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What is this TV
My partner showed me this web page. Almost at the bottom is a photo of a white TV with round screen. Since it's American I though it best to ask here.
https://socialgazette.com/stories/no...Nj2PwabQfeEpQM |
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Looks a LOT like my Zenith Porthole-The "Claridge", I think, if someone had taken the vinyl covering off & painted it white.
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I was going to say the same thing except my porthole has a slightly different door over the controls.
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I believe the white lacquered version was called “The Eskimo” .
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I don't know if the cabinet has been refinished or not. |
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Yes, a 1950 Raytheon-Belmont. The right control is a continuous turner. I would suspect the set came with the light Tolex, although I've only seen existing models in dark Tolex. They're very uncommon to begin with. Much more so than similar looking Zenith's.
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Interesting that link didn't show any link of a tv for me.
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You have to scroll almost all the way to the bottom of the page to find it
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Over in Pigeon Forge, near Gatlinburg, there was an "Aunty-Kew" shoppe that had basically the usual junque & bric-a-brac those emporiums typically have, but this one had, if IIRC, one of those "Stromberg-Carlson" portholes from later on in the fifties. Think they wanted $350-400, & it needed to be gone thru- I assumed it didn't work, & the cabinet needed help, too, but that was the only one of them I ever saw. Would it be worth going back over there, & trying to make a deal on the thing, or just fuggeddaboutit? The Wife might "Stromberg-Carlson" my rear end, too, if you know what I mean...
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Hmmm... Well, $359-400 is outta the question, then, in an unknown working condition, & pretty much full-blown re-doing of the cabinet. And I have my Clarige, wife typically sees little/no humor in having 2 very similar looking sets-to HER, anyway... That's been a few years back, I'd bet it may be long gone anyhoo...
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So I don't know if thats the case in all antique shops but I know that was the case with my friend, and I think that's kind of a smart move, seeing as not many of these old sets are left out there anymore (well except for that new stash that was found recently by one of the members on here.) |
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Yeah, well, when I buy something like an unusual TV, it tends to get "Retired"-typically DON'T resell 'em... Have been known to give 'em away, or maybe swap out, but that's kinda rare. If you're a cyoot little kid, who looks up at me beseechingly w/teary eyes, THAT often works...
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Thanks for all the information. Shows that it pays to ask the right people.
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