TV Treasures

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by WA3WLJ

Here's a Farnsworth from the guy in Santa Barbara, CA with the CT-100

I think he might fall a little short of the $3500 reserve!

FWIW "Book Value" is $600, I could see someone possibly giving 2 or three times that but not $3500.

It's a very unusual set though, The Addams Family had one just like it!

[Captain Video]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1954-RCA-CT-100-...QQcmdZViewItem

[jpdylon]

NICE!!

I wonder if someone will pull the trigger on BIN?

[Tubejunke]

[QUOTE=fsjonsey;1223842]Really cool looking zenith Ambassador. QUOTE]

Maybe cool to you but his ad state that it is a "VINTAGE 1940's TV SET". I questioned him on this and await a response. Reason being the set is obviously a 60's set. Very late 50's at best. It looks to me to have a rectangular crt. 60's. Still though if you think its cool and can avoid shipping costs by picking it up then go for it. I doubt you will have to bid battle on that one. Its worth the $24 if you like it. My opinion is that the vertical section seems to be the most troublesome in almost all old sets. It may be the output tube as the seller mentioned but of course that is the easiest and most logical fix for advertisment purposes. I seriously doubt he has any idea about the repair of the set. Getting the sweep back should not be much trouble if you have some TV repair experience. If you DON'T and want to get into the hobby, a set like this would be a good start.

[Sandy G]

Yeah, that Farnsworth is pretty neat, but $5k ? Uhh, I DON'T THINK SO !! Same thing on the working CT-100...Twelve-five seems just a tad too high, even for one of those. We'll see what it finally goes for. Betcha it won't make his $8K reserve.

[fsjonsey]

[QUOTE=Tubejunke;1227379]

Originally Posted by fsjonsey

Really cool looking zenith Ambassador. QUOTE]

Maybe cool to you but his ad state that it is a "VINTAGE 1940's TV SET". I questioned him on this and await a response. Reason being the set is obviously a 60's set. Very late 50's at best. It looks to me to have a rectangular crt. 60's. Still though if you think its cool and can avoid shipping costs by picking it up then go for it. I doubt you will have to bid battle on that one. Its worth the $24 if you like it. My opinion is that the vertical section seems to be the most troublesome in almost all old sets. It may be the output tube as the seller mentioned but of course that is the easiest and most logical fix for advertisment purposes. I seriously doubt he has any idea about the repair of the set. Getting the sweep back should not be much trouble if you have some TV repair experience. If you DON'T and want to get into the hobby, a set like this would be a good start.

I knew the set wasn't of that vintage, with a rectangular tube and a danish moderne cabinet. I happen to have a feeling that the seller doesnt know how old it is either, they rarely do. I've had good luck with zenith sets. They seem to be very well built. I have one of the metal cabinet "bugeye" sets and a late 50's console. Both came to life with a simple recap.

[Tubejunke]

I have heard a lot of the same opinion of the late 50's-mid 60's Zeniths being great sets and easy repairs. For me the ONE set I cant get working is my 59 Space Command. There is a thread or two by me on this set stumping me so I will not lay down the whole story other than to say, I brought it in with Hum for sound and no vertical sweep. I recapped and still have the SAME exact set. I now wonder if some older repair wasnt botched and something is just hooked up wrong. The set looks as if it was virtually NEVER used but I did find evidence of paper cap replacement in the vertical circuit. Almost all of the tubes are factory OEM and tested good. I think my next move will be going through everything with a schematic to look for components in the wrong spot and check all of those crazy Zenith connector strips for bad connections.

I wonder if a shorted vertical output transformer could cause hum in the sound.

[Eric H]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=290135768015

[John Folsom]

Eric H,

I am a bit surprised it did not sell the first time around. Is it not cute? And how many round-screen tabletop TVs had doored cabinets?

[Adam]

I had bid on the Mercury, as it was only a couple miles from here and pickup would be easy, but the seller ended the auction 2 days early and cancelled my bid. I had assumed it was because he either wanted to raise the starting price or had sold it off of ebay, but it's been relisted at the same price, so I don't know what that was about. Oh well, here I go again ...

[John Folsom]

Hope you get it Adam!

[Adam]

Thanks, ... 4 days left, I hope it at least doesn't get cancelled again.

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RCA T-120 buy it now $25 : http://cgi.ebay.com/ESTATE-1949-RCA-...QQcmdZViewItem

[Eric H]

Listed in Ham Radios.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1956-RCA-B-W-TV-...QQcmdZViewItem

[Eric H]

Nice pukey Avocado green.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1968-Zenith-AC-B...QQcmdZViewItem

[Eric H]

Nice looking set, is this the dreaded 19AP4 tube?

I'm guessing this is in Richmond VA?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1949-Dum...QQcmdZViewItem