Howdy folks. My 1st post - 1949 Silvertone console.

[TVTeufel]

I guess I found this site while googling for some info on my family's first link to the vast wasteland, a 1949 Sears Silverstone console TV, that's been collecting dust, & maybe termites while stored away in a few garages over the years. This relic would probably have found a suitable landfill by now, except that it has one feature that I've never seen on another vintage set. The channel selector is a vertical row of 13 electro-mechanical buttons sitting to the right of its 12" screen. Below the screen are 3 knobs. Vertical, Brightness, & Contrast. Below the channel selector is the On-Off/Volume & Fine Tune knobs. The cabinet is mahogany with a cloth, criss-crossed in gold diagonal stripes, piece of material covering the bottom half of the set. Don't ask for pictures, as I'm digitally challanged. I have the original instruction book & repair parts list. The model is one of six in the 612 series. The exact model number tag on the chassic has long ago peeled off. The set no longer works, or at least it didn't when I last fired it up over 20 years ago.
So....is anyone here familiar with this technical wonder? Was it made by RCA? Is it worth enough to finance a nice trip to Tahiti, or should I give it a good burial. Thanks in advance for shedding light upon its creaking hulk.

Ron.