Motorola 19CK1
 

Mr Poster has listed on Epay a very interesting Motorola Color TV: a 1954 Motorola 19CK1 color TV, 19 inch set. It has its original CBS-Hytron CRT!

A pretty reasonable starting price for a set as rare as this. It will be interesting to see how this one goes...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/super-rare-1...item35c3574fa3

But that's the same one that Santa just brought. :sigh:

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=256682

Surprise! Did anyone really think he had turned into a TV collector?

I had sent Harry an email asking if he was turning into a collector, and he confessed that it would probably be up on ebay eventually, so no surprise.

I am a bit surprised at his opening price, Harry usually starts things at a very reasonable opening bid. And what is the status of the CRT?

BTW, I am NOT bidding....

Awww man John! I thought you were gonna get it for me as a gift:D!

It doesn't seem that unreasonable of an opening bid considering this TV is in excellent original condition not to mention the rarity. Who cares what the opening bid is. Doing it this way reserves the bidding to people who are serious about getting it as we all know TV's like this will sell for the opening bid, even the ones that are rusted up moldy turds that were sitting in a damp basement since 1962... Valuable items with low opening bids just opens the door for stupid bidders who just get into the $1 bidding increment wars as they somehow think they will win the item as long as they keep playing the game jacking the price up throughout the entire run of the auction. Then the big shot bidder comes in at the last second and blows them of the water . :D

Too bad I'm an RCA guy, she's a beauty. Also, too bad I'm broke! lol

Is there any other condition BUT "Broke" ?!? I'm glad Harry's listing the set...At THAT price, the fishtank crew are NOT likely to get ahold of it & RUIN it...

Nice...but a little too far out of my price range. :sigh:

Motorola 19CK1B
 

For all that noticed...since I make my living selling vintage TVs, I usually can't afford to 'collect' the TVs...or I'd have loads of TVs and no house :(

For everyone that wondered, I did plug in the TV (briefly), and the vacuum tubes lit, including within the high voltage box, but the CRT did not. The CRT filament is either broken or burnt out, even though the tube appears to have vacuum--no white deposits on the neck, and no deposits that are visible inside the tube.

So, this will be a problem for restoration (unless RACS gets going), but I have to say, even when I sold the RCA prototype a couple years ago, that developmental CRT was working, but recently failed...so it has become an unfortunate reality, that most of these glass-metal early color CRTs might not make it much longer. Harry Poster

Harry, certainly you are entitled to do whatever you wish with the vintage equipment. Some may criticize but it is yours to do with as you wish. At least you have the good sense to find these items and pass them along to those who wish to collect them. I am moving to Florida (four 17' truckloads so far!) and I have come to the realization that I need to "cull the herd". I hope you do well and that the person who purchased the set can enjoy it.

We all have our own ways of doing things.

I sure understand the selling of things for a living. :thmbsp:
I'm probably just still suffering a little from post Santa trauma. Maybe some of you guys from my generation can relate. :D

Any NOS conversion kits for sale? :naughty:

Well, I just wanna say THIS about Harry-I bought my 12" Zenith Porthole from him a couple years back. May have paid a bit more than the going rate, I dunno. Don't matter. The TV I got was pretty darn close to PRISTINE cosmetically, needed very little to make it operational again, & was packaged well enuff to have made the trip to the Moon & back... In other words, I was VERY satisfied w/Harry's service, & would not hesitate to use him again. The TV I got was every bit as good as described,if anything, it was actually BETTER.

Harry, you might try measuring the resistance at the tube base on the filament leads. My working Motorola 19 inch set has had problems with intermittent filament connections, caused by the type of socket they used, I think. Your tube filament might be OK after all.