Early Television Convention is this weekend
 

There is still time to register:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/2015_convention.html

And if you can't make it this year, we plan to do a live webcast of the events all day Saturday. It will be available on the home page of the Early Television Foundation and Museum's website.

just received an email a couple days ago from Ustream, that says the 2013 convention has now gone live :-)

Love to see a video of the 2015 Auction.
Also some pictures of the event too.

BTW, out of curiosity, how much did that Philco 48-2500 projection TV go for?

Think it went for like $60 or so. I was pretty tempted, but I ended up coming home with a ton as it is.....

I picked up the Philco 48-2500 for $30.

Any idea how much the Motorola 19CK1 went for?

Hi, I picked up a Philco 48-2500 at the ETV in 2012.
I found it to be one of the most interesting restorations that I've done.
Thought about donating it to the ETV museum as their 48-2500 is a
non working TV --but I liked mine too much to let it go.
I had my 48-2500 working for about a year but later it failed.
Its been on my workbench to fix for a long time waiting for me
to get back interested in it.

How complete was your Philco 48-2500?

Carl

As near as I can tell, everything that should be there, is. The front screen is in excellent condition, and the mirrors don't look to shabby either. It should restore pretty easily.

Pictures posted:

The complete collection, grouped by topic:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/420028...7651949020819/

In particular, photos of the RCA Worthington model:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/420028...7651948933339/

There was a rumor that 10 inch set sitting on the floor in the right front area in the silent auction was a Sanabria/Deforest kit? Anyone know anything about it or who got that one?

I was helping them unload. That was the suspicion, but I don't believe they knew for sure....it was brought from the National Capital Radio & Television Museum in Bowie MD.

Actually it was brought by someone else. It is a Telekit, with an extra knob.

I was taking the Western Visionette I won at the auction this morning to Craters and Freighters in the trunk of my rental car. I got rear ended on the way over there but the TV survived. It is now waiting to be crated and shipped to California.

Oh man, that must have rattled you on several levels. When we put that set in your trunk, I hoped it wasn't going to bounce around too much.

I got rear-ended on my way to pick up the DuMont color set. No real damage to the car, but if the set was in there, who knows what might have happened.

I assume you both are OK?