1930s RCA RE Series Turntable Deck on EBay

[Lah Ca]

This listing, being for a bit of electrical kit, is probably a bit outside the scope of this forum which seems primarily focused on acoustic gear.

Hoodoo's contributions to the Needles thread in Tips Etc made me curious.

Here is an RCA RE series Art Deco turntable deck, minus its radio cabinet. It is interesting just to look at, strange and beautiful. There is another rabbit hole here one could head off down if one were not careful.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/vIntage-RCA-RAD ... 3628c7fa27

Some examples insitu below. I would imagine that these sort of things were very expensive at the time, and probably not a lot of them were sold during the depression of the thirties. I would further imagine that they are quire rare now.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/rca_re17.html#

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/rca_re_57_victor.html

https://www.radiolaguy.com/Showcase/Con ... r_RE57.htm

[pallophotophone]

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[pallophotophone]

Personally,
The only way I'd even consider putting in a bid on this would be if I had the radio console it was meant to go into and mine was missing. But not at even ⅓ that price. The vast majority of the receivers that would use that style deck retain their turntables.
My 2 bits....