50 sets in one auction!

[zenithfan1]

That is what I was thinking, I have a bad feeling that a lot of these are going to get trashed or recycled. I wish someone would make a deal with him or something.....

[truetone36]

Wow....There's some interesting sets there, but I'm on thin ice with the wife now with all the TVs (over 200) and other stuff I already have.

[RobtWB]

Always too far away to be feasable.

Sure hope someone is able to save these - looks like there may be some neat sets there.

[zenithfan1]

200 tvs!!!? I thought I was bad

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by RobtWB

Always too far away to be feasable.

Sure hope someone is able to save these - looks like there may be some neat sets there.

There's no "may" about it, there IS some neat sets in there!

[AUdubon5425]

The seller replied that he hadn't counted them all, but there could be 100 or more.

Last night I was seriously thinking about how these sets could be saved. The only practical solution I came up with would be to rent a storage unit near the seller in So. Carolina and move them there. But then what?

Perhaps we could set up some sort of collective or fund to offset the storage costs, and anyone participating would be entitled to "x" number of sets, which would have to be shipped or retrieved within a year's time.

Personally, I am willing to make a trip out there to retrieve the sets and store them. Obviously, I would need help.

If anyone thinks this could work, reply here or send me an e-mail at
[email protected]

[ctc17]

Something like that may work.

Im looking into shipping them. Im SERIOUSLY working on this one. If I can do this somewhat reasonably Im going to go for it.

I have a few questions like how many are bw are they all there because the crts are dead or are they victims of infant mortality.

[andy]

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[Dan Starnes]

Wow,, you dont see something like that everyday.

[RobtWB]

Hey there AUdubon,

If you or any other collector can devise a viable way to save these sets, I would gladly send some cash to help, regardless if I get any of these sets.

I would sure hate to see these sets sold for the value of the copper winding in the yokes, and if I could help in any way to prevent that, count me in.

[jeyurkon]

I hope someone saves them. If AUdubon goes for it I'll see what I can contribute. But I have no preference as to who tries to save them. I just hope no scrap copper dealer wins.

John

[rca2000]

I agree with this. I fact...I think we should set up a seperate thread soon, JUST for some sort of "Fund" to secure and store these sets. My rough calculations tell me that if just 20 us of commit to 50 over the next month or so, that would raise $1k, probably enough for some sort of short-term storage, till some sort of more permanent situation could be made. . Maybe through Paypal or such.


I would be willing to contribute my share. I CANNOT tell others "here", if you now what i eman, and I imagine many have the same "situation".

[AUdubon5425]

Dan and I spoke on the phone this evening. The main problem is that we haven't been able to get much information out of the seller. As of now, we really don't know the particulars on what is there. There are only six sets clearly visible in that photograph. What if most of the rest are particle-board Quasars and mid-90's Zeniths? Or there could be sixty roundies in there - we just don't know.

We're both going to try to get some more information out of the seller and post an update tomorrow.

[radiotvnut]

I think we need to get as much information as possible out of the seller before taking this further. Those sets on the shelves are certainly tube sets; but, who knows what the ones on the floor are. I just know that I've been in a few of these "too good to be true" moments before and it's very frustrating.

[John Marinello]

Judging by how closely they're crammed together, the ones in the photo ain't roundies.