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Sale of Vintage Radios and Equipment
list revised 5.9.10, prices crunched

radios, loudspeakers, items of test equipment and mini TVs, 1920 - 1970, in alphabetical order of manufacturers.

Photos and more details provided on request. Most radios include circuit diagram and servicing information.

Items will be sent with the carrier Parcel2go, well packed. Buyer pays carriage (usually £10-15).

Payment by Paypal or cheque. If not satisfied, return for a full refund. 100% positive feedback as seller on eBay.

If you're interested in anything on this list
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Radios

Bush B.A.51

Release date: 1937
Original price:
Battery 4 valve table set; LW/MW/SW, winner of ugliest set contest. Output tranny o/c, no knobs, not working, untested..

£20


Bush DAC10

Release date: 1949
MW/LW/SW

Classic bakelite.
Not tested.
£65

Bush TR82C
Release date: 1959
Original price: £17 8s. 11d.

7 transistor LW/MW portable; often seen on TV when directors want to say 1960s.

Unrestored, good condition, working.

£80


Bush VHF80

Release date: 1960

Original price: £15 17s. 2d.

6v + 1 AC/DC MW/LW/VHF small table set

Restored, not by me, good external condition but suffers from motorboating, could be smoothing capacitors.

£35


Cossor 363 Super-Ferrodyne

Release date: early 30s

Original price:
3 valve battery TRF

Unrestored. Wear around knobs but otherwise good condition. The smaller of 2 concentric tuning knobs is missing (trimmer control).

£85


Defiant MSH914

1930s

"6 Valve All-Wave AC Receiver". TRF with 2 RF stages (?)

Unrestored, good condition

£95


Derwent tranny

Release date: 1960's

Original price: ?

6 transistors, AF115, 2 x AF117, OC81D, 2 x OC81 + 1 diode; a Morris Minor among tranny radios.

Battered and with the back missing, works fine.

£15


Ekco A110 "Connoisseur"

Release date: 1949

Original price: £15 10s. 8d.

4 + 1 valves; no continuous tuning; 4 presets. With free spare chassis if required (includes valves).

Unrestored, working but distorted.

£30


Ekco A277

Release date: July 1956

Original price: £23 8s. 4d.

5 + 1 + tuning indicator EM80; FM only, dual speakers.

Classy radio, good condition, untested.

£50


Ekco A455

Release date: early 1960's

Original price:
Mains transistor table top set. Same case as U332

Working, slightly distorted.

£20. A455 and U332 together £35 - makes a good pair due to identical cases.


Ekco U332

Release date: early 1960's

Original price:
Mains 3v + 1 AC/DC superhet table top set. Same case as A455

Untested. Some of the white backing on tuning scale is peeling; all lettering intact.

£20. A455 and U332 together £35 - makes a good pair due to identical cases.


Ever Ready Sky Leader

Release date: 1958

Original price: £15 8s. 5d.

First Ever Ready tranny.

OC44, 2xOC45, OC81D, 2xOC81

Working. Strap missing, otherwise good condition.

£50


GEC 4040

Release date: 1939

Original price:
4 + 1 valves, mechanical automatic tuning (o/c)

Medium size Bakelite table radio, working (using continuous tuning).

£45

Hacker RP10
Release date: 1962
7 transistors
MW/LW
Good condition, great tone, working order.
£85







Radios continued

Hacker Herald RP35
Release date: 1967
10 transistors + diode, 18v supply
Has intermittent fault; either works brilliantly (with great tone) or not at all. "These sets are often found in a non-working state, due to failure of the AF117 transistor in the mixer stage" according to a web source.

£35

Hacker Hunter RP38A
Release date: 1968
10 transistors + diode, 18v supply.
MW/LW/FM
Good condition, great tone, working order.
£65

5 x home made sets, all from mid to late 1920s:
3 x chassis without valves;
1 beautifully preserved (apart from broken reaction capacitor) 3 valve TRF in warped wooden case - untreated wood, possibly;
and 1 3-valver bashed around by Parcelforce; case and 1 valve (Mullard PM1HF) broken.
Offers for any or all.

Invicta 36
Release date: 1950s
Original price:
4v + 1 table model, 4 wavebands inc. Trawler Band. Well restored externally. Working.
£25


Murphy A242

Release date: 1955

Original price:
9 valve inc. rectifier and tuning indicator. LW/MW/SW/VHF.
Top of the range wooden table radio. Very good condition. Untested.
£80


Osram Music Magnet 3

Release date: 1928

3 valve battery TRF - RF, Det, LF

Being restored - enquiries welcome.


2 x Osram Music Magnet 4

Release date: 1930

4 valve battery TRF - 2 x RF, Det, LF

1 kit of parts, complete, including case, knobs etc., from dismantled set
; 1 in wooden case, no knobs but otherwise
complete.

Pam TX195

Circuit like Pam TB77, release date: Aug 1960, price: £22 5s 2d.

7 transistors, 1 AF116 and 6 x Newmarket, looks like wooden valve table set.
Untested. Fair external condition.

£30


Philips 341A

Release date: 1952

Original price: £14 6s. 9d.

Complete, untested, has been worked on by a previous owner, no idea if it's good work.

£10


Philips 577A "Superinductance"
Release date: 1935
Original price: 13 gns.
4v + 1 AC TRF
Fair condition, complete, untested.
Case recently restored by Mr. J. Grandison of Edinburgh.
£160


Philips 785AX

Release date: 1937
Original price: £15 15s 0d

5 + 1 valves; features Monoknob multi-function control (working order). Hinged control panel in top (swings up).

P.O.A.


Pye 1352

Release date: 1963

Original price:
Small crap transistor radio, uses AF117 series transistors.
Complete with original box.
£30

Radiophone Straight Two
Release date: 1931
2 valve battery TRF.
Complete, untested, very grimy, speaker cloth crumpled at lower left.
£100

Regentone D15
Release date: 1956

Original price:
Small bakelite AC/DC set, LW/MW, nice design.

Fully restored by J. Urban of Anstruther, working.

£55

Revophone Crystal Set
Release date: 1923

Original price:
Crystal set; cat's whisker detector

Good condition, includes original instructions in lid and new replacement crystal in contemporary "Cymosite" tin.

£185




Radios continued

Roberts R200
Release date: 1961

Original price:
Classic 7 transistor portable

Working. Good condition.

£75

Roberts RIC 2
Release date: 1961

Original price:
Classic 7 transistor portable

Working. Good condition.

£75

Roberts R300
Release date: 1961

Original price:
Classic 7 transistor portable

Working. Good condition.

£75


Roberts RP4

Release date: 1951

Original price: 21 gns.

4 valve battery portable.

Good condition, complete, untested.

£125


Schaub-Lorenz 38111 Savoy Stereo 10

Release date: 1960/61

Original price: ? marks

6 valves inc. tuning indicator + metal rectifier, LW/MW/SW/FM, stereo although possibly just the audio section - were there any stereo broadcasts in 1961?

Untested. Crack in tuning scale. Loose metal strips on fascia.

£25


Selector suitcase portable

Release date: late 20s/early 30s

Original price:
TRF?

£155


Ultra 105

Release date: 1937

Original price: £8 8s. 0d.

4 valve battery superhet; 120v H.T., 2v L.T.

Untested, complete apart from missing back.

£25


Ultra Transistor Six

Release date: 1958

Original price: 20 guineas inc. tax

Uses Mazda XA/B/C series transistors
Early example of a tranny.

Working order, good condition, 

£65


Wartime Civilian Receiver

Release date: June 1944

Original price: £12 3s. 4d.

3 + 1 valves plus Westector A.F. diode; standard design made by 42 different manufacturers; this one, code U8, made by Philips Lamps.

Untested, back missing.

£65


Loudspeakers


Blue Spot Loudspeaker

early 30s

In rectangular wooden case

Untested. Good condition.

£55



Test Gear


Amplion Convette M2V

Release date: 1951

Original price: £6 16s. 6d.

Mains power supply for battery sets - 90/120v HT, 1.3 - 2v LT.

Untested.

£40


Weston Model E772 Type 3 Analyser
Release date: late 1940s?
1000 ohm per volt volt/ohm/milliammeter

In good condition, working, case battered on the outside, handle broken.
£45

Kriegsmarine Voltmeter

Release date: 1939-45

Original price:
Taken from U-boat at Rosyth during the war. Has eagle and swastika emblem on the front.

£125


Mini TVs


Aniko TV-328

Release date: ?

Original price: £15 new (in 2003 - maybe very old stock?)

5.5" B+W TV with AM/FM radio. TV switchable between VHF 405 lines and UHF 625 lines.
£15

Casio TV-1400

Release date: c. 1990

Original price: c. £100

LCD Pocket Colour Television
£55