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bandersen
08-09-2009, 09:05 PM
Ugh, someone actually did it :no:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/fuo/1312781333.html

fsjonsey
08-09-2009, 09:09 PM
Ugh, someone actually did it :no:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/fuo/1312781333.html

Wow, that's the most horrid example of a fishtanked TV I've ever seen.

Eric H
08-09-2009, 09:16 PM
Gaack, at least it was a common Philco.
I thought the artwork was actually pretty good, to gaudy for most people to put in their house but good in a cartoon sort of way.

John Marinello
08-09-2009, 11:17 PM
That Philco has got CRABS!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

ChrisW6ATV
08-10-2009, 03:36 AM
I'd like to offer them $125 for just the guts of the TV, if they would let me smash the abomination shown in the pictures for free. :D

Tube TV
08-10-2009, 04:31 AM
The cat litter box was the worst , however this isn't too far off .

batterymaker
08-10-2009, 07:24 AM
Six sticks of dynamite would improve the setting.:dammit:

audiofred
08-10-2009, 09:14 AM
You have perfect TV alignment ERIC H

Fred

Carmine
08-10-2009, 10:59 AM
Why do you suppose it is that we never actually see any of these idiotic projects in their completed stage? The ads should just say:

I've done all the easy and artsy stuff like smashing the TV guts and fingerpainting the cabinet. Now all you have to do is the complicated stuff like putting on a hinged lid, finding the actual aquarium tank, routing the pump, etc.

My aborted project can be yours for just $125.

I actually met a "collector" the other day who wants to do this to his sets. Given that many of them are in the exact same spot they were in 1989, I'm not too worried about seeing it happen.

zenithfan1
08-10-2009, 11:09 AM
I have that exact set in blonde, and it its staying that way! It's a '54 and a great performer on original caps. They really effed this set up bad.

Electrohome
08-10-2009, 01:44 PM
This is pretty much one of the reasons why my vintage TVs here in North Bay are "Private Property" and "No Trespassing" to the general public for the most part except to those I can really trust in this city and who I can really trust in general. No offense to any fellow AK'ers here. Just doing my job to make a lot of valued-or should say highly valued members here on Audiokarma who highly prize vintage TV sets and put in a lot of well spent hours working and restoring those vintage TVs and proudly showing them off like a mint condition '57 Chevy Bel-Air or a mint condition 1953 Corvette:thmbsp:

JohnVF
08-10-2009, 02:18 PM
That looks pretty much like most of the 'art' I see in this town. I've noticed that in Chicago, "I'm an artist" often means "I want to feel better about working in a coffee shop at age 35". (though we do have a few that are the real deal).

rld-tv01
08-10-2009, 06:57 PM
Recently in Adamstown PA I saw a 1950 12 inch bakelite TV converted to a TV Clock. The chassis was completely gone with a 5 inch digital clock stuck in the center of the 12 inch screen. He filled the screen outside the clock with a lighter color plastic. The bakelite cabinet looked brand new and had the original knobs glued on. He wanted $45 for the TV clock.

grimer
08-10-2009, 07:03 PM
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Eric H
08-10-2009, 07:27 PM
It looked like this one before it was ruined.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1954-Philco-Console-TV-Television-set-tube-1950s-eames_W0QQitemZ130323567881QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_D efaultDomain_0?hash=item1e57e3d509&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

grimer
08-10-2009, 07:36 PM
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bandersen
08-10-2009, 07:55 PM
That looks pretty much like most of the 'art' I see in this town. I've noticed that in Chicago, "I'm an artist" often means "I want to feel better about working in a coffee shop at age 35". (though we do have a few that are the real deal).

No kidding. I live right next to Wicker Park - home of the 'starving artist' and 'hipster' community. There's so much 'vintage', 'distressed', 'outsider art' crap around here it makes me sick. The shops charge a fortune for it too!

JohnVF
08-11-2009, 10:59 AM
No kidding. I live right next to Wicker Park - home of the 'starving artist' and 'hipster' community. There's so much 'vintage', 'distressed', 'outsider art' crap around here it makes me sick. The shops charge a fortune for it too!

Gentrification pushed most of them to Logan Square and my neighborhood, Pilsen. But I can't criticize too much, my ex worked at the old Filter coffee shop in Wicker Park and I'm a bit of a hipster myself. Except I work 9-5.

bandersen
08-11-2009, 12:36 PM
Gentrification pushed most of them to Logan Square and my neighborhood, Pilsen. But I can't criticize too much, my ex worked at the old Filter coffee shop in Wicker Park and I'm a bit of a hipster myself. Except I work 9-5.

Very true - I generalized a bit. Two of my best friends live in Logan square and it's the source of my two greatest scores. A mint RCA 630TS and a rare Philco 15DX. Lots of very cool buildings around there too.

I really miss Filter - still get mad every time I walk by the BoA that took its place :rant:

I've seen "FILTER" marked on one or two buildings under renovation on Milwaukee Ave. Is that for real ?

BwanaJim
08-11-2009, 12:49 PM
"My aborted project can be yours for just $125."

I agree, it is an Abortion...........

jdcglasnost
08-11-2009, 07:55 PM
"My aborted project can be yours for just $125."

I agree, it is an Abortion...........

I think theirs a coat hanger that was being used for an antenna in the back!...:D

Its ugly and a waste of a TV imo.