Looking For A Roundie Near Cleveland

[bgadow]

I wandered into a place like that last year. (well, I've been in a number of them!) This is a roadside flea market with tarps covering everything. The stuff on the bottom of the pile sorta rots into the ground, and they just keep piling more stuff on top. The woman who runs it is short, 80ish, with a strange look in her eye. Never married. No TV sets, but I did get a 60s RCA bias supply for $2.

Finding sets takes patience. It seems that every time I set out looking for one I never found it, but when I'm not paying attention I stumble upon one. They really can show up anywhere. Places I have found color roundies: the dump, the curb, classified ad, ebay, word-of-mouth, auction house, used furniture store, flea market, antique mall. I would agree that most people, outside us hobbyists, could not tell a 1950s TV from a 1990s TV, not even with a whole book of pictures. That's the danger in posting a want ad. I set up at a couple events each year where I show off some of my collection and I always get offers of some old TV set and it always works out that the thing isn't old enough to vote!