Posted by Wayne Parham [ 70.128.109.81 ] on April 09, 2009 at 15:17:48:

In Reply to: Wards Airline 62-1057 help? posted by Rhulett1 on April 09, 2009 at 11:32:07:

Montgomery Ward radios were made by other companies, labeled as "Airline" and sold at Montgomery Ward. I have several and all are of good quality, nice looking radios. When I need a schematic, I must search through a list of documents of radios made by various manufacturers to find a match. I identify the chassis by visual inspection, tube complement and layout.

Generally, radios like these have more intrinsic value than extrinsic. You can often pick them up on eBay from $25 to $50. Some models, like (Zenith) TransOceanics go for a little more, maybe $100 to $200. There are some collectables, older models and some novelties, that sell for more. But generally, the dollar amount they'll bring isn't real high. I think these old tube radios are great collectables, but more for the nostalgia than the dollar value.

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