Estate Sale Finds In 2006!

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Went to estate sales this weekend and found a couple of nice sets at different houses. There were eight this weekend I went to, and the last two homes were the ones with the TV's! That was a nice end for the saterday.
These sets are the first finds at estate sales of the year!
First find, in the basement of a home in River Forest, IL was a nice clean 1968 Admiral color set, an 18" table model in a metal cabinet. First one Ive ever found like it!
It has instant on, so the CRT is basically toast. Unfortunatly the antennas are both broke too. Otherwise, its a very nice clean condition set. Definitly worth the wait on repairs. They would only let it go for $10. I was pretty happy with that.
I figured that was it for the day, but I went to the last sale in Berkeley. A nice clean 1970's tri-level home. Went into the basement, which was a 1970's style finished basement. Sitting ontop of the bar was a very nice clean 1972 zenith 18" color table set with an 18CC30 chassis. It was dusty, but looked great. Plugged it in and a picture came on with a pretty nice picture. When I went upstairs to ask about the price they told me the TV was broken and was supposed to be thrown out before the sale. They said if I wanted it, its only $10. They were surprized to see it go. Good thing they decided to keep it for the sale. This is a near mint set, all complete and nothing missing or broken. Its a higher end model, it has the spotlite tuning dials. I think the problem was, they had it plugged into a switched outlet behind the bar, thats why it wouldnt turn on thinking it was broken.

Both sets came from nice clean homes which is a huge plus! These were rare finds, as tube type table sets are almost completely gone. They were easy to throw out at the time and they didnt have "beautiful cabinets" that needed to be saved like consoles.