RCA CTC-9 Golden Anniversary model
 

This model,"The Felton" w/gold colored cabinet, recently sold on ebay, was unknown to me. Anyone ever seen one or perhaps own one in their collection?: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1959...item486680d895

-Steve D.

The vendor stated low hours, but I saw that the tube was a Colorama 21CYP22A, so was it replaced?

That is a colorama replacement, the original Colorama tubes didn't state anything about new components. Just the Colorama stamp

Not unknown to Ed:

http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/Galler..._Felton595.gif

[QUOTE=miniman82;3108566]Not unknown to Ed:

Nick,

The "Felton" CTC-9 is not unknown to me either. However the "Felton" shown in the ebay listing is painted a rich gold color on a perhaps metal cabinet. Was this a special edition model? The model pictured on Ed's site looks to be an Oak finish. I'm only asking if anyone has heard of a special edition "Felton" model.

-Steve D.

Steve,

The second sale of this set does not show in the completed listings. ???

However, the first (?) sale still does, and back on April 15th it went for $900!

See auction 161271541617

This set in not in the vintage I'm into, but I don't remember ever seeing an RCA metal cabinet with orange peel. (A paint defect usually caused by an improper paint-to-thinner mixture, improper paint-to-air mixture or too much paint being applied.)

On the last two photos in the vertical photos, if you click they will enlarge, then click again and they blow up to a huge size.

Both orange peel, and gold flake paint are evident in these photos.

The age marks on the paint look questionable. They just don't look quite right to me, but I cannot say why. In short, I've never seen an RCA metal cabinet with a non-professional paint job, but with that said, I've never had a reason to look that closely. I'd demand a careful paint inspection before purchasing that set.

Jas.

Sold for $750. Some fool bit on the "Golden Anniversary" hogwash.

I did notice the imperfections in the paint. Considered that this could be due to the age of the set. Again, I was trying to determine if in any of the VK member's experience they had ever come across, or heard of such a limited edition set. In all my years of collecting vintage TV's and pouring over catalogs and sales information, I had not. So, I will agree this was a scam, until any evidence to the contrary comes along. Thanks for the comments.

-Steve D.

The first thing noted is the golden anniversary of RCA would be 1969, not 1959.

The major companies that were absorbed into RCA in the early years, Westinghouse and General Electric (which included The American division of Marconi Wireless after it was nationalized during WWI), all predated 1909.

I literally can find nothing connected to RCA important enough to celebrate a fiftieth anniversary in 1959!

Could this have been a dealer promotion to sell some left over metal cabinet sets, by repainting them a jazzier color?

Since there obviously were other 1959 RCA model 210CB831 made, as Steve's original question still wonders, what color were they?

I still feel this is a non-professional repaint job. I'm not saying the seller did it, he or she could have been suckered on an older set they picked up.

Jas.

They are celebrating the 5th year of color TV. Why golden, I don't know. I have the "Caulfield" model and has the same tag.

The "Golden" seems to have been added by the seller. Well, the hang tag IS partly gold-colored, and the set itself is painted gold. It is a metal cabinet, of course. Is the Felton as shown on Ed Reitan's Web site known to be blond and not gold?

Seller is having a hard time with this, listed again: http://www.ebay.com/itm/161354299786

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The Felton on Ed's site is Oak. The seller also says in description factory painted gold. Who knows? I also noticed in one of the photos of the speaker grill some kind of logo or emblem, that I can't quite make out, that is not on the Felton catalog photo. No place on the ebay post to ask questions. Guess I can't let this go until I know for sure.

-Steve D.

Steve:

At the bottom of every listing is "Ask a Question". It is right below the last photo if you scroll down.

Thanks Tim,

I scrolled down the site several times and missed the "Ask a Question."
I have asked the seller to verify w/documentation that this "special edition" Felton is what he says. Also a clearer image of the emblem on the speaker grill.

-Steve D.