How much is a 1950 Frigidaire refrigerator worth?

Answer 1

It totally depends on what you have. Everything produced in the 1950's was hierarchical. If you drove around in a Cadillac you were definitely wealthy, If you drove around in a base model Chevy, you were just an average person. It's the same with the Refrigerators from this time period. A Kelvinator Side by Side Food-O-Rama would be much more upscale than a generic Westinghouse of Frigidaire Refrigerator with a small freezer compartment in the Fridge. I suggest you look at the options that a particular fridge has. Is it a combination refrigerator? that is, a separate freezer from the main refrigeration. Does it have places for your eggs and butter? Glass Shelves vs. Metal Shelves? It is easy to tell a Cadillac from a Chevrolet, look at the options and various uses. Everything from the 1950's was made with quality, that's why these Refrigerators are still working 50+ years after they've been produced. A "unique" refrigerator will be much easier to discern from a mass produced fridge that normally just has one big door with a chrome handle.

With that said, expect to pay anywhere from $50-500 for a mass produced fridge depending on condition and $500-7,000 for a "Cadillac" refrigerator of the 1950's depending on condition.

I compare Cars to refrigerators because General Motors did, after all, help build and make refrigerators in the 1950's in conjunction with Frigidaire. And just like their Automobiles... Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Chevrolet, they had a hierarchical make of refrigerator models.

Answer 2

It totally depends on what you have. Everything produced in the 1950's was hierarchical. If you drove around in a Cadillac you were definitely wealthy, If you drove around in a base model Chevy, you were just an average person. It's the same with the Refrigerators from this time period. A Kelvinator Side by Side Food-O-Rama would be much more upscale than a generic Westinghouse of Frigidaire Refrigerator with a small freezer compartment in the Fridge. I suggest you look at the options that a particular fridge has. Is it a combination refrigerator? that is, a separate freezer from the main refrigeration. Does it have places for your eggs and butter? Glass Shelves vs. Metal Shelves? It is easy to tell a Cadillac from a Chevrolet, look at the options and various uses. Everything from the 1950's was made with quality, that's why these Refrigerators are still working 50+ years after they've been produced. A "unique" refrigerator will be much easier to discern from a mass produced fridge that normally just has one big door with a chrome handle.

With that said, expect to pay anywhere from $50-500 for a mass produced fridge depending on condition and $500-7,000 for a "Cadillac" refrigerator of the 1950's depending on condition.

I compare Cars to refrigerators because General Motors did, after all, help build and make refrigerators in the 1950's in conjunction with Frigidaire. And just like their Automobiles... Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Chevrolet, they had a hierarchical make of refrigerator models.