Clean looking 621TS on eBay
 

Looks like a nice one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-RCA-JOHN...item20afa3a426

Too rich for my blood. But, it does look nice!

John

I think that it is interesting that the seller *will* ship the set.... "I PACK VERY WELL , YOUR ITEM WILL BE DELIVERED WITHOUT DAMAGE". This is a fairly bold claim, since we have all seen examples of what can occur when vintage sets are shipped.:tears: Perhaps the wood cabinet is fairly rugged, and will withstand shipping ok.... Anybody here with experience shipping this model?

jr

Wow! It was less than $20 when I saw it early this morning.

Me likey....

IIRC three of these sets popped up on eBay last Feb-Apr including a blond. Maybe it's a spring cleaning thing ?

I got in a Big Way a few years back & was gonna buy one for $1K, had myself all talked into it, but it had already been sold...IIRC, it was a blond one, too.. I guess its just as well...What was I thinkin', a 7" B&W that I really couldn't watch very much, & would likely give lots of trouble, & I was gonna give a kilobuck for ?!? Must be MAD...Bet this 'un on Da Bay blows a kilobuck right outta the water...(grin)

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Bidding ended at $2,572 !

I wonder how much over that the winning bidder had placed? :scratch2:

John

Wow!
that's a new eBay record, the next highest was $2200 or something like that and that was several years ago, typically they go for $1200 give or take a little.

Safely shipping 621's
 

I had shipped 2 of the 621's we bought at a local estate sale and sold on ebay, last spring. They can be shipped fairly easily in one box or two, within the USA and overseas (I've shipped at least half a dozen in the last few years).

For this model, you can remove the CRT and then pack and ship the CRT within the wooden cabinet in a box, with the chassis in a separate box.

However, I prefer to ship in one box:
Loosen the front mask and put packing between the CRT and glass, then re-install the mask. Very carefully and tightly pack around the CRT, and around the chassis inside. Bubble wrap the TV and use triple-wall cardboard, tape around the edges, and then more bubble, and put into a larger box.

This has worked well--I've never had a 621 damaged in shipping...but UPS and FedEx can break a solid lead weight inside a steel barrel...so nothing is guaranteed. I shipped a console TV to New England (from NJ) several years ago, it was smashed and FedEx wouldn't pay my claim--they said their conveyor belts are up to 60 feet high, and if my console couldn't withstand a 60 foot fall, then it wasn't packed properly!! Gotta love 'em!