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So, I went and looked at these sets today. The RCA set ended up coming home with me, it's a New Vista, probably B&W, model 34 B 222 MV. Sams Photofact 704-2, anyone have a copy of this? The set doesn't have the UHF tuner installed (not that those are good for anything these days anyhow) but appears to be complete on the inside and in decent shape.
As for the other sets, I took down the model numbers if anyone here is in the Pittsburgh area and interested. The seller is a guy who goes to estate auctions and says he occasionally ends up with old TVs. He isn't interested in shipping them, but if someone really really wants one I might be willing to pick it up and pack it (Obviously you'd have to pay the shipping cost, these things aren't terribly light).
The Magnavox is a model 1T5005, small all-plastic portable. Back case has "JAPAN" molded into it and the line cord is a Yazaki so it's almost certainly a Japanese rebrand. It looks to be in very good condition, not sure if it'd be tube or solid state but I suspect tube as 60s solid state gear tended to be labeled prominently as such.
The Motorola's back label is not readable, I have a sneaking suspicion the set got wet at some point. The back was only partially screwed on, there's some kind of large coil on the back of the tube that looks corroded (hence the suspicion of rain). Cool looking, not sure if it'd be restorable. Case is all bakelite, a bit scratched but probably cleanable.
The Admiral is a model PA 17 D 26, front bezel is metal, rest of the case is gray plastic. It looks to be in decent shape although there's some rust/pitting on the metal bezel and carry handle.
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