[Jeffhs]

IMO, if the only thing wrong with the 1948 RCA TV in that assortment is a bad cord, the set itself could be worth something, even if the rest of the stuff in the collection is junk (as a lot of it seems to be, at least from where I sit--many of those sets are probably good only for parts; even at that I wouldn't trust anything I salvaged from a late-1940s TV to be much good--I'd sooner get my replacement parts brand new).

However, I think there may be more wrong with the '48 RCA than just the cord. As we here on AK all know, any piece of electronic gear that old is bound to have any number of problems, such as long-dried-out electrolytic capacitors, shorted transformers, off-value resistors, corroded underchassis connections, intermittent potentiometers, and the list goes on. Again, I wouldn't dare to assume that a set that old would work, well or otherwise.

Some of the parts being offered in that auction, such as tubes, could be of some value if they are good, but again, who knows their actual condition? Unless they have been tested and the seller knows beyond the shadow of even the most unreasonable doubt that they are good, I wouldn't touch them with a 10-foot pole.