A few things to consider:

Get there early, if at all possible. The early bird gets the worm. The meet is posted to run from 8AM to 11AM, but some sellers are often ready to deal by 6:30AM.

Bring lots of cash. Most of our attendees probably don't know you and may be reluctant to take your checks. Plus cash in the hand is great for bargaining.

If you have TV sets or other related items to sell at home that you aren't bringing along, please make a list, copy it, and distribute the copies among the attendees. Feel free to leave some copies at the hospitality table also. Make sure you provide adequate contact information.

You may want to bring along tarps, blankets, tables, etc. to set your items on. Also chairs if you want to sit.

The meet is held in an asphault parking lot, and it can get hot! Bring your sunscreen and hats to protect yourselves.

If held at the front building (Landmark), the fenced in parking area will be for sellers only. Buyers/spectators should drive straight through this lot beyond the gates in the cyclone fence to the general parking area. We will have spotters to try to catch everyone as they pass the hospitality tent to direct them. We are also going to try to guide the TV sellers into the left side of the selling lot, to make it easier to converse with each other.

If held at the back building (Terminal), the lot is huge, and we will just try to direct all the TV folks into a common area.

It will be obvious as you enter the driveway which lot we will be using.

Whether buying or selling, please stop by the hospitality tent to pick up a nametag. This will allow us to recognize fellow Videokarma members.

Remember, there is a $10 fee for non club members to set up to sell at our meets.

I'd also like to collect your names and contact information at the hospitality table, so I may contact you for feedback on our event and keep you informed of future such events.

And of course, you are always welcome to join our club, offer suggestions, register your complaints, etc. We don't know if we are doing things right or wrong unless someone tells us.

Thanks to you all!

Jim Menning

Okay! To buy anything of size without issue I gotta sell. And I only have a previous body style Honda CR-Vs worth of space to transport stuff with so I can only bring some of the stuff I'm about to list, thus once the Honda is full it's full, and if you don't ask me to bring something there is only a small chance I will (even if I want it gone).

Alright now for sets I want gone.
1977 Quasar, working with soft focus, factory equipped with 75ohm coax connector, 15$ OBO.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3dc0db1b.jpg

Late 60's monochrome GE solid state portable, works, 25$OBO.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psfacacea5.jpg

1977 9"(IIRC) monochrome Zenith portable, works, 30$ OBO.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps49b5b00d.jpg

1985 Zenith monochrome portable, works, 10$ OBO.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3cdd7faa.jpg

1978(IIRC) Zenith system 3, with instruction book, works great, 20$OBO.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...y/DSCN1684.jpg
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...y/DSCN1695.jpg

Blue monochrome portable, believed to work, 5$OBO.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8b736ff6.jpg

Panasonic popup portable, works, 20$OBO.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3b07b8f4.jpg

Now for some kind of don't want to sell, but ought to sets.

Color cluster.
1972 Sylvania POS color, works, but no sound, and other issues 20$.
1976 Zenith color CCII vertical chassis deltagun set with stand, works GREAT, 30$.
70's Zenith color flat chassis CCII, works, 25$
1967 Admiral remote color console (bottom left), works but CRT almost dead 65$.
late 60's Zenith, with freshly installed NOS CRT, works 170$.
I acquired the first sets to pirate the a CRT out of for the listed Admiral, but don't have the heart to part out one for it's CRT. I will not sell them to someone that wants to part them out.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps91a02eaf.jpg
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psecf277dc.jpg
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...y/DSCN0842.jpg
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...y/DSCN2006.jpg

50's RCA mostly recapped working, 50$ without stand, 75$ with stand, with weakish original CRT who's curvature better matches the mask add 55$ to option or separate for 75$.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psc50d8a3d.jpg
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps47532385.jpg
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psd49a3aea.jpg

More to come in next post...

Admiral bakelite set, works but CRT almost totally dead (if it don't pre-sell I'll be looking for a 12LP4) 75$.
Grinnell (Olympic re-badged) works, 75$. (will bundle with Majestic for 100$)
Majestic, works, 75$.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps838ec01f.jpg
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps64a430cc.jpg

1976 Zenith CCII, works with intermittents, 55$
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps76f2a767.jpg

1965 Philco roundy, works 250$.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps05ee59dc.jpg

1958 Setchell Carlson, works, but has dirty tuner and pots 50$.
1953 Zenith, works, comes with stand, and top loading VCR (which is the only RF modulator it likes) 80$.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psb1f788b8.jpg

1955 RCA CTC-4 Seville project, 90% recapped, with a gassy 21AXP and good 21FBP(installed) 1200$. Needs new IF board or new IF socket + AGC troubleshooting + full alignment, as well as refinishing, back, yoke cover, and other misc stuff.
http://s1095.photobucket.com/user/El...?sort=3&page=1
http://videokarma.org/showthread.php...erized+seville


CRTs.

Tests on the lower end of good, face scratched 60$.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psb397c7e1.jpg

Unusable gassy Zenith 21FJP22 and or mounting hardware 5$.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2b1a36db.jpg

7JP4 displays a bright raster when connected to a half restored moto VT-71 250$ (negotiable).
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps379cf3c4.jpg

NOS 12CNP4 (not pictured), untested, 50$.

I don't want to bring a ton of stuff there just to haul it back, so if no responses I'll probably not bring very much.

I am here, at the value inn, a few miles from the meet.

I brought my 21FJP22 tube, a 17DQP4 tube, supposed to be new, my 16GP4 tube I spoke about...and my portacolor set I have--clean and looks nice, has a vertical issue. --all for sale.

Did NOT realize you all are an hour behind here...

going to get some supper. will be back later...

Glad you made it rca2000.

I'll be going to bed shortly, I need to get up in 5-1/2 hours to make the drive down from Appleton. I expect to be on site by 6AM at the latest to start setting up.

Here are a few more sets that made it into the trailer today:

So... How'd it go?... Any good finds?... Make good sales?... :scratch2:I see some nice one's posted here on this page. Too bad I couldnt make it:sigh:, but I wonder, in reality how much $400, a portable '57 GE TV and a few radio's to sell/trade would actually get me.:para:

Well, post some find's!!!

There was a lot of interesting sets there, spanning 60 years. All kinds of radio's, TV's, B/W and color, parts, CRT's.
We missed a few of our regular posters. A few, I was really interested in meeting.
Most of the items, were priced a lot less than the usual EBAY offerings. :thmbsp:
Try to make it the next time! :yes:

I bought 11 TVs (counting the Portacolor without a CRT), a Reel to Reel tape deck (I have a few, but none that can handle the 15" reels like this one), and traded away two sets (though taking the Quasar was a condition of the trade) I took to the meet. I made exactly 0 cash sales.
Here are the pictures.
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...psdeb7e313.jpg
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...ps653d3e24.jpg
All show signs of life except for the hollow Portacolor, the 7" Admiral, the 10" RCA, and the little Sony.

The little Panasonic with no power up on the screen I quickly fixed to up 90% working, yesterday. The symptom described instantly made me think open series string filament, and I was right!...Sort of. One of the tuner tubes was completely missing. After finding one in my stocks it powers up and is just fine save for 1/3 vertical under-scan at the bottom, and some mild vertical fold over. I'll try and get it done tonight.

Tom! I was great seeing you again and meeting your father.
It's really amazing how much the Honda CRV can haul. :thmbsp:

Glad someone got that Setchell Carlson, I had my eye on it. Let me know if you need any TV tubes... The boxes of tubes I got in the donation auction were full of them... But i did score some nice 12ax7s and a quartet of 7591s in some of the boxes.

Yeah, I was a little bit bummed that I missed the the donation auction since I had my eye on those tubes.

I could use some spare 6LB6s tubes for my color sets.

I've been wanting a tube based video monitor to go with my EIAJ VTRs and my '71 Sony U-matic VCR, and that Setchell Carlson fits the bill well. It displays an impressive picture for a set that is probably unrestored.

Dieseljeep: It was nice talking with you and your friend at the meet. I had to ride home with my friend Chris in his car with one radio and one CRT box to bring it all home. Dad did not seem to like having some TVs riding shotgun with him...

Sounds great! Priced less than average eBay prices:eek:, Mabey I could've really gotten a bunch! Would've been better than the damn auction I went too, but at least I was able to work on my old truck some that afternoon. Time was tight for me that day.:grumpy:

:jawdrop:11?! That's great! now hopefully ya did'nt have to give an arm and a leg for that collection. Reel to reel huh? I'd like to find a good 4 track recording unit sometime, probably going to be expensive if I ever find one. Around how much were those little 7" going for? I'd like to find one like that some time, and a few others like it. How much were some of the color sets going for? Preferably after the mid 50's as those ones will always be expensive. Let's see more y'all!!!:banana:

You mean I sold a set that actually worked? Shame on me!

That S/C, along with all those 7 & 10 inch sets came out of my storage bin. Many never made it to my home, so many of the sets were never tested by me. I bet some very good 7JP4's and 10BP4's went out in some of those sets.

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I had most of my 7-inch electrostatic sets priced from $30-90, but almost all were sold for much less as part of package deals. None of the 7JP4s were tested, so hopefully my buyers got lucky and got some good jugs cheap. I think I sold 7 sets with 7JP4s in them.



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IIRC I only spent 105$ including seller's fee. That RTR was a rusty and likely barn stored TEAC 3300....I have two other reliable TEAC RTRs, but this is the unit that has made me LOVE the brand. Despite dirty pots, a rusted capstan and a pinch roller that looked like it was probably bad all I had to do to make it work was plug it in and toss on a tape! I then cleaned it up. I bought it because it can play 15" reels which none of my other units could. It only cost me 20$, and I got some odds and ends with it too.

Some months ago I grabbed an AKAI 1800SS quadraphonic RTR/8-track off the local Craigslist for 40$ it works, but could use some tweaking.

I think the Portacolor set with the tube was listed for 20$, but I traded one of my sets for it and a bunch of others so the cash cost is less memorable. Not much tube color there. Only three Portas, and two CRTs IIRC.

Swap Meet Milwaukee
 

My son and I had a good time at the swap meet. It was the first I had been to in at least 20 years. We sold some tv parts, a tube tester, Rider's TV manuals, and an AK model 40 radio. I gave away an AK 55 chassis also.
I won four auctions, TV tubes *2, a tape recorder, and a 1997 Sony monitor, total cost about 6-7 dollars. :yes:
My son really got excited because someone gave him a Sanyo Betachord VCR for free. :banana:
It was nice to meet many of the VK members at the meet too.

Ed

Glad I couldn't go. War Dept has informed me I DON'T need any more Junque, need to FIX what I have now... Plus, Most of you would prolly LOVE to Punch Me in the Nose...

You would've more than welcome!
A lot of your comments are really humorous. :D

Nah, I'm REALLY a dour, mordant, sarcastic, hateful old crank...I enjoy stealin' Flies from Blind Spiders.. Bought up an Old Ladies' Home, just to Kick 'Em Out..

Greetings,
My name is John, and I have been a radio, audio and TV collector since the late 1970’s. My TV interest is in early TV, basically before 1950. I have been a member of this form for a while, and this is my first post. Last Sunday the WARCI swap meet was one of the best that I can remember. There were more early TV sets than I have ever seen in one place, and also some incredible vintage tube amps (pair Mcintosh MC60, Marantz 8B amp). The WARCI Swap meet was the first time that I ever had the chance to buy a truck load of early TVs, which is exactly what I did. If I had more room, I would have brought home four or five more sets.
If the WARCI plans to do this again, I would encourage everyone to come out. Following are what I bought and pictures of what I put into the truck.

Admiral 20X1
Crosley 10-401
Emerson 571
GE Locomotive – qty 3
Motorola VT-71 – qty 3
Sentinel 400
Teletone TV208 – qty 2

I will post a second with the last sets.

Here are the last two sets.

Later,

John

Welcome to the forum John :wave:

I have most of those models but for sure it took me a long time and a lot of money to get them all.

I wish I could have gone but I just couldn't make it. For sure I'll be at the ARCI Radiofest next week :yes:

Nice instant collection, John. Thanks for sharing.

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Pictures from the WARCI TV/radio swap meet are now up on their website:

http://www.warci.org/photos.html


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Thanks for posting. It was a beautiful day for an outdoor meet, love the sunrise picture. My back is sore just thinking about all those sets Jim moved.
Overall sounds like it was a great success. :thmbsp:

Some of my joints were unhappy with me from some of his sets too. I should not have mentioned to him that I found that RCA he had interesting, then I would not have been offered it for free and would not have been too tempted to resist. I hate how much 630 series RCA chassis sets weigh. About the only one I'd pay money for is an 8TS30 simply because I love the cabinet style of those.