Article about General Electric 15CL100

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I believe the 15 inch Admiral set went into production but in small numbers. Admirals set were in pilot production in December, 1953. Admiral announced the set was going to distributors on December 30, 1953 and would be sold for $1175.

The photo of the Admiral color set in the Pittsburgh store on February 24, 1954 was an appliance store, not a distributor. There is evidence that at least one service center was available to service the Admiral 15 inch color set. There is evidence showing that Admiral was selling the set for 4 months or more. They announced "a second series of color sets" were being shipped in May, 1954 with a price reduction of $175., from the previous price announced in December, 1953.

It has been said in this thread that because there were no advertisements of the set found, we should conclude the set never sold. First, there was a spec sheet/dealer handout for the set. Second, there are other examples of televisions with no advertisements, yet they existed and could be purchased. I could give you three examples that come to mind.