fish tanked roundie
 

I could not even bring myself to post the link off CL. I have seen a few fishtanked sets but this was the 1st roundie color set.

NY area, nice looking french provincal cabinet. If the price was right at least someone could save that, but they want 2 bills for the dumb thing.

think it was under antique or vintage or console. ugh...

:yuck:. View at your own peril.

that's it, oy vey is mir

<barf>

:puke: What is that cabinet, a Magnavox?

Think of it as a great picture with short the vertical sweep...

seems like the blue gun is a bit weak :D

i am appalled,shocked and completely discussted.what a waste of a beautiful roundie.what is this obsession with tv/fishtank conversions?

I think it must be some wanna be designers that saw it somewhere, and have no clue what they are destroying.

Some people honestly don't know that old TVs have value. There is currently a Predicta barberpole ("Perfecta") on eBay. The seller picked it off the curb. The previous owner put it out on a yard sale and it didn't sell, so off to the curb it went.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Philco-Perfecta-...item1e5cdfdc9a

Looks complete. Current bid is $26.

Not to defend fishtankers -- I complain as loudly as anyone else -- but around here you can't give away plain-jane 1950s B/W consoles. I could fill a gymnasium with TVs that go unsold on craigslist. That goes double for combos with a radio & phono.

You can't expect the average Joe (or Jane) to know the difference between a worthless B/W console and, say, a 21-CT-55 color roundie. They look very similar, and to them, it's just "Grandma's old TV" that nobody bought at the yard sale.

Phil

Unfortunately with EVERY TV this will happen until they are worth more than the shipping to get them to the collector. I've been talking about this quite a bit. I know the few hundred of us on this sight can't do much about it but if we work with the "true" antique community prices will go up to the point that it is worth it to ship(save) these TV's. Obviously this set will be saved, being in New York and being a Predicta but the problem is the same with all the Post war, Pre 1960 TV's (Portables excluded because of the ease of shipping!). If you have been watching ebay there is a hardcore bunch of people that have set there prices in the $200+ range, Even $500 for a Zenith Roundie Console. Are they worth it? No, not now but just wait. This is how prices escalate and items become worthwhile to save. Yes its a double edge sword but it is worth it if you truely want to save these televisions. My last word is that if this guy thought he'd get enough(as with anybody) he'd ship the damn thing!
PSS. 1960's and up(Solid State) sets will have to stand on there own for now, value based on design, uniqueness and quality. There just not "vintage" or "antique" enough yet.

Unfortunately with EVERY TV this will happen until they are worth more than the shipping to get them to the collector. I've been talking about this quite a bit. I know the few hundred of us on this sight can't do much about it but if we work with the "true" antique community prices will go up to the point that it is worth it to ship(save) these TV's. Obviously this set will be saved, being in New York and being a Predicta but the problem is the same with all the Post war, Pre 1960 TV's (Portables excluded because of the ease of shipping!). If you have been watching ebay there is a hardcore bunch of people that have set there prices in the $200+ range, Even $500 for a Zenith Roundie Console. Are they worth it? No, not now but just wait. This is how prices escalate and items become worthwhile to save. Yes its a double edge sword but it is worth it if you truely want to save these televisions. My last word is that if this guy thought he'd get enough(as with anybody) he'd ship the damn thing!
PSS. 1960's and up(Solid State) sets will have to stand on there own for now, value based on design, uniqueness and quality. There just not "vintage" or "antique" enough yet.

Sorry double post

lame... I really don't understand peoples facination with fishtanking sets.. Loos totally stupid

walk in, look at it and say hmmm looks neat a fish tank in an old tv

OR..


walk in WOW how cool is that (after turning on and warming up to a nice vintage show) sit down check it out, plan to watch some more old stuff with friends over, learn some history of old tv, now become really hooked on how amazing all this old tech is and start to question the value of new stuff, learn and become involved in a great hobby

or

sprinkle on some fish food...

I guess it all comes down to initative, even if you are a complete noob, the internet can be a wonderful tool to learn about something you know nothing about.

Just take the 1 second to look something up before discarding.

oh well guess this is just turning into a soap box, preaching to the choir, sorry for the waste of bandwidth.

It was just a real shot to the gut to see it happen to such a nice looking roundie.

let's get back at em and fishtank a plasma ;)

or put a TV chassis in a fishtank :D

[QUOTE=Phil Nelson;2977621]"Some people honestly don't know that old TVs have value...Not to defend fishtankers -- I complain as loudly as anyone else -- but around here you can't give away plain-jane 1950s B/W consoles. I could fill a gymnasium with TVs that go unsold on craigslist. That goes double for combos with a radio & phono."

Well, then I'm a weirdo, because I would love to get my hands on a 1950s B&W console. In about 1974 we had a 21" 1950s Zenith with the big bug-eye knobs that we used as a 2nd set in the basement. My uncle(84 this month) would pick these up for $20 or so, change out a few caps, then give 'em to family or friends for the kiddies(who didn't "need" color or a newer set). My uncle & grandfather ran a small local radio-TV shop in Schenectady in the late 40s/early 50s.The Zenith he gave us was a metal cabinet set minus its swivel base.

But our main set was this RCA Victor CG305L from c.1964 or 1965. My parents' first new set. So to us kiddies having the Zenith was great, as we weren't missing much since both sets in the house were B&W. We lived in Milwaukee then & local indy UHF WITI-18 always ran the old Universal horror movies, Little Rascals, Laurel & Hardy, Three Stooges. What a great way to get an appetite for the classics! I am going to try & get the 23ENP4 in this RCA sent out to Scotty before he closes at end of July. House has contractors crawling all over it due to 32 years of tree roots pushing in the foundation-so far 9 big trees gone(locust & mulberry) front walk & rear patios torn up, debris in yard-looks preety bad. So the house is a priority right now. Here's also a 1960s Magnavox on its 2nd CRT-an RCA Silverama. Uncle Joe gave us this one Easter weekend of 1979.

If I need a fish tank, I'll go to a pet store.
What a waste.
I predicta that perfecta will go for big bucks.
Looks like it's in nice shape.
Bill Cahill

There are several for sale around NW Indiana / Chicago, IL if you're interested. Here's an RCA in Merrillville, IN for example: http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/atq/1831413105.html

Dennman, I bet that Maggie has the 23" tube that I just found for my combo set. Your set looks almost like mine, including the safety glass and bezel.

Glad it works!

Yes, the Maggie I think is a beautiful set. Any idea as to year for this set? I will go upstairs & get the model info sometime this weekend. I think I remember seeing your set here on the forum. Yours seemed a little newer but I too recognized many similarities with faceplate, knobs, etc. The pic I posted was taken in 1993, but the set still works as well as you saw in the pic. Only now I'm getting an arcing from the HV cage, I think, that causes breakup up the picture. Got to get in there & see if I have flyback issues(maybe a slobbering of fresh new silicon will cure it:).

Dennis Forkel

I'd guess that Magnavox is a year or two earlier than mine (say '63-'64). My '65 used a 23MP4 that was replaced with a 23ALP4 or something close to that.

well..... NY has lots of hill billies, morons, and assorted idiots.