Machine Age to Jet Age is a continuing series which documents, pictures and provides market values for collectible vintage radios. Each volume is a supplement/companion to the others in the series, with all different items in each. Radios are individually pictured, described and valued, and are organized by manufacturer and model number. This series has become the most widely used and referenced resource of its type in the vintage radio collecting hobby. There are currently three volumes available. Both author and publisher are committed to further expansion of the series and continued pricing updates.
Volume Two of the series covers the period 1930-1962 and individually pictures, describes and values over 3,500 tabletop radios. In addition, the narrative provides useful information about collecting on the internet, categorizing and valuing vintage radios, and hobbyist resources. 8.5" X 11" format. 256 pages.
Mark V. Stein is a noted authority on art deco and machine age radios. He has been collecting and selling vintage radios for the past 15 years. Through his catalogs and website he has sold thousands of vintage radios over the years. He currently maintains a website which focuses on high-end art deco radios and related items (www.radiomania.com). Mark received his Masters in Business from Johns Hopkins University in 1984. He currently resides in Maryland with his wife and two daughters where he dedicates his time to researching, authoring and publishing books about vintage radios, clocks and other industrial design antiques and collectibles.