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Originally Posted by murphymad
The only known Murphy 1939 TV to survive is my V84 table model.
That one escaped destruction for spare parts in the war due to being sold to an employee who kept it.
I suspect if it had been in production and on general sale, it would not have sold well as it is just plain ugly!
Mike...
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Hi Mike,
According to the book "The Best of Murphy Cabinet Design 1930 to 1950" (see footnote) which you no doubt have seen, it was designed by R. D. Russell, who designed both the A56V and the A58V, and so it is odd to get such a rather plain looking TV, not a Murphy design best IMHO. Dare I say it looks more like a plain Cossor or Ekco of the same year.
But surely the prize for the most weird goes to the V88C on page 59! It's one you either love or loathe on first sight.
(footnote) You're going to have to Google for the book, every time I try to paste the URL in, the interface mangles it with asterisks for completely unknown reasons.