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Originally Posted by freakaftr8
I just dont understand how or why people do this, and they KNOW what this set was and they stripped it anyway???
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I don't understand it, and none of us here would.... But there are some people who just don't care about history, art, or technical significance. The movie industry is the worst. They smash up very exotic antique cars, and anything else they feel like paying for. And then there are just plain idiots. I rescued a very rare Sony KV-3000R; the burlwood 500-pound 30 inch console with motorized doors, which sold for $10,000 in 1981, from a fool in Westwood. This was in the late 80s. It was an Arab oil heir, and his Dad bought him a penthouse condo on Wilshire Blvd, two brand-new Ferrari Testarossas, and this TV along with all kinds of other stuff for his 16th birthday. He couldn't have cared less, and he had really abused and hacked up the Sony, lost the solid hand-made ashwood remote, the leather-bound owners manual, and the Betamax rack that came with the TV. It was sickening. That set now lives in New Hampshire in the home of a TV collector.
Same goes for rare cars. I never understand it when someone takes a 100% original Cadillac from the 30s, and swaps in a new Corvette engine, Escalade wheels, and all kinds of wrong crap. But they do that every day. If you want to make a custom hot rod, go build it on a junker; not a fine original restorable car!!! If you want an ugly white 1970s space-age pedestal TV cabinet, BUILD one; don't wreck a rare milestone collector TV!!!
Charles