Is this set really worth this much

[ohohyodafarted]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1948-Admiral-10-...3A1%7C294%3A50

I have one like this and anothe similar one and only paid $50 for each

Is this a joke??

[Eric H]

One lousy picture and over $600 for a common Admiral, I'm suspicious to say the least.

[Sandy G]

I MIGHT give $100 for it...Maybe.

[jeyurkon]

Apparently there were two people who thought it worth it. If it was a joke I assume Ebay still gets their cut.

The seller really lucked out if it wasn't a joke. Well, it does need a vertical osc tube (I assume that's what he meant by hold). Maybe the tube was filled with drugs and the two bidders know that...

John

[Eric H]

I can only guess this is a case of two people who really, really wanted this set, maybe it was their childhood set and they've been looking for one for years, maybe this one is local to both of them so the shipping will be free.

The bidders look legit based on feedback and % of bids with this seller.

I paid an absurd amount of $ to have a $25 GE set shipped to me by C&F, I had been looking for it for years and I wasn't going to have it get busted.

[jonboy55]

Ebay recently has had many TV's going for high prices. Here is another example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230332456018

And I think this Motorola is worth twice what the Admiral sold for.

I have a similar Admiral in a blond cabinet (30A16). Its get me thinking that maybe I should be taking advantage of the market.

[Eric H]

Originally Posted by jonboy55

Ebay recently has had many TV's going for high prices. Here is another example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230332456018

And I think this Motorola is worth twice what the Admiral sold for.

Wow, I can at least understand the interest in the Moto, they are downright rare compared to Admirals, I only gave $100 for mine tho, on eBay also a few years ago, listed poorly so no one found it but me.

The Garod only went for $400 something.

Sad thing is every common 50's console for the next 6 months will start out at $500.

[Ohighway]

Originally Posted by jonboy55

Ebay recently has had many TV's going for high prices.

Maybe old TV's have finally been "discovered" by the masses?

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by Eric H

I can only guess this is a case of two people who really, really wanted this set, maybe it was their childhood set and they've been looking for one for years, maybe this one is local to both of them so the shipping will be free.

The bidders look legit based on feedback and % of bids with this seller.

I paid an absurd amount of $ to have a $25 GE set shipped to me by C&F, I had been looking for it for years and I wasn't going to have it get busted.

I paid $25 more than the $100 counter offer I received for the Sylvania I was interested in. Then when the transportation plans got screwed up I paid another $300 for excellent service. I think my set is pretty uncommon; but fortunately so is interest in it. After getting a CRT rebuilt to convert it to the model I wanted and making a new bezel to go on the cabinet from the model I wanted I'll be getting pretty close to this.

But, if the same bidder won a different set for a similarly excessive amount then they must have money to burn and motive beyond my comprehension.

John

[Eric H]

The same buyer just won an ordinary GE Floor model for $510.00

I don't know what's up, grudge bidding or someone who has a need for two consoles with no regard to cost, movie props perhaps. Thing is he could probably buy a couple sets from Harry P for less!

Looking at eBay and sorting by price there are a load of sets with outrageous listings, most of all a very common Pink & White 14" Hotpoint for $650.00 or "Best Offer" Gimmie a break, it's $50 set!

A 19" Dumont, nice shape but $1000.00??? Another identical one for $79.95 probably both have bad 19AP4's.

[jonboy55]

Based on the selling price of TV's the reserve on this must be in the 7 figure range.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1950-RCA-VICTOR-...3A1%7C294%3A50

I have nothing to do with the sale of this item.

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by Eric H

I don't know what's up, grudge bidding or someone who has a need for two consoles with no regard to cost, movie props perhaps.

Eric,

You may be on to one good reason there. I knew a fellow 10 years ago who had a junky old car he had to sell 'cause he was flat broke and trying to finish grad school. The car was worth - MAYBE - a hundred dollars. But he was offered many times that from a person buying up props for an upcoming Hollywood movie that needed exactly that type of vehicle. I'm pretty sure it was driven by Denzel Washington in "The Hurricane." Cheap from their perspective, I guess. If someone needs a vintage TV as a movie prop, what's a few hundred dollars one way or the other? Still cheaper than building something from scratch. What doesn't make sense is that unless the starting bid was high, you'd have to have two bidders for it to get silly like that, so who knows? I can think of a few things that, in hindsight, I got kinda carried away on!

--Dave

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by Dave S

a person buying up props

A couple of months ago, I sold my Weltron 2001 "space ball" radio to the ABC TV show "Lost" as a prop. I quoted them a price about 10 times what I had spent (and far more than current eBay replacement cost). They paid with no questions.

http://antiqueradio.org/welt01.htm

The show is supposed to air tonight, 3/25 on ABC, 9PM Eastern/Pacific, 8PM Central. I'm not a fan of the show, but I'll probably tune in to see whether the radio actually shows up. Some times props people buy things that never make it onto the screen, for one reason or another.

Phil Nelson

[zenithfan1]

Geez. I'm gonna sell all my junk. I got all the shi* that is going for these crazy prices. Gonna try the Halolight and some color portables this week and see what happens..........

[mattdavala]

I thought I saw this Dumont yesterday with a "normal" price! Either I wasn't looking hard or the seller changed the price on the auction. WOW!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Teleset-...QQcmdZViewItem

It must weight 300+ pounds!
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Matt D