E H Scott AW 23 + 1940 brochure or booklet

[C Jack Morton]

All,

Hello, my name is Jack Morton. I recently joined because I acquired a beautiful AW 23?? at an estate sale. It came with a 32 page brochure or booklet from 1940 that is in great shape. Do I have something with any worth?

Let me say I do sell on eBay as tanpony, but I love old tube radios. My knowledge of them is limited but I really appreciate these vintage items.

Jack Morton

tanpony

[Kent King]

Jack - Welcome to the group! If you have indeed acquired a Scott set you do have something of value. If you can, please post a few pictures of the set. Depending on the model and the cabinet, the value could vary quite a bit. If you have questions or would like info, please ask away, we're all here to help!

Kent

[C Jack Morton]

Here are 3 pictures. I did not mention that there was not a cabinet. You can see it is in very nice shape. I will have someone look at it to test it when I get home (that is why the van.

Any input will be apprecated.

Jack

[Kent King]

Jack -

Yes, you do have an AW23. There are two major versions of this set and you have an earlier one. Can you possibly get me the serial number of the set? (it will be a letter-number on the back). I may be able to approximate a date for it from that. Do you have a speaker?

The chassis and amp look to be in really good shape, chrome looks very nice. The catalog item you have is actually fairly common, and I reprinted it about 15 years ago. Since it is 3 hole punched, I wouldn't think it would fetch more than $10-$12. The two chassis are another story. Since they are clean, you have a set worth a may $200 to $400, depending on who needs/wants one and all. The speakers are quite desirable, since they are usually missing.

A really good find, and well worth saving/restoring.

Kent

[C Jack Morton]

Kent,

It's serial is A-633, thanks for your help.

Jack

[Kent King]

Jack -

Thanks...I did not have that number. Unfortunately, I do not have any baseline dates in the "A" prefix, so I can't put a calendar date to it. There were modifications made to sets with serial numbers above 500, so we know it will have those. Im afraid I can't say too much more about it....

Kent

[C Jack Morton]

Kent,

here are pictures of the bottom of the set. It shows 2 dates that are on it but I do not know the meaning. The other is a list of patent numbers.

Kent King said:

Jack -

Thanks...I did not have that number. Unfortunately, I do not have any baseline dates in the "A" prefix, so I can't put a calendar date to it. There were modifications made to sets with serial numbers above 500, so we know it will have those. Im afraid I can't say too much more about it....

Kent

[Norman S Braithwaite]

Jack:

As evidenced by paper collars on two of the larger shields, one an IF transformer and the other the audio driver transformer, two repairs have been conducted on your receiver by an authorized Scott service shop.  I suspect that the dates written on the bottom plate are the dates of service.

Norman

[C Jack Morton]

Norman,

Thanks for the update, it is much appreciated. Did these Scott's all come with the same maker of tubes or was it a mixture?

Jack

[Kent King]

Jack -

It depends on the time period and the availability of supplies. Scott used either RCA/Cunningham tubes or Arcturus. By the AW23, they were mostly sold with RCA/Cunningham tubes.

Kent

[Y2K Bruce]

I bought an AW23 7 knob set from the original owner's daughter's family in 2004 and included was a NIB set of spare tubes.

They were all Sylvania branded.

[Norman S Braithwaite]

I also believe that Scott used Sylvania tubes starting sometime during production of the AW-23 up through WWII.

Norman