I recently picked up a Philco 95 for bargain, considering all filaments of tubes, including the 2 45 were good. My price book from Slusser ? is old. Could anyone give me current price of this radio. Will reveal what I paid for it then.

My 6th edition of Sluser says $150-170. Values of antique radios have not be increasing, in general, so that number is probably optimistic. There is a limited market for consoles, like yours. They are expensive to ship, so the market tends to be local. Then, when somebody has one or two consoles, there often isn't room left for any more.

Your best bet is to keep it and enjoy it. Otherwise, if you want to sell it for the top dollar, the tubes, particularly the 45s, are probably worth more than the whole set, I'm sad to say.

:My 6th edition of Sluser says $150-170. Values of antique radios have not be increasing, in general, so that number is probably optimistic. There is a limited market for consoles, like yours. They are expensive to ship, so the market tends to be local. Then, when somebody has one or two consoles, there often isn't room left for any more.
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:Your best bet is to keep it and enjoy it. Otherwise, if you want to sell it for the top dollar, the tubes, particularly the 45s, are probably worth more than the whole set, I'm sad to say.
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Hi, I restore radios for "Ricks Restoration" as seen on TV under "American Restoration" on the History Channel. 90% of the radios I restore are consoles, people will pay a couple thousand dollars to have their radio completely restored and if they plan to sell it they would be very lucky to get a couple hundred for them. They all sound and look great but shipping is a huge problem and realy hurts the bottom line when selling. I'm with dcriner enjoy it I have one console a Philco model 90 Highboy and I enjoy listening to it, but know I could never get what it is worth. Enjoy, George T

::My 6th edition of Sluser says $150-170. Values of antique radios have not be increasing, in general, so that number is probably optimistic. There is a limited market for consoles, like yours. They are expensive to ship, so the market tends to be local. Then, when somebody has one or two consoles, there often isn't room left for any more.
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::Your best bet is to keep it and enjoy it. Otherwise, if you want to sell it for the top dollar, the tubes, particularly the 45s, are probably worth more than the whole set, I'm sad to say.
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:Hi, I restore radios for "Ricks Restoration" as seen on TV under "American Restoration" on the History Channel. 90% of the radios I restore are consoles, people will pay a couple thousand dollars to have their radio completely restored and if they plan to sell it they would be very lucky to get a couple hundred for them. They all sound and look great but shipping is a huge problem and realy hurts the bottom line when selling. I'm with dcriner enjoy it I have one console a Philco model 90 Highboy and I enjoy listening to it, but know I could never get what it is worth. Enjoy, George T
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Thanks men for the info. Got guy to come down to 30 bucks when I told him 2 tubes [the45s] cost 18 dollars each. Now if I could just find the electrolytic capactors. Not under chassis. Must be in that black box front right hand. Removed 4 screws but cover not want to come off.

Now if I could just find the electrolytic capactors. Not under chassis. Must be in that black box front right hand. Removed 4 screws but cover not want to come off.

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Yes, most radio manufacturers of this era (which only spanned 4-5 years) tended to "package" their filter components (choke, capacitors) in a metal box, the excess space inside often filled with tar, pitch, wax, or gutta percha. Fortunately, most of these boxes have no "buried electrical nodes" so it is possible to bypass the internal caps with small modern replacements installed out of sight under the chassis, making sure that the wires to the original potted caps are disconnected.

You could alternately bake out the potting (if it's tar, wax, or pitch) and stuff the box with the new parts, but this is messy, time consuming, and even more of a marriage hazard than the antique radio hobby itself is.