Yeah - I agree with Eric - I wish I could be there too. Nice scores!
Charlie - that has to be the most adorable little CRT I've ever seen! I have no idea what it could have been used for though, maybe it had some application as a camera viewfinder, or possibly some sort of test equipment? Could be a sample too, or some sort of promotional thing, but somehow I doubt it. I know I have seen pictures of CRT's made out of coke bottles though - from what I've read the coke bottle CRT's were made as curiosities for tours at picture tube plants and the like.
Yeah, you guys are having too much fun. Way too much fun. I wish there was some fun like that in my neck of the woods. Some people have all the luck - I'm still hunting the elusive color roundie. Sssh! Be vewy vewy qwuiet - I'm hunting wowndies.
Good luck on your restorations guys!
-Ian