A De-Luxe edition is limited to 100 copies and available in a slipcase. For all collectors and those who love radio memorabilia. It is the first book on Australian Bakelite radios : coffee table ...

Q We have an old Airline brand table-top radio, 10 inches wide and 7 inches tall. Is it worth anything, or should we just send it to recycling? A Your radio and its manufacturer have a fascinating ...

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John Sideli`s passion for vintage plastic radios began innocently enough. A veteran antiques dealer whose specialties in trade included colorful Bakelite and Catalin jewelry, Sideli started noticing ...

Made of a combination of phenol and formaldehyde, Bakelite is a type of plastic that became popular during the 1930s and 40s as a material not only for jewelry, but for other consumer goods like ...

An elderly widow is still tuning in to the radio she bought as a newlywed more than six decades ago. Poppy Butcher bought her Busch Bakelite set with her late husband John, and 65 years later the ...