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Old 12-13-2009, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by M3-SRT8 View Post
What was the MSRP on a Royal Sovereign, BTW?
When I was a little kid, I saw one at a local home show... Great looking TV! The salesman told me " just like your $25 savings bond... 1875 with a couple more zeros" so unless he was yanking my chain, it was $1875.00 on the west coast.

My favorite picture of the tube shows John McQueen (later at Southwest Vacuum) making the faceplate seal, in white shirt and tie.

From ETF:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/dumont_ra119.html

jr

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