I read in the South Bend Tribune that a collector is auctioning off all his early tv stuff. The auction will be on June 19, 2010. Does anyone have any further info about this. I couldn't find any flyers or listing for the auction.

http://www.nationalbenefitauctions.com/DYNAMIC/SALEbill/20100422154656WJDS1.pdf


here is the page I found.

So, not auctioning individual items? The wording is confusing.

Here is the online auction:

http://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=29054

Most of the listings are vague. There are 4-5 image dissector tubes but hard to tell if Farnsworth lab prototype, TV studio camera or industrial camera use. Also the Farnsworth literature is hard to tell if original or photocopies. I was originally going to bid online but decided to drive up there next week for the auction. How much is the plow blade from the plow Farnsworth drove when he invented television worth? :D

-Richard

I would love to have this one sitting in my living room!


http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1694&aid=27984&lid=7883889#topoflot

That is a nice one.

I read in the South Bend Tribune that a collector is auctioning off all his early tv stuff. The auction will be on June 19, 2010. Does anyone have any further info about this. I couldn't find any flyers or listing for the auction.

I work near there, I can ask an auctioneer about it.

Here is the online auction:

http://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=29054

That's only part of it. Here's another catalog: http://www.proxibid.com/asp/catalog.asp?aid=27984&gl=740#740

Anyone know if they'll ship stuff? There's an RCA chair that I'd rather love to have.

Wow early camera tubes galore!!! I will be keeping an eye on those, I sure as heck want to win me anything from dissector, iconoscope to image orthicon and perhaps early vidicon. I wonder how many people are dead set wanting to bid on those tubes?

Anyone know if they'll ship stuff? There's an RCA chair that I'd rather love to have.
If the auctioneers don't ship, you could ask them to recommend a shipper. I have used Craters & Freighters with good results, although I wouldn't call them cheap.

I have one of those RCA logo chairs. In this photo the lines in the seat are just dents from setting a VCR on it for a while. You can see a row of these chairs in the appliance-store showroom in the movie "That Thing You Do."

Phil Nelson

http://antiqueradio.org/art/temp/RCA-Chair.jpg

If the auctioneers don't ship, you could ask them to recommend a shipper. I have used Craters & Freighters with good results, although I wouldn't call them cheap.

I have one of those RCA logo chairs. In this photo the lines in the seat are just dents from setting a VCR on it for a while. You can see a row of these chairs in the appliance-store showroom in the movie "That Thing You Do."

Phil Nelson

http://antiqueradio.org/art/temp/RCA-Chair.jpg

That's not the RCA chair I want. ;)

http://www.proxibid.com/AuctionImages/1694/27984/740.jpg

Mid-century modern and RCA...gotta love it.

So did anyone bid on or win anything?
I found it surprising that there wasn't any DuMonts in the collection.

I would bid if I had a credit card which is a requirement for bidding on Proxy bid.

Crikey!!!! That Farnsworth dissector tube went for $175000!!!
http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1694&aid=27984&lid=7894818#topoflot

Crikey!!!! That Farnsworth dissector tube went for $175000!!!
http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1694&aid=27984&lid=7894818#topoflot

Or maybe 1/10th of that.



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