Beautiful, working, prewar Sonora wood tube radio

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Beautiful, working, prewar Sonora wood table radio. This set dates to the 1941/42 model year. Beautiful, original finish, it is for the discriminating person who values originality in their collectibles/antiques. This unit stands in direct contrast to some of those refinished sets you see on ebay that say "professionally refinished with grain fillers, toners and lacquers", only to look like a craft fair/high school student job that you could scratch your fingernail in the exposed wood grain and have the wrong amount of luster in the refinish- and many times looking bleached in tone and flat/lifeless with no reflectivity. The styling is early forties, no mistaking that- the beautiful sleigh/waterfall front cabinet. Mark Stein in his Radiomania series of collector books attributes the cabinet to the Ingraham Clock Company of Connecticut, however t is no tag on the cabinet to confirm this. Unit has original knobs, dial glass, grille mesh (behind the grille bars), and cardboard back. The set plays loudly, clearly with good tone, no hum. Has good, safe, power cord, and working dial light. The radio measures 12 inches wide, 7 1/2 deep and 8 inches high. All radios sold have had preventative electrical maintainence, so that they perform as well in the foreseeable future...as they do when you first get them. I stand behind the components read more

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