1 More for the win vintage Electrohome port-a-go ( portable am/fm recordplayer)

[litt2late]

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Any info where i can find this would be great Thanks Again

[maxine*j · Accepted solution]

What is your question about it?   I mean, what is it you don't know? 

You know what it is, who made it, what model and serial number it is.  I can't see it clearly, but it looks like you have a receipt for its original sale (or perhaps for its sale as a refurbished item).  Again, I can't see it clearly, but it looks like the yellow paper on the turntable provides info about its use and care. 

A Google search on "Electrohome record player" brings up 4,000 hits so obviously this is a well-documented company, which is still in business, and product.

What else is there to know?

[litt2late]

Yes i seen all that but can't find this one i might just send photos to the company see what they say thanks

[melda58]

As Maxine says, it seems to me that you can find all the information on the various labels and paper you already have.    However, here is the company's website where I imagine you can ask any questions:

https://www.electrohome.com/

Rita

[litt2late]

Thanks

[litt2late]

contacted the company the company was sold in 2010 and have no info beyond that time so no luck there

[maxine*j]

As for dating, I think you have one end of the bracket:  You don's show it all, but there's a sticker that says in part, ...Commissons Rule in effect as of date of manufacture..."  So Google whatever the rest of it says (I mean what  Commssion, etc.), find the date the appropriate rule came into effect, and you have the earliest it could have been made.

You're an exeperienced seller, so you know that sometimes you can't find an exact match and have to go with comparables.

Otherwise, as I'm sure you've had to do before, you can just use a high BIN and let the buyer / collector find you by including in your listing everything you do know.  In this case:  Electrohome Port-A-Go Portable Stereo AM/FM Radio and Record Player.  "Suitcase" style with carry handle.  Suede and walnut finish.  Serial No. A5112.  Dimensions X"  by X " by X"  Weight X lbs.  And so on. 

I think the market for these is not bad, as people continue to discover that analog recordings (like vinyl records) are truer and better to listen to that digital ones (like CDs) even if less convenient to use.

[litt2late]

Great thanks just thought i would give it a shot here first maybe someone seen one or knows a collectors club for this sort of thing. ya if been selling to long and sometimes you come across these crazy things.

[maxine*j]

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@litt2late wrote:

... just thought i would give it a shot here first...

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Never a bad idea, as the collective knowledge here is astonishing.  As I said to someone else recently, there are people here with "databases" in their brains that beat any you can find on the web.  

[argon38]

I think the invoice says "unit sold as is" because it is missing the television.

NEW

FOR THE GRAD

FOR FATHER'S DAY

IT'S PORTABLE!

-RECORD PLAYER

-TELEVISION

-AM/FM STEREO

all in one, easy-to-carry case!

Weighs no more than a standard TV portable, yet the new Port-A-Go gives you a complete entertainment package in one, easy-to-carry case. UHF/VHF Television operates on house current or battery pack and may be removed from the case for use anywhere I Ask to see the Electrohome Port-A-Go in operation. You'll be amazed by its quality performance.

ELECTROHOME PORT-A-GO AVAILABLE ONLY AT . . .

GOULD SCHOOL OF MUSIC 60 S. RIVER ST. PHONE 752-0545 OPEN WEEKNITES UNTIL 9

Look at these features/ • All transistor • 4 speed automatic record changer • TV — UHF/VHF. with 43 sq. in. screen (by new F.T.C. Standards) • FM-AM Multiplex radio • Weighs less than 40 lbs.

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11797397/ 

[maxine*j]

Son of a gun!   So there should be a little "flip up"  television in that space next to the turntable?  And I figured that space was to store / carry a few records. 

[argon38]

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@maxine*j wrote:

Son of a gun!   So there should be a little "flip up" TV screen in that space next to the turntable?

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Yep, looks like it. No great loss, I suppose, except to a specialist collector.

[maxine*j]

And the newspaper is dated June 6, 1966, so OP has an approximate date now, too. 

[litt2late]

ya thank you for all your help dam no tv but i didn't see a knob to turn to tv. but the date is great too

[litt2late]

Ok no knob but there would not be one as i looked at it again there is a plug on the side where the tv would plug into for power like a cd player you plug into the back of a receiver for power , Still a cool piece Thanks you guys are the best