Awesome RCA Color Roundie on eBay

[Steve D.]

Polaraman,

Sorry you lost the set. For the $5.00 difference it should have gone to a collector. As for parting it out or gutting it being stupid, these prop houses are in business to rent a period piece of furniture. In other words, they could care less if the insides of the set are working. They'll gut it and put in a new color set if the tv has to be in operating condition. If it 's only a static non-working set that is just "set dressing" it might survive intact. These rental houses don't have the time, expertise or money to invest in restoring this set to operating condition. If the script calls for a working vintage color tv and the 50 year old restored chassis craps out in the middle of a take, the producer and director and an entire crew aren't going to wait around for someone to fix it.
You get my point. I would have thought this clean set would have gone for more. The prop house will get back it's $405.00 + shipping by charging a hefty rental and insurance fee. I'm sorry that $5.00 was the difference between that RCA sitting in a loving collector's home and gathering dust in some wharehouse between being trucked from studio to studio.

Steve D.