Motorola Antique Radios
The brand Motorola is often associated today to mobile phones. But to an antique radio collector, the Motorola brand is totally different. The company was established as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928 by founders Joseph and Paul V. Galvin. The company started in manufacturing battery eliminators. It’s an early form of power converter that enables battery powered radios to run with household electric current. But the device became obsolete, and as a result, the brothers looked for another product to manufacture. Instead of regular radios, they created something even better
–a radio for cars. The product was named Motorola which became the company’s name because of its success.
Motorola never made another radio again until 1955. This rarity has made collectors scrambling for two products Motorola has made
–the 30s car radio and the 50s high powered transistor. Because of the niche Motorola has created during the 30s it became one of the well known brands but also the rarest in terms of transistor radios. The company focused most of their resources on communication radios. The 50s radio of Motorola on the other hand is also a collectors item because of limited manufacturing compared to the 30s where there is very little competition during its production.
Antique Motorola Bakelite Tube Radio----Works good----very good cond. |
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Motorola antique radio speaker |
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Antique Vintage Motorola Radio Works 1952? Cord AC and Portable - Flip up Cover |
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$59.00 $65.00 |
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Antique Radio Motorola PLAYS |
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Antique Nova Motorola Solid State AM radio |
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Antique Vintage 1930s 40s_____ a m " Motorola Radio" . |
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Vintage Motorola Speakerphone Radio Remote Control Unit 1948-1955 Antique Tube |
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$70.00 | 9d 8h 37m | |
ANTIQUE AD FOR MOTOROLA AUTO RADIOS |
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$9.99 | 10d 9h 39m | |
Antique Vintage Aqua Blue Motorola Radio Alarm WORKS! |
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$89.99 | 11d 29m | |
USED Antique Motorola TEK7A DC RF Alignment Meter for HAM or Shortwave Radios |
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$25.00 | 24d 5h | |
RADIO MOTOROLA TUBE Model 65X12-A vintage white WORKS antique |
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$98.00 | 27d 12h 13m |
