Radio Days: A long way home

Of course we all love a good antique story but sometimes they simply do not have one. At least one that's apparent to us when we acquire it.

Take the case of this 1932 Majestic Model 15 Radio. It had been in our shop for  a while and is really not something we normally carry. It came to us from a local collector/restorer who was downsizing his collection.

This particular Radio had some local provenance in that it was repaired in 1940  (11/24/40) "Ureal Radio Service" that was here in Logansport but really nothing else was known about it. We decided that it really needed to be advertised nationally as we were not getting a lot of local interest  so Greg placed it on one of online store outlets and after a very short time we had a buyer from California .

Shipping radios takes a lot of planning and special shipping and it reached them today and we found out what may be, as they say, "the rest of the story".

The buyer sent us a photo of his Great, Great, Grandparents had their 50 year wedding anniversary in 1932. This was a gift to his Great, Great, Grandfather. Before his Great, Great, Grandfather died he sold it to his neighbor Fred.  Fred ends up moving to Clymers Indiana.  That’s where their 20 year search ends.

Given Clymers is only 7 miles from Logansport its entirely likely they would have taken it the "Big City" of  Logansport to have it repaired. Did our seller buy it from "Fred" or one of his descendants? We may never know?

Is it the SAME radio? We don't know,  but the coincidences line up well, and there were not many of these made either. It certainly makes for great folklore. Most importantly the gentleman who bought it is ecstatic and to us that is all that matters!