Wow, just wow!
Awesome set.

The way the CRT just hangs out there scares me to death though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/rare-Pre-War-1939-RCA-TV-Model-TRK-90-television-radio-/350473526696?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5199d99da8

That's something you don't see every day.....year...........

Too cool for words! :yes:

[QUOTE=Eric H;3007368]Wow, just wow!
Awesome set.

The way the CRT just hangs out there scares me to death though.


Aww, Chit !! That damthaing's ASKIN' for it...

The back is there and the 'cup' will keep the tube relatively well protected--as long as some clod doesn't snap the neck while it's still off.

I'd love to have such a beautiful set, but I'm afraid I won't be bidding.

Holy Battleships, Batman!! The radio even comes with a Captain Nemo style motorized tuner.

Wrong side of North America for me, so I won't be tempted to break my "no more TVs in 2011" vow.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

Anyone want to loan me some money :tears: I wish I had the doe for this one, two kids in college is taking care of that right know. What a nice set!!

How High do you think it will go?

Steve

Oooof! A TRK-90. That's all I need.

Really. That's all I need!:smoke:

You do need it. If I lived as close as you do, I'd be making an appointment to inspect it in person.

Sometimes those meetings get a little hectic. Maybe a few thousand dollars falls out of your jeans. Maybe the owner spies money on the floor and picks it up, saying, "I wonder where that came from?" Maybe when you get home, you notice that there is an old TV in the back of your truck. "Now, how the heck did that get in there?" It can all be terribly confusing.

I would never encourage a seller to violate eBay rules, of course, but I have heard of Bad People who try such tricks.

Phil Nelson

How High do you think it will go?

Steve

High, but probably not as high as the last TRK-9 on ebay a few years ago.
You can never tell with these things, depends on who's in the market when one comes up for sale.

Chuck

What did the last TRK9 go for?

It looks very similar to the Westinghouse WRT-702 with only a few minor differences in a bezel and cabinet.

I wonder if the chassis are the same?

John

It looks very similar to the Westinghouse WRT-702 with only a few minor differences in a bezel and cabinet.

I wonder if the chassis are the same?

John

The Westinghouse and Silvertone sets were RCA electronics in different style cabinets.

Chuck

Wow! $4k with 4+ days to go and the guy isn't offering to cooperate with shipping. I am truly astonished. Is this more or less rare/desirable than a TRK-12? This vintage TV thing if far more intense than I could have ever imagined.

Dave

No worse than some audiophool lusting after a mint MC275, I figure. Wouldn't have one for sale now, wouldya? lol

I'm afraid not, only have a pair of MC30's awaiting a bit of love. They work, but need a bit of cosmetic restoration (pitted chassis) along with the usual.

Dave

I believe the TuRKey-90 is somewhat rarer than a TuRKey-12, but both are sought after with more-a-less the same furvor by those who have the funds to do so.

Tom C.

I think the TRK-9/TRK-90 is rarer than the TRK-12/120, based on the number of locations or discussions of each model I have seen online.

We have 14 surviving TRK 9/90s in our database compared to 69 TRK 12/120s. We think that 453 TRK9/90s were made compared to 1779 TRK 12/120s.

http://www.earlytelevision.org/prewar_database.html

http://www.earlytelevision.org/us_sets_made.html

Man, oh, man. When I close my eyes and picture a prewar TV in my head, this is it. Owning one someday is a dream of mine. Not going to happen this week!

We just saw a record price set for a Westinghouse color set with a dud CRT, obviously there are still some high rollers out there with money to burn on the right items.
Perhaps this one will go for more than we expect.

This vintage TV thing if far more intense than I could have ever imagined.
Don't get the idea that this is typical. TV collecting is a very low-buck hobby compared to what some audiophiles spend. Car collectors aren't even in the same galaxy, much less the same ballpark.

A set like this represents a tiny fraction of all the old TVs that people collect. Most are newer and far less valuable, hence the excitement when one like this surfaces.

An average price for a vintage TV might be more like $100 - $200. I have around twenty old tube TVs, and all but a couple were purchased in the $40 - $100 range, a couple of them as low as $5 or free.

Phil Nelson

a couple of them as low as $5 or free.

With the giver / seller laughing as I carted away the set!

$12,900 :eek:
A bit out of my price range.

About the same price as the previous TRK90 a few years ago. The previous one was on loan to the Bowie MD Radio/TV museum and was in restored working condition.

Notice that the winning bidder placed the bid in the last 10 seconds and it was the only bid from the winner. Yes, I know that you can use an electronic bid monitor that will bid for you. But when I really want something, I will just bid in the last 10 seconds with my "real" top bid. I often bid very low early just to get it on the list for me to monitor...