Magnavox Model 265p

carpepax · by **carpepax** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:02 am

I have this Magnavox Console radio. It has a model number of 265p.
The serial # 485887 Style is C134-39 Volts (1)17 Watts 190 cycles 60.

All the info above is from the tag on the player. I can not seem to find a age for it or how much it is worth.

Can someone help me out? thank you.

Bob

jefferyb304 · by **jefferyb304** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:04 am

Is it a tube unit? is it mono or stereo?

danmore72 · by **danmore72** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:20 am

I have a Magnavox 265P also. Serial number is 475812. Style C134-39, (1)17volts, 190 watts, 60 cycles. Tag says:

12 tubes, including one rectifier and one tuning eye
am-fm chassis, 18 watts output with shielded 3 gang condenser
two tone controls
2 speakers one 15" bass and one 5" treble
twin tipped stylus in 3 speed changer

Can anybody help me with what year or value of this piece?

Record-changer · by **Record-changer** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:43 pm

I can tell a lot about the age from a picture of the record changer or the model number of the record changer.

Magnavox used Webster-Chicago (or Webcor) changers up until about 1955. After that, they used Collaro record changers until they stopped making record players. But some models in the early 1960s and mid 1970s had V-M changers, and some cheap models in the 1970s had Philips changers.

There were no stereo units before 1958.

A Longshoreman's strike was the reason Magnavox used some V-M changers in the 1960s. They couldn't get Collaro changers into the country, and V-M was the only record changer manufacturer in the US that didn't have a parent company that also made consoles. So they put V-M changers in the cheap units, and used the Collaro changers they had left in the expensive ones.

The other US manufacturers in the 1960s were RCA, Admiral, Zenith (bought Webcor), GE (bought Glaser-Steers), and Alliance (exclusive contract with Sears/Silvertone). Lincoln was still around until 1964, but their product was too expensive and too large. All other record changer companies were overseas.

shedradios · by **shedradios** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:12 am

Model 265P dates to mid 50's. If you provide the amplifier number and tuner number it might help. The tuner number will probably start with CR and amplifier will have AMP before numbers. Value is dependent on condition and lots other things. But being consoles, not worth much as whole units. For most Magnavox tube consoles, the amplifiers, speakers, Jensen Horn speakers, and eye tubes make the units more valuable to part out. And then there's the Collaro Record Changer.