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Originally Posted by jstout66
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I saw that unit. Nice looking cabinet; from the description, much of the electronics are in good shape as well.
I cringed when I read the line in the item description that said "...unless someone wants to make a fishbowl out of it...", though. The seller obviously doesn't care about the set or its cabinet; just wants to get it the heck out of his/her house. I've seen some very nice consoles out on the curb on trash day; they probably could have been repaired easily with a new tube or two, but the owner probably figured it was too old to bother with at that point, so out it went.
You're right as to these combos having been expensive when they were new. I don't think you could have touched a set such as that Zenith (or any other three-way combo set by any manufacturer, including RCA) for under $600 in the '60s-'70s--almost like today's HD sets. Because the Zenith on ebay had an eight-track player and all, I wouldn't have been surprised if it sold new for close to a grand.