This open chassis set with 23" metal shell round CRT and chrome plated chassis would look great in any collection. I'd be afraid of not picking it up personally though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3023668780&category=3320&rd=1

Does anyone know anything about how this set came to be?

Rob

These sets were sold to be put in custom cabinets. Here is another one, a model RC-101, which I think is a little older than the one on Ebay:

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