Portable Record Player, Califone Model

Q I’d like to know a reasonable value of an old portable record player, a Califone Model 1430K. I’d like to buy one and this model reminds me of the one I used in school when I was younger. Can you help?

A The Califone Model 1430K was a phonograph made in the 1970s, and ’80s and a model popular with schools, libraries and churches. It was a solid state phonograph with a built-in speaker and a 4-speed turntable that played 45, 33, 16, and 78 RPM records. It had some useful features like a built-in 45 adaptor and an on/off knob with a pause position. Older models were blue or gray and had a metal turntable platter. Newer ones were made in gray with a plastic platter. But while considered ”portable” in a case with a removable lid, it weighs almost 20 pounds. A working Califone Model 1430K sells for $50 to $75.