ebay Zenith roundie in Texas
 

Why is it that I never see nice sets like this on eBay anywhere near me?!?!

-Ian

Zenith roundie
 

Appreciate the tip-it's not far from me and I'll bid.

Larry

Why is this thing sitting at $29.99??????? It has a day to go, and I figured it would be up in the $200 range by now, and might end at $375. Too bad it's in TX. I would swoop on it. But even if it sells for $29.99, I'd have to add the cost of driving down from Los Angeles in my Vegetable-Fueled Toyota to get it. 2800 mile roundtrip would take 976.5 pounds of soybean oil for $342. Then throw in 3 motel nights, and we're at $500 with the cost of the TV :pity:

Charles

Seems to be a nice clean Zenith roundie. But,"priceless antique" is a bit over the top.

-Steve D.

so did anybody here get it?

Whoever got it SURE got it cheap!!!! I would have expected to see many times that price. Glad it wasn't me selling... Some wound-licking going on I'm sure.

Charles

I'm missing something here. It's a nice set that I might have driven across town to pick up at the opening bid, but it's still a rather average sixties era roundie in what I'd call fair condition with very obvious wear.

however.... any "roundie" is now 40 years old at the newest (most makers were done in the 1965/1966 model year) So any set that is still around and working after 40 years isn't really "average". I'm sure there are some rare, early, color sets out there but they are about unobtainable now. I think the buyer got a steal! (this coming from me, the guy who paid $350.00 and drove from Nebraska to Arkansas for a CTC-16) LOL!

If it had been in Southern CA, (and if I had the $), I'd have bid at least $250 and not have expected to win. I liked that set because it's so basic and cheap. You just don't see the cheap models as often as the fancy ones which were kept longer due to bigger investment and nicer furniture. Think about it for a minute: What do you see more of; '57 Chevy Bel Airs (the deluxe model) or '57 Chevy standard 4-door post (the cheap model)?

Charles

That set would be on the rare side I believe it is one of the last produced by Zenith when they only had 4 or 5 roundie models in 1966. I have only seen one and I have seen a lot of Zenith roundies. It was a low hour set and I remember moving it to a back bedroom when it was replaced in the family room with a remote system 3. A year later I remember moving it back while our shop had to fix some weird problem with the new set. Like most Zenith tube sets it just ran and ran.

I can still remember watching my grandfather's ca. 1964 GE roundie--but if one identical to it came up for auction I probably wouldn't bid unless it were very close and very cheap. But if one of these turned up, then I'd get excited.

I think any of these non-console-type cabinets are very desireable, take up less space and it was just a tv period, vs. a big wide piece of furniture to boot. As for it being rare for still being around and working, indeed, especially the latter. How many old tvs have us guys bought that actually worked adequately when we picked them up, including having color, no weird problems? Especially color roundies? This one might have a little height problem but no biggie, but even the color is working. None of the 7 or so sets I've bought have worked this good, or at all, except two and that's because the owners were collectors and restored them already! I would have paid quite a bit more than 50 bucks for this sucker.