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Bidding has ended on this item. The seller has relisted this item or one like this. Item:Vintage GE M-125 Tube Radio Console EXTREMELY RARE |
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This is a very old General Electric Model M-125 Wood Console Tube Radio that I cannot find in completed listings, on any Antique radio website nor in any Collectors Guides to Antique Radios that I own. This means it must be rare or really old. It's Mahogany and doesn't have the shine/poly coat of the newer models. The cabinet sits on 6 "acorn" feet which are very unique and in perfect condition. The Upper center dial and grille area used to be covered by a door (see pic showing hinge) I've left the hinges intact as they are original to this unit. The upper center 4x4 dial escutcheon, cover, face and rotary needle are all in excellent condition. Large center speaker below behind a beautiful grille cloth and outer wood grille. I purchased 7 replacement knobs for this unit as the ones that came on it were homemade. Check out the chassis on this one - 12 TUBES. General Electric was going crazy when they made this chassis. Apparently they also added the "New General Electric Tone Equalizer on this unit as seen on both sides of the speaker in the bottom half of the unit. There is one piece of veneer that is pulling up from the rounded corner and one piece of veneer that is missing (see pics). Really clean unit. If someone replaced the cord on this one it would most likely fire right up. Either way it is an absolutely beautiful piece of solid wood furniture. I'm going to be honest with you and Freight will be high on this unit. Not only do I have to ship it freight but with the awesome 12 tube chassis it is a heavy bugger! I know this from experience in purchasing them and previous experience in selling one large console unit on EBay. We'll have to work together with www.freightquote.com. On my listing page go to shipping details and choose commercial (with loading dock) from the pull down menu, they do not do residential delivery. You can have the package delivered to any local BUSINESS address with a loading dock, so if you know someone who owns a business with a loading dock or get freight at your business use that address. I'll package and drop at neighbor's business. It's the cheapest way to move these and trust me, I've done my homework. Many inquiries requesting that I ship greyhound. I've checked into that and they are a bit cheaper BUT they only accept packages that are max 30" high x 47" wide x 82" length and these consoles are 40-45" high and I'm not willing to have it end up shipping on it's side to fit in their compartment. These beauties are worth the shipping! Happy Bidding. I have antique wood cased tube radios, some bakelite cased tube radios and some antique collector novelty radios will all be sold separately so check back often! On Oct-16-09 at 08:22:15 PDT, seller added the following information: My husband and I will be building a crate to ship this unit. We have experimented with just boxing on a previous unit and ended up not comfortable with that so built a crate with top and bottom and 4 corners made of 1x4x8's, Covered front controls, grille area and rear chassis with cardboard, packing paper in and around chassis, then a complete bubble wrap of all of that, styrofoam sheeting on all sides top and bottom and a final wrap in cardboard. Stapled and taped. See feedback, previous console customer was very pleased with the radio and the transaction. These are too expensive and beautiful to chance damage in transit. On Oct-24-09 at 06:59:36 PDT, seller added the following information:
On Oct-24-09 at 07:02:51 PDT, seller added the following information: I was advised by an antique radio expert that this radio is a Pre-War Console and the details regarding it are in the Complete Guide to Antique Radios: Pre-War Consoles (don't have this one as I've never needed it). I've ordered one and hopefully I'll get it in time to update and tell all interested parties all about this old beauty. If I don't get it prior to auction end I will share with the winner what I read there. Thanks. On Oct-27-09 at 18:25:24 PDT, seller added the following information: I was informed by an EBay contact that this radio is the same as the RCA model 281. In the Collectors Guide to Antique Radios I did find this RCA Model and Description reads 1934 wood, lowboy, inner round dial, lower cloth grille with cut-outs double doors, 6 legs, BC, SW, LW, 12 tubes, AC .... $160-$220. THIS DESCRIPTION IS EXACT. On Oct-27-09 at 18:34:27 PDT, seller added the following information: I was premature in my above reference. I found the RCA Model number in the Antique Radio Guide and so I shared the information. I did a little more research just to be sure and found a photo of the RCA 281 and the cabinets do not match. Both models do have a 12 tube chassis. Sorry about the misinformation. I wish my Pre-War Console Radio Guide would get here! Will share when it arrives. On Oct-29-09 at 15:55:00 PDT, seller added the following information: My complete Guide to Antique Radios: Pre-War Consoles by Mark V. Stein arrived - finally. It's different than the radio guides I'm used to. The information it gives on the GE M125 is: circa 935, 12 tubes, 4 bands, $300. There was a nice picture of the radio there and it used to have double doors on the front that swing out from the center instead of the "door" I mentioned earlier. That's all the additional information I have on this one. It's 75 years old and still here for us to enjoy! |
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