take a peek,and no its not my set,
:)http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2177303837&category=3638
terry

Terry,

I saw that today when it first appeared. These CT-100's have become so common lately I didn't think anyone would be interested.:D

OK, I'm just envious of those that have 'em.

Rob

rob.. you should get drunk and bid on it...:)
i have one and it is interesting to play with...
terry

We all know spectrion is rich! It is impossible to outbid him! You can bid in $10000 and he will outbid you at the end!! That TV is now his.

That set looks CLEAN!!

the last one went for $2700 and it was pretty rough.
This is going to be interesting.

Seller states:

"This particular one is the earlier set with the 12 inch tube"

?

"15EGP22"

??

Looks the same to me, was there an "Earlier" model with a different tube number?

eric.. the actual screen size inside the 15gp22 envelope is 12"
it is kinda confusing because the size of the tube is larger than the phosphor plate ...
i was looking at the crt socket on his set and the socket is black,
all of the ones i have seen are light brownish..
I would like to find a spare socket to make an adaptor for my CRT testor,i remember testing mine last year and had to use a bunch of alligator clips..
terry

Originally posted by wiseguy

i was looking at the crt socket on his set and the socket is black,
all of the ones i have seen are light brownish..
I would like to find a spare socket to make an adaptor for my CRT testor,i remember testing mine last year and had to use a bunch of alligator clips..
terry

Terry,

Waddayawaitingfor? Here is your chance to get a spare CRT socket...and other spare parts as well! ;)

Rob

Since this is about CT100s I thought I'd post a picture of my latest find. It arrived Thursday. Missing the knobs, pencil box, and front glass trim. All around not too bad and the second chassis is in much better condition than the one in my other CT100 so I'm going to swap them. These will be a lot easier to get going since my other chassis is not in very good condition.

Terry, are you really expecting to find some tubes to use this adaptor on? :D


Originally posted by wiseguy
I would like to find a spare socket to make an adaptor for my CRT testor,i remember testing mine last year and had to use a bunch of alligator clips..
terry

i just ordered a 04 f150 lariat loaded out. if it werent for that i dought spectrion would win this auction. good luck to whoever gets it maby someone here. steve

hey ya eric.. no,but i want to be able to test my 15G in my ct-100 off and on as i use it,i hate using clips,if you want to check tracking then you have to have 11 clips attached to the 15G and they don't hold well.:)
RCAMAN, i just purchased a 03 silverado SS to match my 99 Z28 SS camaro.. window sticker $41.675,the bose/cd changer xm radio is the best i have heard in in a factory vehicle ever.i love it .
I hauled a 300lbs camera pedistal on friday with it.. and told myself i would not haul anything with it.. oh well.. it's just a truck.:).. oops !! almost forgot this post for a ct-100 set..
FREDH.. is this a new found ct-100..?? or just a chassis..
just curious..did you find the 15G good?
terry

Originally posted by fredh
Since this is about CT100s I thought I'd post a picture of my latest find. It arrived Thursday. Missing the knobs, pencil box, and front glass trim. All around not too bad and the second chassis is in much better condition than the one in my other CT100 so I'm going to swap them. These will be a lot easier to get going since my other chassis is not in very good condition.

Per chance would you be parting out the spare chassis? My CT-100 is missing some control pots and some other incidentals.....

Hey Fred,
Just viewed the additional pictures of CT-100 #2 on your web site. Good score. :p: Did you send the serial and cabinet #'s to Pete Deksnis or has he already logged this set?

Hi Steve,
Yes, I emailed Pete last week when I got the set and it's now number 80 on his list. I guess the one for sale on ebay is already on his list.

Hi Terry,
Yes this is a new set and there were two chassis that came with it. And, yes, the tube is good. Tim asked if I was going to part out my third chassis. I'm not going to. I've already done a lot of restoration to it and God knows it needs a lot more but I am going to finish it "someday". The two I just got are in much better condition so I'm going to use them to get both of my CT100s running. I do have a few spare parts including some controls (not many). I will share them with others if I have them. Sorry, but I don't have the conv or focus pots.
Fred

hi fredh.. I dont need any parts yet at this time..:)
mine is working just fine,i do remember shorting screen controls,i was able to get rebuilt ones last year..those wirewound screen controls give off a tad bit of heat....
good luck on yours..anything i can do let me know..
terry

Ebay set went for $4216!!
I'm liking my CT-100s more and more.

No kidding Fred.
SPECTRION STRIKES AGAIN:uzi:Take that bidders!

Cool! I guess that makes my H840CK15 Westinghouse worth about $42,000. There are about 100 CT-100's accounted for and about 10 Westinghouses . Production figures for the two models also track nicely. RCA made 5000 CT-100's and Westinghouse made 500 of their's. The Westinghouse, besides the fact that it preceded the CT-100 started out more rare by quantity manufactured and stays more rare.

We now resume our regularly scheduled program. Viewable somewhere near you on a CT-100. :)

Rob

Hey Rob,

With that logic I guess my Philco must be worth $21,000,000 :D

Seriously, what would one of the Model 5's bring if one came on the market??


Chuck

Chuck,

If you were to sell it though I'd put an opening bid a little lower than that too accelerate the bidding. :)

The last Model 5, I knew of being sold just slipped out of my hands because the seller became confused. My telephone offer had been higher than that of the buyer, but the buyer showed up in person wasting no time with a big wad of bills and waved them in the seller's face. This is a good technique that often works! Three 15" RCA receivers described as CT-100's went on ebay about 3 years back from a retired RCA employee in New Jersey area. One turned out to be a Model 5. The 3 sets went for either $500 each or $1000 each in the lot as I recall. It wasn't any more than that. I've got it written down in my files along with the buyer's contact info. I remember speaking with the buyer. I recall learning that the Model 5 was making a raster for the buyer.

Under clear auction conditions with no behind the scene dealings and no economic depression I'd venture that a good condition Model 5 ought to easily command upwards of $10K.

Rob

Chuck,

The concept of 'worth' gets funky when items which are very rare and would seem to have great value based on their significance like your Philco FT color set do not have an audience of buyers that are willing to fork over money for them. IMO your Philco would have to be easily worth $20 grand, but finding a TV collector that is willing to pay that for any vintage TV is hard. That is I think because vintage TV's have not yet become a stabilized trading commodity like Catylin Radios. I think time will clear up this discrepency as TV collecting matures. Some of us TV collectors are certainly sitting on some real treasures though, that is for sure.

Rob

I as well as drh4683 have sold several sets to Spectrion recently,
He is a real nice and polite person, Always fast in the pay department and to the point. Bidding against him can be dangerous to the wallet though, If he wants something bad enough!
All it takes is just a couple of very serious collectors and the price goes through the roof!
This could be good for us strapped for cash collectors that want to purchase a new car or house though!
I am most likely going to sell my early color Motorola later this fall on epay. Heck, It works and has the original 19" tube too! Everyone thought I was crazy when I bought it off the retired motorola engineer for 200.00 in 1988!
I will have my sister list it in NC though as I don't feel like moving it up here.

Hey Captain,
Is the Motorola you are talking about a 19CT1 or the 16CK1?
Fred

19CT1, He got it from his work years ago, Said they were going to toss it!
Still looks like new. Dont wan't to sell it but may do so this fall.

That makes 4 that I know of with the 19VP22. John, Steve, and I have that set. John's CRT is very weak. I also have another chassis that is very rusty. Looks like it was left in a leaky barn. The CRT has some air and open filaments. I'm taking it to Magnaview on the 27th. If the leak in at one of the pins perhaps we can save it. If it's leaking at the seal it can't be fixed. Anyway, looks like these sets are getting common as CT100s. Just about everybody has one. :-))

I guess that I'm lucky then! Mine has very little use on it. From what I was told it was for display purposes, Then in the early 60's the engineer saved it and never really used it.
One thing I remember about it is the extra harness with a plug on it that is laying inside the tv, Originally it must have been hooked up to test equipment or something. It never bothered with the function of the tv though so I left it there.
It has been about 10 years since I have looked at its insides, (About 5 since I ran it) so next time I go back home I will check into it and take some pics.

Originally posted by captainmoody

One thing I remember about it is the extra harness with a plug on it that is laying inside the tv, Originally it must have been hooked up to test equipment or something.

Captain,

That set is equipped to accomodate a rotating B&W filter wheel kit! It allowed early color sets to reproduce quality B&W pictures! ;)

Rob