[Ron Ramirez]

Jerry

The 111 was originally sold with a set of Philco globe or S shaped tubes. Philco advertised a selling price "less tubes," but then added the cost of the tubes to the sale. This practice continued until June 1931, when the 111 was replaced by the 112 and the 70 and 90 appeared. Then, sale prices included tubes.

The story of Philco branded tubes is an interesting one. Originally, RCA supplied tubes to Philco. Philco and RCA got into a tiff in 1930, resulting in Philco contracting with Hygrade and Sylvania to manufacture tubes stamped with the Philco name. The Philco models which came out in June 1930 were the first ones to use "Philco" tubes. Your 111 was introduced to the public in January 1931.

Cunningham tubes would not have been original to the set, and "ST" or taper-top tubes would certainly not be original as these came into being around 1933.

That's right...your 111 left the factory with all-globe Philco tubes, including a pair of Philco globe 45 output tubes.