Rca trk-12

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

2015 addition to this 2007 post.
There were several mentions of the late vintage tv collector Kent Warner in this post and the article about his collection in a 1977 issue of TV Guide. Here is a photo of Kent & his collection as seen in that article. Also a photo of my TRK-120 whose story I told in this post.

-Steve D.

Thanks for the photos. I can't quite make out the print in the TV guide picture...maybe I'm getting old .

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by vts1134

Thanks for the photos. I can't quite make out the print in the TV guide picture...maybe I'm getting old .

John,

I apologize for the text resolution. My scanner was at fault. I photographed the text which should be easier to read.

-Steve D.

[vts1134]

There are a few sets there that I wouldn't mind forking over $2,700 for

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

John,

I apologize for the text resolution. My scanner was at fault. I photographed the text which should be easier to read.

-Steve D.

Many thanks for posting that information. I think everyone was thinking of the photo of Charles A. Seidel and his amazing 7" TV collection in the Flick Of The Switch.
Kent Warner indirectly sparked my interest in vintage TV's way back around 1980 when I was 13. He had a short article about TV collecting in a book simply called "TV Book" by Judy Fireman from 1977 (http://www.amazon.com/TV-Book-The-Ul.../dp/0894800027), which is in my book collection now. It features his TRK-12, which he mentions that he recently purchased, his 3" Pilot that he "rescued from a junk-pile", and his RCA 621TS. I instantly became fascinated, but back then you really didn't see the early sets turning-up anywhere, so I began collecting radios. I did eventually end-up with the Pilot and RCA 621 though!
Sorry to hear Kent passed years ago. I would have loved to see some good photo's of his collection.
Joe

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by decojoe67

Many thanks for posting that information. I think everyone was thinking of the photo of Charles A. Seidel and his amazing 7" TV collection in the Flick Of The Switch.
Kent Warner indirectly sparked my interest in vintage TV's way back around 1980 when I was 13. He had a short article about TV collecting in a book simply called "TV Book" by Judy Fireman from 1977 (http://www.amazon.com/TV-Book-The-Ul.../dp/0894800027), which is in my book collection now. It features his TRK-12, which he mentions that he recently purchased, his 3" Pilot that he "rescued from a junk-pile", and his RCA 621TS. I instantly became fascinated, but back then you really didn't see the early sets turning-up anywhere, so I began collecting radios. I did eventually end-up with the Pilot and RCA 621 though!
Sorry to hear Kent passed years ago. I would have loved to see some good photo's of his collection.
Joe

John,

I also have both of those books in my collection. Purchased at the time of their publication so many years ago. Included is the iconic photo, you mentioned, of Chuck Seidel w/his "stacked" collection of vintage 7" TV sets from the book "A Flick of the Switch". And a portion of Kent Warner's article from the book "TV Book". These and a few others, including the late Ed Reitan, & Gary Hough are the early pioneers of vintage TV collecting long before the internet. Sorry to say when I visited Kent Warner's home back in the 70's I didn't have a camera w/me. I know of no other photos other than the TV Guide article and TV Book photo.

-Steve D.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

John,

I also have both of those books in my collection. Purchased at the time of their publication so many years ago. Included is the iconic photo, you mentioned, of Chuck Seidel w/his "stacked" collection of vintage 7" TV sets from the book "A Flick of the Switch". And a portion of Kent Warner's article from the book "TV Book". These and a few others, including the late Ed Reitan, & Gary Hough are the early pioneers of vintage TV collecting long before the internet. Sorry to say when I visited Kent Warner's home back in the 70's I didn't have a camera w/me. I know of no other photos other than the TV Guide article and TV Book photo.

-Steve D.

Interesting Steve. So great that you got to see Kent's collection. It would be great to scan in the other couple of pages for those interested to see too. Next to the TV Guide piece and the book, I personally can't think of an earlier article on vintage TV collecting. I would also include Dan Gustafson as an early serious TV collector. I have a few pages from Video magazine from the early '80's that mentioned his collection - another interesting piece that first whetted my interest!
Joe

[tubesrule]

Danny Gustafson, Jack Davis and Arnold Chase were the major early collectors. Here is an article from Popular Mechanics in 1985.

Notice the mention of the UCLA collection at the end of the article. This was surely a refference to Ed Reitan.

[tubesrule]

Danny's house was full of RCA stuff, as were two condo's he had that were just to store more stuff (no one living in them or any real furniture), and several storage units around Chicago. Here are just a few pictures of his house and one of the condo's.