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Model 9-S-262, 1938. Here
is the entry-level 9-tube console for this model year.
It features Zenith’s hot new “robot dial,” automatic
electric tuning, between station silencer and changing
thin metal dials for each band selected. Zenith
introduced the green 6T5 eye-tube with the 1938
model year. Today, a NOS 6T5 tube is very
rare and brings over $100. Most collectors opt
to use a 6E5 or 6U5 tube as a replacement, since these
can be purchased for under $30. Recently, this
radio has been snapped up by new collectors partly
because it is used in the Microsoft Windows98
screen-saver “The Golden Age.” I am currently
trying to secure a print of the 1939 Russell Lee photograph
which shows a couple sitting in a living room with
this radio in the background. The photo was shot
for the Farm Security Administration at a house in
Hidalgo County, Texas. Originally this set sold for
$99.95, today expect to pay between $500.00-$800.00
for a nice original. |
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