Buk Auction

[rld-tv01]

Since according to the ETF prewar database there are only two HM-275s and two HM-90s we never will own one. I firmly believe if I didn't get that Dumont Clifton yesterday I never would have had one of them either. There are still a lot of late 1940s sets to go around but the rare ones will get harder to find. The number of unrestored sets is shrinking.

[rld-tv01]

Videodynes, lot 1094 $400, lot 1594 $350

[Phil Nelson]

Speaking of bargains, the third DuMont Clifton went for $250 according to this page:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/...ht-40-12-inche

Big price spread between the highest and lowest prices paid for the three Cliftons. Were there big differences among them, or was this just auction randomness?

Phil Nelson

[rld-tv01]

I think there were three people who really wanted and willing to pay for a Clifton. I was thinking the first one would go for about $1500. I got the first one but didn't bid on the 2nd one. The 2nd Clifton also went high so there must have been a 3rd person willing to go after it. I don't think there was any competetion by the time the 3rd one came around. I bet the buyer of that Clifton wouldn't sell it for under $1500 if he would sell it at all? Also the auction seemed quiet before lunch on the 3rd day. Maybe everyone came in late?

[bandersen]

I was a little wary of the third because there's no picture of the insides. I am surprised it didn't go higher though since it was the last chance to get one. Possibly for a very long time.

[rld-tv01]

Now I just need to find a Dumont screen like ETF has to put behind it.

[decojoe67]

How about this one guys?!
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/...hm-275-3a-1939
Not a set you run across at a local estate sale!
Wow, is that a rare beauty

[tvdude1]

The third Dumont was complete but needed to be refinished. For that price lots of room to play. The same guy bought both ge preware sets. Funny some guy bought the 7 inch meck with the two Stromberg Calson TS10. During the pickup he came up to me and said do you want the TS10s for free? I took both and turns out one is NOS with the front instruction paper behind knobs and the price tag still on it. Check it out when I got home and the chassis and crt are NOS. CRT off the scale with Great cutoff. Too bad there big. That's the second NOS tv I get.

[rld-tv01]

Anybody take any pictures of TVs etc while there at the aucton or during the live preview session?

[rld-tv01]

"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."

I can remember when I was at the first or 2nd ETF dinner an older fellow at the table said he had 300 tvs and about 1500 radios. Someone asked what was to become of the tvs when he died and he said he set up a trust where his relatives can't touch them. I only had 10-12 tvs back then. I can also remember a yersar earlier picking up some tvs on Long Island and telling the guy I had 7 tvs and he said "I have more tvs then that in my kitchen".

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

"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."

I can remember when I was at the first or 2nd ETF dinner an older fellow at the table said he had 300 tvs and about 1500 radios. Someone asked what was to become of the tvs when he died and he said he set up a trust where his relatives can't touch them. I only had 10-12 tvs back then. I can also remember a yersar earlier picking up some tvs on Long Island and telling the guy I had 7 tvs and he said "I have more tvs then that in my kitchen".

All collectors can relate to that. It's all about the "next one". I started at 12 wanting ONE old radio to put on top of my dresser like my cousin had. I got one and soon had two, then four.... Every place I've lived since then I have been surrounded with these old sets. I have 44 sets (5 TV's) now, but if I had kept all them I would easily have double that. It's only space that limits me. Even now with my apartment packed full, I have my eye on a '39 Zenith console! I don't try to to justify it, I just know I'm having a good time with it - and that is all that matters!

[John Folsom]

After all, its called COLLECTING, not having. :-)

[Stromberg48]

Originally Posted by tvdude1

The third Dumont was complete but needed to be refinished. For that price lots of room to play. The same guy bought both ge preware sets. Funny some guy bought the 7 inch meck with the two Stromberg Calson TS10. During the pickup he came up to me and said do you want the TS10s for free? I took both and turns out one is NOS with the front instruction paper behind knobs and the price tag still on it. Check it out when I got home and the chassis and crt are NOS. CRT off the scale with Great cutoff. Too bad there big. That's the second NOS tv I get.

Too bad they are not 12", I could use a 12" chassis with fresh tube.
Do you have any idea if the chassis is smaller than the 12"?
I know they used the same outer cabinet for both the 10 and the 12, then just used a wider bezel for the 10. I imagine the chassis are the same or similar because the front hole positions for the knobs look the same.

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by 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.

What will be on Television 300 years from now?

I know...The Three Stooges.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

What will be on Television 300 years from now?

I know...The Three Stooges.

I sure hope so! Love the Stooges.