1922 Marconi Model C Radio w/Good Tipped Tubes & Rare Orig. Marconi Battery Box

Description: If you're an uncompromising collector of antique technology, make sure to check out all my listings after you look at this one. I don't think you'll find a better, broader or more balanced assortment of technical antiques anywhere -- hundreds of listings each year, almost all of them featuring eye-popping "gee whiz" gadgetry in exceptional original condition. And don't forget, you can click this link to quickly add and then save me to your favorite seller list and Ebay will automatically send you updates when I put similar new listings online. Manufactured in early 1922 by Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. of Canada, the 3-piece Model C receiving set was the first broadcast radio sold by Marconi into the Canadian marketplace. Comprising a tuner, a detector and a 2-stage amplifier -- all housed individually in quarter sawn oak cabinets -- the complete radio sold for $195 when new, an exorbitant amount of money at the time, which may explain why so few of them were sold. When you factor in the price of the accessory battery box (an additional $22), the total outlay came to more than $220 -- at a time when the average cost of a home in Canada was around five or six thousand dollarsCondition of all four Marconi components is excellent, as is the Murdock 56 headset you see resting atop them all (the headset was found inside the battery box, and though it's not a Marconi headset, it's also included). Everything is as pristine as you could hope for: clean, undamaged panels; original panel screws; original cabinet finish; original dials; clean, crisp original engraving fill; original binding post assemblies; original tuner parts, original AF transformers, original wiring; etc. All three tipped tubes have good emissions.The tuner and detector have been tested with an ARBEIII power supply, and they're still capable of receiving AM broadcasts when connected to a good earth (not household wiring) and a longwire outdoor antenna (at least 120 feet long and 10 feet above the ground). One of the two AF transformers in the 2-stage amplifier tests open for continuity and will need to be rewound, bridged or bypassed in order for the amplifier to power a loudspeaker. Otherwise, the radio will work only with headphones.The last picture, which depicts Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at the helm of a Model C during a 1922 visit to Montreal, comes from Jerry Proc's excellent website, where you can find tons of great info related to Marconi of Canada and Marconi of America.When the three components are mounted on the battery box, the radio measures approximately 22" wide by 9" high by 7" deep. A beautiful, uncommon early radio receiving set in exceptional original condition. I'm one of ebay's best known, most highly regarded sellers of antique radios, and I specialize in radios from the 1920's. I've been selling and shipping them for more than 25 years. When you purchase an antique radio from me, you'll receive a radio that arrives safely because it's been carefully packed (by me, not by some well-intentioned but nonetheless confounded, doe-eyed teenager working at the UPS store who wouldn't know a phonograph from a farm tool), Sure, you can probably get a lower price from Joe and Janet Barn-Find, but when your "bargain" arrives broken, and without any hint of how you might be able to put it back together, you'll realize that you really do get exactly what you pay for.

Price: 2750 USD

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-11-15T02:01:00.000Z

Shipping Cost: 90 USD