Looking for auction and sales results for Louis XV with Phantom Deluxe AM/FM

[Auroraoldradios]

I've tried searching the usual suspects but came up with nothing. Is there a way to search old auctions on Estes or other sites? Someone is interested in buying mine and I'm trying to find a pricing range that's fair for both of us. I'm guessing that not too many come up for sale.

[Auroraoldradios]

Yes, KK-253. You may already have it. With an invoice date of 8/24/40, that should give you a couple of solid data points. Also note the cabinet speaker mounting board has no openings for tweeters.

[David C. Poland]

Evidently - the selected cabinet's details were matched to the specific radio being built. Scott built radios, not cabinets. Most of Scott's 1930's cabinets offered were made by Rockford Peerless Furniture Co and were exclusive for Scott customers. So, such details as wood control panel cutouts, the speaker baffle cut outs, and any phonograph selected were customized to the radio ordered. Some cabinet baffle boards were cut for tweeters and arrived with 5 inch wood covers over the tweeter holes, I suppose as a provision for the customer to later add tweeters. The radio chassis and speaker were shipped in boxes and the cabinet arrived separately sometime around the time or soon after the customer received his radio. The buyer or a local Scott rep then installed the radio in the cabinet and attached the various escutcheons. 

It also may be with your build date, the optional hi-fi speaker system (1940 Scott News Vol 12 Number 2) was only newly available.

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This implies if an older Scott cabinet would accommodate a newer model, Rockford Peerless could provide a new wood control panel to match the older Scott cabinet finish.

[David C. Poland]

Your photos show and an exceptionally nice radio and cabinet.

I see your receiver chassis rear apron was drilled for small sockets to support such items as a phono, but have metal fillers installed.

Also, your single speaker has a "High Fidelity" label which makes me wonder if it has a tweeter mounted inside, being an early production FM Phantom.  Your speaker is different than the 12 inch speaker that was in AM only Phantom Deluxe.

Scott offered the Louis XV 1939-40  a year and more after Zenith for his 1937 15 tube model. Scott priced it at a seemingly low $30 price. Wonder if Scott got a deal on prepared but unsold cabinets.