Gorgeous Emerson 540 4 tube Bakelite Midget 1940\'s Art Deco Radio.
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Gorgeous Emerson 540 4 tube Bakelite Midget 1940\'s Art Deco Radio. :
$65.00
Offered is a Deco Bakelite Emerson 540 Tube Radio. Check out this beauty!
This Sweet Little Midget is in great condition. A very popular collectable.
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Emerson 540A CASE MATERIAL- Brown Bakelite. SIZE- 6 1/2\" W x 5\" H x 3 1/2\" D
This radio is ingood cosmetic condition with one small chip atback of cabinet.
Non-working. Tthe chassis seems to be complete the knobs do not turn correctly. The deep molasses bakelite case has beautiful marbling.
As a reminder, these vintage radios are not meant for everyday use, nor should they be played for extended periods of time. Shipped to the lower 48 with loving care. Double boxed and very well packed.
The Emerson model 540/540A,features a tiny cabinet housing an All-American-Five (AA5) AC/DC superhet tuning the standard broadcast band. It was offered in a choice of four different colors of plastic:- walnut bakelite, ivory plaskon, red plaskon and mint green plaskon. All had black bullet style knobs. The 540 was advertised as \"the world\'s smallest ac/dc superhet\" and in walnut it had an original list price of $19.95. Other colors were priced $5 more at $24.95. The cases are very fragile and as a result relatively few have survived. Today, the 540 is highly collectible and the red and green ones in clean, undamaged condition can command a price that runs into four figures! Frequency coverage is from 540 -1620kc. The 540 uses the AA5 miniature tube complement:- 12BE6 (mixer/LO), 12BA6 (IF amp), 12AT6 (2nd detector/AVC/1st AF), 50B5 (AF output) and 35W4 (rectifier). 540A Schematic. The 540\'s styling is very similar to the pre-war Emerson CF-255 from 1939. However, due to the larger tube technology available back at that time, the CF-255 had to make do with just two tubes!
Gorgeous Emerson 540 4 tube Bakelite Midget 1940\'s Art Deco Radio. :
$65.00