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Here's an excellent, working, Grebe CR-18 Short Wave Receiver with a set of good emissions tubes, its original tickler coil and its original 107-216 meter tuning coil. 

Panel is clean, with no cracks, no scratches, no chips, no filled holes or other issues. Dials and knobs are in great shape, with crisp numbering and hash marks. All controls operate smoothly. The panel escutcheons retain their original dark bronze finish; they have not been polished down to brass like many that you see.

Chassis components are all in excellent condition, and the original Grebe AF transformers is still present (the transformer is good). Tuning components are in excellent condition. Chassis wiring is original throughout and in excellent condition. 

The cabinet is in excellent condition, and the cabinet finish is original. There are scattered minor marks on all sides consistent with age and authenticity.

One of the 2 grid leak resistors has been replaced with a modern equivalent that works quite well, but I'll include an additional period grid leak if you'd like to keep the radio entirely original. Also included are 3 additional tuning coils, but their bases are pinned out different than the bases on the Grebe coils, and you'll need to re-configure the pins if you wish to use them with the radio. The 2 additional coils can be seen in the last photo to the left of the 2 original Grebe coils.

Binding post nuts are original, rheostats are original, and the paper strip that identifies the binding post functions is also original.

A nice, working example of an uncommon early radio. Operation requires a regulated DC power supply (I'd recommend an ARBEIII, available online from Antique Radios, Inc), a good indoor ground connection (not household wiring), and a longwire outdoor antenna. Also requires some understanding of the tuning principles of a 1920's battery radio.

I'm one of ebay's best known, most highly regarded sellers of antique radios, and I specialize in radios and radio-related items from the 1920's. I've been selling and shipping them for more than 25 years. When you purchase an antique radio from me, you'll receive a radio that arrives safely because it's been carefully packed (by me, not by some well-intentioned but nonetheless confounded, doe-eyed teenager working at the UPS store who wouldn't know a phonograph from a farm tool), Sure, you can probably get a lower price from Joe and Janet Barn-Find, but when your "bargain" arrives broken, and without any hint of how you might be able to put it back together, you'll realize that you really do get exactly what you pay for.