Info on 1936 Sparton Bluebird

[Charlie]

Hey guys and gals...

Someone in Kentucky contacted me today inquiring about a 1936 Sparton Blubird radio. I looked it up in my Machine Age to Jet Age II book and it claims this baby is worth quite a bit. Of course, I take this "price guide" info with a grain of salt, but it seems that most of these radios in this book range anywhere in value from 20 bucks to 150 bucks on average. Not too many of the radios get too high in price, but, the Sparton Bluebird goes pretty high... 2300 bucks for the blue one, and 3000 bucks for the peach one!

Does anyone know why this particular radio would bring so much? Or does anyone have any other knowledge of this radio?

I did not tell the person the values I found in my book... mainly because many people assume this info is cast in stone. I did, however, tell the person not to let anything bad happen to it, and not to plug it in without someone looking at it that knows what their doing.

I told him I would pass along any other info I could find, so, if any of you know anything on this little gem, let me know.

Thanks.