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Anyone who does this is a CRIMINAL, but I think doing this to an Italian set is even worse than doing that to an American set, because vintage Italian TV sets are rarer than American ones.
Thank God such STUPIDITY was never popular here. I only saw this thing done once, some jerk took a 60's tabletop set and turned into a fishtank. A friend told me that years ago ( in the 80's ) he saw an early 50's bakelite Admiral turned into a dog's house.
But those were the only cases I know. As far as I know, here in Brazil the only people who likes to go after vintage tube televisions are only those with a passion for antiquities and vintage electronics, and even those who like them only as a piece of design with decorative purposes think that they look so beautiful, so gorgeous the way they are that it would be a shame to turn them into something else.
The people who are not into these things don't even bother: they might find a rare 50's set and send it to the dump without remorse, because to them it's only an old and obsolete TV.
Luckily, 1950's and even 1960's TV sets are so rare here that they more and more tend to be viewed as historic pieces that must be preserved.
Unfortunately that's not the case with 50's automobiles; even those that are rare I see turned into Hot Rods from time to time.
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