get an up-to-date set of pictures taken and stashed somewhere within the next few days.

The 235H is a handsome radio - I love it. Sad to say, at some point in its life, someone pulled the pushbutton assembly out of it, so it looks a little dopey now with all the open holes in the faceplate. I've located another assembly, but it is in a console (floor model) radio in Kentucky. The price of the radio is a bit high, though maybe manageable, but shipping a console to New England would be prohibitive. The owner won't ship anyway - it is pickup only - and he refuses to pull out the parts I need and ship them. So for the moment, I am stuck.

Nice-looking old radios are a lot of fun.

Bill