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Old 04-05-2003, 07:07 PM
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Smile Pickin up a roundie tomorrow

....from my ad in the local paper. It's been in a otal of two days and already I'm scoring a '61-'62 (or so they claim) RCA roundie from the original owners!

I'll post pics tomorrow when it comes home.

My ad reads:

Old round-screen color televisions wanted, working or not. Must have round picture tube. Call...........

Last time I ran the ad I scored 5 of them in 2 weeks, along with a whole treasure trove of B&W sets, including a Locomotive GE, an unusual Stromberg Carlson, and about half a dozen others.

C'mon guys! Time to go fishin! Run your ads and let's see what you find!
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Old 04-05-2003, 07:19 PM
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Kam you are one sick S.O.B. Like you need anymore tv's around your house.


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Old 04-05-2003, 07:25 PM
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Kam you are one sick S.O.B. Like you need anymore tv's around your house.


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I'm SURE there are some people in this forum that can top that!
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Old 04-05-2003, 09:10 PM
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Roundie Roundup?

I've had an ad posted for some time now but not much in the way of results; maybe I need to spec a round picture tube instead of '50's - '60's color TV's. I did post in a club publication and got my CTC-7 in exchange for a little Crosley 51 battery set. After 10+ years, figured I'd had it long enough. That awful painted-on woodgrain (the Anderson). Think I'm going to re-veneer in limed oak (oak veneer w/a white wash), not original, sure, but in keeping with that 50's look. Chassis is recapped except for electrolytics and it's on the kitchen table 'cooking' on a Variac now (with the HO cap pulled).
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Old 04-06-2003, 12:25 AM
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At last count i have over 30 tv's including four Predicta's but otherwise round tube b/w sets. I do have one round tube color set (CTC12) which is in a tv/stereo combo unit made by RCA. Its a big beast but near mint. I also have a Zenith porthole combo and another b/w one by RCA. I also have several electrostatic sets. I hope to post pictures soon so i can share my collection with the rest of you. I'm going to try the ad thing here locally and see if i can pick up another round tube color set. You know how it is...its like Lay's potato chips...you cant stop at one
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Old 04-06-2003, 03:52 AM
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Welcome Tony V

Tony V,

Welcome to the AK Vintage TV forums. How about sharing pics of your round screen B&W sets over in the B&W vintage forum? I've focused my collection on those and the round color sets too! I have a few of the ES sets also.

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Old 04-06-2003, 03:54 AM
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Tim,

Good luck on your ad. I hope that set you get tomorrow is good treasure, maybe a CTC-11(?). Keep us posted what you find.

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Old 04-06-2003, 09:58 AM
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hope you lusk is better than mine

i also posted an ad. early color and black&white from the 50,s
hell these people around here dont even know their own age.
had a lot of calls. asked them how old the sets are and if they had round tubes. they all said yes. well the oldest i found was 1976. steve
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Old 04-06-2003, 10:35 AM
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Well, here she is.....Rob and I ID'd it as a CTC-16. Pretty nice shape too! Powers up, has sound, but no vertical sweep. Not a bad deal. All it needs is a lot of cleaning from sitting in a house with years of smoke. It was stored in an upstairs spare room rather than a musty basement.
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Oooh, a nice clean, compact set!
Good find!
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Well, here she is.....Rob and I ID'd it as a CTC-16. Pretty nice shape too! Powers up, has sound, but no vertical sweep. Not a bad deal. All it needs is a lot of cleaning from sitting in a house with years of smoke. It was stored in an upstairs spare room rather than a musty basement.
Wow, that's a dark haired brother of my 16!
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Old 04-06-2003, 04:08 PM
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Thumbs up Nice score!

Tim,

Wow, good score! Your's looks great and that picture sure turned out nice. You should be a photographer!

Here is the same model I have but mine came without a UHF tuner so I date mine as very early '64 (CTC-16A). The FCC mandate that ALL TV sets have UHF tuners became law in mid '64. Mine came without legs as it was used as a tabletop set. I made my own from coffee table legs from a thrift shop. I like yours in gold better. Mine has some spooge between the safety glass and the 21FBP22 from the grease used on the surround gasket creeping along the in-between surfaces. Someday I'll take the CRT out and clean it. Mine works and has only had the back off once to peek upon acquisition some 3 years ago.

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