Buk Auction

[toober]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I'll just eat Top Ramen for the rest of the year

The plan is my friend in NY will pick it up during the week and deliver it on his way to the West coast in late June. Fingers crossed they make it here in one piece.

Top Ramen? You will wish you have that luxury. Maruchan is 60 cents cheaper per six pack.

Anyway, you could be getting these sets as soon as late May - including the super special mystery RCA portable, awarded to the guy with the highest blood pressure.

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Will

[Dangler]

yes I figured I needed one flagship set to finish off my collection. As my friend put it - "welcome to the four figure club".



Now that's funny. I don't think you'll ever be finished with your collection. Seems like there's always one more to get.

Congratulations on the Clifton and Motorolas.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

I got the Clifton auctioned first. I had been looking for a Dumont Clifton for over 10 years. I got a Clifton advertisement off eBay this past year which advertised winning a new Clifton so I knew one was coming my way. I wanted to get one without the other tvs since I just moved back to Southern Ca this month and still have a load of tvs to haul from storage in Virginia. Your Clifton only has 5 small knobs in the center versus the six knobs on the other two. I wonder what the difference is?

Congratulations! I've also been searching for a Clifton or Manchu for years. I wonder who will get the third and last tomorrow morning ?

Originally Posted by toober

Top Ramen? You will wish you have that luxury. Maruchan is 60 cents cheaper per six pack.

Anyway, you could be getting these sets as soon as late May - including the super special mystery RCA portable, awarded to the guy with the highest blood pressure.

--
Will

Nice! I'm working on moving some sets out to make room already Are you implying the sodium levels in ramen elevates blood pressure? Maybe I'll go with brown rice and beans instead

Looking forward to the mystery set. I definitely enjoy mystery finds way more than well publicized auctions.

Originally Posted by Dangler

yes I figured I needed one flagship set to finish off my collection. As my friend put it - "welcome to the four figure club".



Now that's funny. I don't think you'll ever be finished with your collection. Seems like there's always one more to get.

Congratulations on the Clifton and Motorolas.

Well at least for now my bucket list has been completed far sooner than I ever expected.

I felt sorry for the poor Motorolas after no one bid on them at the opening price. I figure they're good for spare parts and CRTs and the blonde cabinet looks pretty good.

[Ampico-kid]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

I got the Clifton auctioned first. Your Clifton only has 5 small knobs in the center versus the six knobs on the other two. I wonder what the difference is?

The Clifton with 5 knobs is the earlier version that has no external focus control. The focus control on the 5 knob version is accessed behind the removable wooden panel just below the knobs. The 6th knob on the later version is a focus control.

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I did indeed - the second one bundled with a National and Emerson

What fun! Let's hope they are all delivered safely.

A Clifton is one set I would be tempted to give the Special Treatment (stuffing the paper caps, for instance).

Phil Nelson

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Only $900 for the CT-100.

After seeing how things went yesterday, I figured 'hey, ya never know' and went in with what I figured was a ridiculously low bid of $850, (I figured I'd be able to sell off some of my drek to raise that much.) Fortunately (?) I got outbid.

[Ampico-kid]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

A Clifton is one set I would be tempted to give the Special Treatment (stuffing the paper caps, for instance).

Phil Nelson

Phil, I think you'd really have your hands full trying to restuff these paper caps.






I replaced these, and many more just like them in my Clifton.

Bob

[Phil Nelson]

What a pitiful bunch. You're right, not much to work with.

If a person really couldn't stand the sight of modern caps under that chassis, I guess you could make replica tubes -- new labels created in Photoshop, etc. Lots of work, but for most folks restoring a Clifton would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so why rush?

I'm not saying it has to be done that way, just indulging in some vicarious "what if" thinking. I'll likely never lay hands on one of those, so speculating & daydreaming is about all I'm left with

Phil Nelson

[rld-tv01]

For the purest historians etc you should photograph the capacitors before removing, then bag and label them with location removed from he set etc, and keep them with documentation for the set. Then 300 years from now people can analyze it.

[rld-tv01]

$14K for the GE Prewar console plus buyer premium and tax. Any know who got it?

[Dangler]

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

$14K for the GE Prewar console plus buyer premium and tax. Any know who got it?

I know who didn't get it.

[stromberg6]

Originally Posted by vts1134

I know who didn't get it.

DITTO!

[Dangler]

Triple ditto's. It would have taken a whole year of retirement checks just for the tv. Plus commission, tax and shipping on top of that. It was fun watching though. Lots of bargains.

[Eric H]

Does anyone know what either of the Videodynes went for?

Edit: never mind, the one I was watching went for $350 combined with a nice Hallicrafters 7"
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/...-videodyne-tel

Such a bargain, if it had been only the Videodyne I probably would have bid but I didn't want to be obligated to shipping two sets through C&F.