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And you just never know who may have bought an early DuMont new, because they were about the best set made in the 40s and early 50s, therfore the wealthy were the biggest percentage of owners. Sort of the same phenomenon with early color sets. How many people know, or knew people who owned a color TV in 1955? Not many I am sure, but they were out there.
The only DuMont that I have ever been lucky enough (or strong enough) to own was an RA-109A. I got it back around 1983 when such things were floating around everywhere and largely seen as junk. I was a nerdy teenager who found electronics from that era incredibly intriguing. The junk dealer that sold it to me happened to be the one time owner of my area's first TV sales stores. He sold the TV new to the president of Stanley Furniture Company for somewhere near a grand around 1948 or so.
Not that this individual was some kind of movie star or anything, but I always thought that the history was neat to know if for no other reason Stanley Furniture Company was one of this areas biggest employers for much of my lifetime and made some of the best furniture on Earth. The last round of layoffs came about 3 years ago, but the map still bears the name Stanleytown, right next to Bassett and a whole lot of pharmacies.....
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