RCA 721TS mouse house

[Zenith6S321]

I bought this neglected RCA 721TS advertised on CL. The veneer is chipped and loose in places, has all its knobs, HV cover, but no metal back. Its 10BP4A is an RCA rebuilt unit that tests very good. Take a look at the huge mouse nest I found when I pulled out the chassis! A quick cleanup under the chassis helped a lot. I guess mice dont like the taste of old TV since I dont see any mouse damage. This one has a permanent magnet ion trap and a serial number in the 70,000's so I think its a later production set. The nice couple that sold it also had a Zenith TransOceanic 5H40 radio and a large RCA tube case. I got the lot for $150. Did I pay too much? I put the radio on a variac to reform the filter caps, and the radio works very well!