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Please help identify and value? Ty so much my friends!

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Vintagelove

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I got this at an estate sale with a lot of good condition vintage turntables, speakers, ect.
I was told this item is very pricey. I'm not sure of condition but when plugged in it does turn on and spin. I have an entire collection of children's books with records to go with this also. Please let me know if you can help. Thank you so much!! I appreciate your time and help!!!
 

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I can't tell you any specifics but I'm guessing it's an RCA from around the time 45s were introduced.
Radiotvphononut on YouTube restores many players like this on his channel and can likely help you get it going again. Price wise, I really have no idea. It's a harder sell as it only plays 45s but is nice to look at.
 
Vintage tables like that are not pricey at all. Most of those will ruin your records quicker than you can stack em on the stacker.
 
Those were from 1949.

RCA introduced 7" 45 RPM records that year and needed to sell something for peiople to play them on. That model plugged into existing radios. I bought two of them within the past couple of years. Cost was about $20 apiece and they need a bunch of work.

If anything within the spindle is broken, it's game over. They will need a rubber idler tire and new cartridge as the origninal cartridge had a finite lifespan - not very long. There was an upgrade cartrige back then for humid climates. They did not like moisture,

I think V of M sell the tires but a more modern cartridge needs to be adapted. There was at least one thread somewhere, I read it, that explains splitting the original cartridge apart and using the top half to mount a newer ceramic cartridge, not magnetic.

Supposed to be the fastest record changer ever - one revolution of the platter.

My mother got one around 1950. Self contaiined with amplifier and speaker in a wooden cabinet with hinged lid. Her's also contained an AM radio. I was 3 or 4 when Don't Be Cruel by Elvis came out and I heard it first on that radio.
 
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