The whole is sometimes LESS than the sum of it's parts!

[Dave S]

I see that a 7JP4 just sold for for $240 online. I wonder if the winning bidder was serious about actually paying for it?

I haven't paid that much for any of my 7" sets, including some that were working and in pretty nice shape. And this was just the tube! Parts sets, including a tube in unknown condition show up every once in a while and usually nobody is interested in them. It never ceases to amaze me how parts sets usually go wanting while parts sometimes command sky high prices.

I've passed up parts chassis containing a 7-inch CRT for a few dollars on several occasions at our club swapmeets although I've always kicked myself afterwards. And I was recently the only bidder on a 10" set at a club auction. As I was dragging it out, getting covered with dust and flaking varnish I kicked myself for buying it! I got it for a buck (which is actually a buck more than I've paid for some in the past.) Yet the 10BP4 is good and the same set with everything except the CRT removed might have brought a hundred dollars. Go figure!

I can rarely bring myself to part out a set that might even be remotely considered to be restorable. But I sure do wish I had invested in a few more of those 7" chassis...

--Dave