[captainmoody]

On Saturday I decided to go to an Estate sale that was only a few miles from me, (the pictures on the estate sale website looked promising). There was a small 14" or so metal cabinet table set that I could see in one picture (plugged in and lit up with a blank raster) so I thought if nothing else, I would buy the b/w. Well as soon as I got there, sitting on the front porch was a round screen combo! The back was off and the screws were scattered all around it. Thinking it was already sold, I asked the guy running the sale who bought it, he said "no one yet". He then went on to say he removed the back to check if it was a tube stereo, and when he found that it was, used that as a selling point to the audio collectors. He said I would have to take the "whole thing" if I wanted it and he would'nt go any lower than $30! No problem with that!
After getting it home and fixing a mouse chewed horizontal oscillator coil and a nasty cataract, I took a few pics. the chassis is very clean and appears to be low hour, as well as the original crt. The stereo has that nice tube sound, nothing fancy though, it's a single ended 6BQ5 amp driving 8" speakers.
BTW, the 50's b/w was already gone when I got there, the guy running the sale said it was "real valuable" because it was a 50's tv and so rare! I should have asked him how many would he like, I have a bunch of them stacked in my back closet and would be lucky if I got $10 each!