Estate Sale Finds in 2010!

[drh4683]

Happy New Year

Kicking off 2010 with a couple TV finds right off the bat. Hard to believe yet another year flys. 2010 marks the 7th edition of the "estate sale finds" thread.

There were actually a few estate sales on new years day and I took advantage of the opportunity to see what was out there. Just one sale, at 9801 S. Carpenter St in Chicago. You know you're in a good area of the city when all the homes have those iron bars with pad locks in front of all the windows and doors...

I found a 1974 RCA XL-100 Mural TV (hotel model) with what appears to be the original stand. The TV was on the stand backwards as shown when I found it, those brackets must somehow retain the TV, but I havn't looked into it yet. Works fine, and yes, you're seeing analog TV pulled in off the rabbit ears! We have quite a few low powered UHF stations on the air still and even one on VHF, channel 6.

In the garage was a silvertone combo, probably a '65 or '66 model. I'd say its been sitting out there for about 10 years. It was free, so why not. Im sure the TV doesn't work, or else it wouldn't be out there. Not in bad shape, just alot of dust and debris on the cabinet.

For the record, here are the previous estate sale finds threads:

estate sale finds in 2009
estate sale finds in 2008
estate sale finds in 2007
estate sale finds in 2006
estate sale finds in 2005
estate sale finds in 2004
additional finds in 2004


In 2003 estate sale finds got posted as a new thread when they were found:

2003 finds A
2003 finds B
2003 finds C
2003 finds D
2003 finds E
2003 finds F