View Full Version : "American Modern" Magnavox on Chicago CL


bandersen
01-24-2011, 04:23 PM
Fairly uncommon set from 1950 I believe.
I'd try to get it if I just had the room :tears:

http://www.bobandersen.com/images/magnavox/american%20modern/3k53m93p95O35Q25X1b1ne885341b2c811e5e.jpg http://www.bobandersen.com/images/magnavox/american%20modern/3na3k33o75Q35Z35R5b1n190e5f2924e5117e.jpg http://www.bobandersen.com/images/magnavox/american%20modern/3k23ob3pb5Y55T15P2b1n63f0efedad61106f.jpg http://www.bobandersen.com/images/magnavox/american%20modern/3n13kd3pf5Q45T25P4b1nbd40066512791ae1.jpg

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/atq/2176791162.html

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50scraze
01-24-2011, 08:00 PM
oh that is beauty! Way too far for me. I hope it goes to a good home!

jeyurkon
01-24-2011, 10:37 PM
Is the crackle in the surround from aging or original?

John

bandersen
01-24-2011, 10:46 PM
I'm not sure but here's another Magnavox I saw in an antique shop a while back. It doesn't have that crackle.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3795620957_896ca92dbf_b.jpg

Phil Nelson
01-25-2011, 10:48 AM
I wondered the same about the crackle. Pretty danged unusual for a TV. Gives sort of a marble pattern, but why . . . and why green? Something like a bezel or grille cloth should not call attention to itself. Who knows, maybe it's a botched paint job or the product of "antiquing."

I like the smaller Magnavox much better, but that's just my inner Grinch piping up.

Phil NElson

AUdubon5425
01-25-2011, 09:05 PM
If anyone does go for the combo, it is a LOT easier to move if you take out the radio & tv chassis first. Real easy to do, too. Believe me, those combos are HEAVY!

holmesuser01
02-05-2011, 01:49 PM
I'd get rid of one of my Magnavox consoles to get this beauty. I've never seen a Maggie that old. Hopefully, it does make it to a new home for a restoration.

miniman82
02-05-2011, 03:38 PM
Kinda looks like lighting around the CRT, I dig it!

Eric H
02-05-2011, 04:13 PM
I'm pretty sure that crackling isn't supposed to be there.
It's probably possible to repaint it though.