The earliest (1926) AC-powered Panatropes used a 199 tube. These were premium sets in their day, selling for at least twice the price of a Credenza, for the phonograph-only styles. The models with radios were over $1000. To the student of technology, they are a wonderful collectible (as an example of the first all-electric phonograph) and somewhat hard to find. Unfortunately, there are few people collecting them, so they do not seem to have much value. I would say a non- working Panatrope is a $200-$400 machine, unless it is in an custom cabinet. You see them now and then on ebay, and they sell in this range.
On Jan 1, 2009, at 3:53 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Anyone care to comment on how rare a Brunswick Panatrope is? Is it a > desirable machine since it is an early all electronic phonograph? > It is not > currently working and is missing the three amplifier stage tubes > though the turntable > functions perfectly. A non-phonograph collector friend wants to put > it up for > sale but does not know the value. Being an Edison only collector I > wasn't > interested and could not help him. It is in a cabinet comparable to > my Edison > C2 in quality and looks fairly clean. It is definitely earlier than > the C2 > with a horn speaker and tubes like a UX199. > > Any comments will be appreciated. > > Al > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is > making > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
