Late CTC-7 Dealer Sheets, et al

Forgot I had this! RCA dealer binder containing most(?) of their consumer line for '58-'59. Features table & portable radios, recorders, thirty-four b/w sets, a table of cabinet finishes available and of course, 6 late model CTC-7's with prices: the Meredith ($495); the Southbridge ($725); the Pensbury ($825); the Whitmore, w/remote ($775); the Grenoble, w/remote ($925) and the Worthington, w/remote ($1200).

Adjusted for inflation, those same sets would cost: $2915, $5447; $4859; $4564; $5448 and $7068 [2001 dollars from S. Milton Friedman's inflation calculator]. Even the cheapest b/w set, the Envoy, was $159. Imagine paying $936 for a 14" b/w set now! Makes paying a few hundred (now) for a CTC-7 quite a bargain!

I hope I can get these scanned in short order and will post a link to each as time permits!

Michael

[radiomec]

Hi Michael, are you be able to scan the original Late CTC-7 Dealer Sheets that you told?
I'd very interested to look the Worthington model, that I hope to find for my collection.
Thank you!
Marco.

Originally Posted by michael

Forgot I had this! RCA dealer binder containing most(?) of their consumer line for '58-'59. Features table & portable radios, recorders, thirty-four b/w sets, a table of cabinet finishes available and of course, 6 late model CTC-7's with prices: the Meredith ($495); the Southbridge ($725); the Pensbury ($825); the Whitmore, w/remote ($775); the Grenoble, w/remote ($925) and the Worthington, w/remote ($1200).

Adjusted for inflation, those same sets would cost: $2915, $5447; $4859; $4564; $5448 and $7068 [2001 dollars from S. Milton Friedman's inflation calculator]. Even the cheapest b/w set, the Envoy, was $159. Imagine paying $936 for a 14" b/w set now! Makes paying a few hundred (now) for a CTC-7 quite a bargain!

I hope I can get these scanned in short order and will post a link to each as time permits!

Michael

The one thing about using an inflation calculator is that it doesn't take into account the changes in the average person's disposable or discretionary income levels. While the inflation rate does mean that something that cost $159 in 1959 would cost $936 today, it doesn't mean that people have the same amout to spend on things like tv's today. Taxes, insurance, and other mandatory living expenses have gone up more than the inflation rate. People's discretionary income is much less than in 1959. For a while in the 2000's it was even negative, meaning the average person had to borrow against a credit card or other ways to make ends meet.

In other words, people had more money to spend on tv's in 1959 than they do today, so it wasn't as much of a budget buster.

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by radiomec

Hi Michael, are you be able to scan the original Late CTC-7 Dealer Sheets that you told?
I'd very interested to look the Worthington model, that I hope to find for my collection.
Thank you!
Marco.

It would be nice to have these scans available in high resolution for all to share on the ETF site!

Unfortunately we may never hear from Michael again, as he posted this 11 years ago as a guest.

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[Olorin67]

i recently acuired Setchel Carlson product brochures from 1965 to 1969, is there some place on the web I could upload scans of them?

[radiomec]

I think that to share these HD scans here on Videokarma would be very interesting for everyone!

[BigDavesTV]

So, if posted so many years ago (2003), how is it coming up here, now, as if a new post? It would be real nice to have a good scan of the CTC-7 stuff!

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by BigDavesTV

So, if posted so many years ago (2003), how is it coming up here, now, as if a new post?

That's how forums here work. Each time a new post is made, it brings the thread back to the top of the queue.

When radiomec responded to an 11-year old post, that reactivated it.

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[BigDavesTV]

Oh yeah, that's right, sorry, pre-senior moment, otherwise known as a "brain f...!":-)