Scott Thomas' Attic
"Selling radios at the Radio Attic since June 2023"

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Crosley 59 "Showboy" (1931)
(wood tube cathedral radio)

Crosley 59 "Showboy" (1931)

NEW!SALE!  This is truly one of the rarest of all Crosley radios. This Repwood radio is molded with sawdust and glue under pressure and predates the millions Bakelite radios that followed it. It has its Crosley badge intact and in the back of the cabinet it is identified as a "Showboy." It is a Tuned Radio Frequency (TRF) which is a primitive radio type. It tunes the AM band. This is a working radio. It was partially restored in 1981 and it plays and tunes well if you live in town. It requires an antenna and if you live in a rural area it will require a very long antenna. We were able to tune multiple stations here in Portland where I live. We added a fuse and all of the tubes are the balloon type tubes used at the time of manufacture. It has a very unusual tuner, the dial slides from side to side. The radio is not huge, but it is very, very heavy! 13-3/4"H x 12-3/4"W x 10"D.  Was $999.00, now $799.00. (1830073)

Crosley 59 "Showboy" (1931)

NEW!SALE!  This is truly one of the rarest of all Crosley radios. This Repwood radio is molded with sawdust and glue under pressure and predates the millions Bakelite radios that followed it. It has its Crosley badge intact and in the back of the cabinet it is identified as a "Showboy." It is a Tuned Radio Frequency (TRF) which is a primitive radio type. It tunes the AM band. This is a working radio. It was partially restored in 1981 and it plays and tunes well if you live in town. It requires an antenna and if you live in a rural area it will require a very long antenna. We were able to tune multiple stations here in Portland where I live. We added a fuse and all of the tubes are the balloon type tubes used at the time of manufacture. It has a very unusual tuner, the dial slides from side to side. The radio is not huge, but it is very, very heavy! 13-3/4"H x 12-3/4"W x 10"D.  Was $999.00, now $799.00. (1830073)
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