Philco Prewar Console Television

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I took a road trip this weekend and picked up my first Philco TV. The set came from a collection in Philadelphia and the owner told me he purchased the set from the son of a Philco engineer who was cleaning out his father's home after he passed away. He said the engineer took it home, installed a postwar 12 channel, and used it as his bedroom TV. The engineer must have used it for a good number of years as the CRT (originally a 10AP4) was replaced with a 10BP4 in 1952. The cabinet is in amazing condition. The collector from whom I purchased the set had only very clean sets in good or better condition. He said he turned down a 7" Philco tabletop with a five push-button tuner because it had gotten wet at one point and the veneer had begun to separate. He said he was the only person at the home interested in televisions and it was almost certainly pitched in the dumpster after he turned it down. He said some time later he regreted turning down that set. It was hard not to cry after hearing that story .