Rca trk-12

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by David Roper

Steve, Kent Warner wrote what has to be one of the earliest articles ever published about vintage TV collecting for a book about general TV history that was published sometime in late 1977. There are a couple of pictures of what I assume is your TRK-120, one with him posed in front of it. Both of them show it in operation.

In the same article he tells of buying an RR-359 from a gas station for $40 and adds that the set which he identified as a TRK-12 required a much larger investment.

ETA Correction: The RR-359 wasn't his, that was a lucky purchase of a friend of his.

Dave,

Kent Warner had an extensive collection of pre-war sets including most if not all of RCA's models and a pre-war DuMont among others. TV Guide did a two page article w/a photo of KENT posing with his collection back in the 70's. Seeing this article, I looked up Kent in the L.A. phone book, he was listed, and invited him over to see my 120. Kent and I remained good friends until his passing many years ago. I don't recall what happend to his collection. Ed Reitan may be able to shed some light on that. Can't believe it was almost 40 years ago.

-Steve D.