One of my stupid pastimes is to occasionally visit the local Value Village and check out the latest treasures

This week (besides the usual cordless drills whose batteries won't hold a charge anymore, and overpriced LPs)  were these two beauties 

I actually tried plugging in the Spartan radio - nothing - my antique dealer friend tells me this is a no no with vintage radios 

The knobs are actually worth a pretty penny . My antique dealer friend says the first thing he does when he gets vintage electronics in is to pull off the knobs - otherwise he finds they have tendency to fall into peoples pockets 

Sorry I didn't get a very good picture of the cabinet that the Spartan is in - it is a nice dark walnut colour 

My friend says he gets a lot of these vintage cabinets stereos offered to him - he usually passes - there is not much demand for them - no one has the space