Estate Sale Finds In 2011!

[drh4683]

Unless somebody else really wants it, I'll be over there tomorrow to save it.

[drh4683]

Well I picked up the Magnavox. Nothing to special, the cabinet is pretty beat up, however, it is a remote control set! It was $15.00 at half off. Not sure if it works, its seen various hacks over the years.

I when to another sale in Glen Ellyn at 22W601 Alhlstrand this morning as well and found a nice '73 RCA XL-100 console in the contemporary cabinet with the chrome legs. Its a full size set with a 25" CRT. Model GR-800 A. It was in the 2nd floor family room/den. '73 is also the first year for the XL-100 design so this is first generation for this type of TV. This one has the tilt out control bin with the slider pots and a CTC-48 chassis. It works pretty well, no antenna when I tried it, just my finger on the UHF antenna screws when I tuned in channel 23 to get a faint picture. No price on it at the sale as of course nobody thought it would sell... I got it for $20.00. The cabinet is very nice quality, its all real hardwood, no particle board junk, not even on the bottom of the TV cabinet or at the base by the floor. I wasn't expecting the TV to weigh as much as it did when I was first ready to move it. It definitly has some considerable mass. With a little clean up by the controls, it'll display really well. The TV shop that sold the set most likely are the ones who cut the "1973 model year" off the model tag on back of the set considering it was sold in March of '74. They probably didn't want the buyer to see that it was last years model and probably got him to pay top dollar for it. The model tag on the chassis helps confirm this as the model year part of the tag was present... Why else would that get cut off?
One thing I found interesting is that the warranty registration sheet for the TV was ontop of the set when I found it. The old scotch tape just dried out and someone just pulled it off without damage, however, note that someone had cut the original owners name off the tag as you can tell the entire tag was taped around its rectangular perimeter at one time judging from the tape marks left behind on the back cover... For some reason, someone looked behind this TV and noticed the personal info and had to make sure it was removed.

Its a nice unique set, don't find too many of the contemporary early 70's RCA's.

[sampson159]

now i m jealous!love to have that xl100.i love my nib rca but i like this style cabinetry.looks like the ultimate first years set.congrats to you

[mwplefty]

Originally Posted by drh4683

Well I picked up the Magnavox. Nothing to special, the cabinet is pretty beat up, however, it is a remote control set! It was $15.00 at half off. Not sure if it works, its seen various hacks over the years.

I when to another sale in Glen Ellyn at 22W601 Alhlstrand this morning as well and found a nice '73 RCA XL-100 console in the contemporary cabinet with the chrome legs. Its a full size set with a 25" CRT. Model GR-800 A. It was in the 2nd floor family room/den. '73 is also the first year for the XL-100 design so this is first generation for this type of TV. This one has the tilt out control bin with the slider pots and a CTC-48 chassis. It works pretty well, no antenna when I tried it, just my finger on the UHF antenna screws when I tuned in channel 23 to get a faint picture. No price on it at the sale as of course nobody thought it would sell... I got it for $20.00. The cabinet is very nice quality, its all real hardwood, no particle board junk, not even on the bottom of the TV cabinet or at the base by the floor. I wasn't expecting the TV to weigh as much as it did when I was first ready to move it. It definitly has some considerable mass. With a little clean up by the controls, it'll display really well. The TV shop that sold the set most likely are the ones who cut the "1973 model year" off the model tag on back of the set considering it was sold in March of '74. They probably didn't want the buyer to see that it was last years model and probably got him to pay top dollar for it. The model tag on the chassis helps confirm this as the model year part of the tag was present... Why else would that get cut off?
One thing I found interesting is that the warranty registration sheet for the TV was ontop of the set when I found it. The old scotch tape just dried out and someone just pulled it off without damage, however, note that someone had cut the original owners name off the tag as you can tell the entire tag was taped around its rectangular perimeter at one time judging from the tape marks left behind on the back cover... For some reason, someone looked behind this TV and noticed the personal info and had to make sure it was removed.

Its a nice unique set, don't find too many of the contemporary early 70's RCA's.

It looks very similar to my 1974 except for the speakers.

[bgadow]

I've never seen that exact model-very sharp! It screams "1973!" Looks like the kinda set that would be in the living room on the old Bob Newhart or Mary Tyler Moore shows.

Stopped by a sale myself today; I'm seeing more advertised than I ever use to, but most are in newer developments so I don't bother. This one was in a 80 year old house out in the country. Waste of time, though. I don't think there was anything there older than the 80s. $60 for a BPC 25" inside; out in the yard, in the pouring rain, was a 12" bw from the 80s. No thanks.

[ha1156w]

Growing up we had the JCPenney cousin of that chassis, with a less contemporary cabinet of course. They bought it in fall 1975 after our Motorola WID gave up and cost too much to fix. A family friend had the same set probably the year earlier, and I recall it had a different font on the backlit channel indicators. Odd, eh?

[mwplefty]

Originally Posted by drh4683

Well I picked up the Magnavox. Nothing to special, the cabinet is pretty beat up, however, it is a remote control set! It was $15.00 at half off. Not sure if it works, its seen various hacks over the years.

I when to another sale in Glen Ellyn at 22W601 Alhlstrand this morning as well and found a nice '73 RCA XL-100 console in the contemporary cabinet with the chrome legs. Its a full size set with a 25" CRT. Model GR-800 A. It was in the 2nd floor family room/den. '73 is also the first year for the XL-100 design so this is first generation for this type of TV. This one has the tilt out control bin with the slider pots and a CTC-48 chassis. It works pretty well, no antenna when I tried it, just my finger on the UHF antenna screws when I tuned in channel 23 to get a faint picture. No price on it at the sale as of course nobody thought it would sell... I got it for $20.00. The cabinet is very nice quality, its all real hardwood, no particle board junk, not even on the bottom of the TV cabinet or at the base by the floor. I wasn't expecting the TV to weigh as much as it did when I was first ready to move it. It definitly has some considerable mass. With a little clean up by the controls, it'll display really well. The TV shop that sold the set most likely are the ones who cut the "1973 model year" off the model tag on back of the set considering it was sold in March of '74. They probably didn't want the buyer to see that it was last years model and probably got him to pay top dollar for it. The model tag on the chassis helps confirm this as the model year part of the tag was present... Why else would that get cut off?
One thing I found interesting is that the warranty registration sheet for the TV was ontop of the set when I found it. The old scotch tape just dried out and someone just pulled it off without damage, however, note that someone had cut the original owners name off the tag as you can tell the entire tag was taped around its rectangular perimeter at one time judging from the tape marks left behind on the back cover... For some reason, someone looked behind this TV and noticed the personal info and had to make sure it was removed.

Its a nice unique set, don't find too many of the contemporary early 70's RCA's.

Doug, where are you finding about the locations of these estate sales? I keep looking for Estate Sales in Chicago on estatesales.net, but they are limited. Do you have any suggestions for finding more estate sales in Chicago?

Matt

[miniman82]

How many times are you going to makes this thread unnecessarily long by quoting posts with 10 pictures in them??? It's mind of my pet peeve for forums.

[sampson159]

i dont think they were doing it purposely to irritate you.it is a little long though.maybe we all should check our pet peeves at the door before we enter.nothing is personal here,you just take it that way

[miniman82]

It's just this thing I have. Whenever I quote a post with a lot of pictures, I remove the links to shorten it. It's a courtesy thing to others, so they don't have to scroll through pages of reposted pictures.

[Jeffhs]

I agree; in fact, to me it's boring to see the same pictures over and over again, even if they are of vintage TVs. If someone wants to see the photos in a thread, they can always go to the beginning of that thread--there is no need to keep reposting images in every reply to it.

[sampson159]

maybe so guys but some arent as literate via computer as you two are.personally,doesnt bother me at all.not in too big a hurry these days.just happy to see these wonderful sets and the people who have them.maybe i need to develop a pet peeve.since i am an "odd duck",maybe i ll fit in better.stay tuned for bigrons pet peeve search!

[rcaman]

awesome find i would love to have that set. it needs to be here in mississippi. thanks for sharing it with us. be sure to post pictures when you tune it up. steve

[Eric H]

Posting Tip.

When quoting, remove any Image Links from the area inside the Quote /Quote Tags, this prevents reposting of Images already in the Thread.
This will only be needed when the original poster has linked to the pictures, not if they are Attachments.

It doesn't hurt to remove any extra Verbiage from the Quote either and only include the part you are actually interested in.

I did edit a couple of the Posts in this thread to remove the extra Photos.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by drh4683

The TV shop that sold the set most likely are the ones who cut the "1973 model year" off the model tag on back of the set considering it was sold in March of '74. They probably didn't want the buyer to see that it was last years model and probably got him to pay top dollar for it. The model tag on the chassis helps confirm this as the model year part of the tag was present... Why else would that get cut off?

So.....is that how you keep an RCA Model Tag from falling off? Cut out a third of it? Why didn't I think of that????

Those that know RCA's can appreciate having the model tag intact and attached!

Great find, Doug! (It bears repeating.....)

Cheers,