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    Posted 14 years ago

    potrero
    (156 items)

    When I was in elementary school I bought one of these at a yard sale down the street for I think 75 cents. Maybe it was a buck. It wasn’t the fanciest color combo… just all yellow, the most common one. It also had one small, not very noticeable burn mark in the cabinet, and I think one of the knobs was missing or damaged. But I just liked it… the shape, the handle, the dial.

    Fast forward a few years, and I started to see the really nice multi-colored ones around with price tags in the four figures. Way more than I could afford. I found some dealer who offered me $100 for mine, and took it. Wow, wish I hadn’t! Anyway, What I love about these is really the colors – so vibrant (of course, that’s if nobody left it sitting in the sun – Catalin like Bakelight is notorious for fading).

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    Comments

    1. mhlatke, 13 years ago
      Fada was the king of catalin radios. Wish I had one in my modest collection - best I could find/afford was one of their less expensive and more common brown bakelite radios.
    2. Signaholic Signaholic, 13 years ago
      Great lookin Bullets!
    3. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Wonderful!
    4. HippieArchaeologist HippieArchaeologist, 6 years ago
      I love, love, love these. I sold my Fada bullet Radio when I retired, wish I hadn't - was my favorite yard sale find ever. These are killer.
    5. Rulandma Rulandma, 6 years ago
      These are wonderful!!!

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