Idiot fishtankers have a website.

[David Roper]

An article written for potential fish-tankers states almost incidentally:

TV tubes up until about 1960 do not have integral implosion protection. These can be extremely dangerous, because they can implode very violently. You'll notice a label on all tubes that are less volatile that says something like, "This tube provides integral implosion protection." If you don't see that, don't mess with it.

This would eliminate from their consideration virtually all sets of any real interest or value to serious collectors.

[fsjonsey]

Sorry about posting the email address. I didnt realize it would get my post edited, i was kidding about the spamming part. It just irks me that people try to make a quick buck by stripping what probably would be a perfectly restorable vintage TV set to make something they think is "hip" or "retro chic." It will end up in a dumpster in ten years when the fad dies. Nobody's going to want a water damaged, empty cabinet that smells of old aquarium.