Nice 1948 Dumont TV for sale ...

[bigaudioal]

I just started collecting and already have 5 sets! I could see that happening easily.

I am trying to find the EXACT Dumont that my mother had. Not the one with the 45 player. Very tempting though!!!

[holmesuser01]

Wow. That RA-108 would be welcome here. I have thousands of 45's!! Beautiful set you have there!!

[bigaudioal]

So THAT'S where all the 45s are!!!!!!!!!!

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by bigaudioal

HOLY COW!!! That is the exact one!!! I have a picture of my Mom as a little girl sitting in front of it. Check it out. That set is gorgeous. You did an AMAZING resto on it! WOW!

Glad you like it.

Tommy Udo likes it, too...

[edison64]

If the CRT we're good I wouldn't hesitate spending that kind of money for that set Dumont are not seen in this area very often

[Tubejunke]

I live within a couple of hours of Charlotte, NC and I contacted the owner. He is the relative of a collector who died and left him with the set. He presumes that everything is there, but really knows little about anything other than its cosmetic condition. He told me that most of the man's collection was usually in working condition. For that kind of money I would have to be able to test the crt at least. It's easy to want to plug it in, but we all know that is not the right approach.

At least it doesn't have the 19AP4 that is so dreaded. I sure would like to have this, but my good sense is telling me to leave it alone. I have posted so many times about needing space and trying to lighten my load, which I have lightened some. I find old Dumonts of that vintage particularly interesting. What to do; what to do.....

[cwmoser]

Originally Posted by Tubejunke

I live within a couple of hours of Charlotte, NC and I contacted the owner. He is the relative of a collector who died and left him with the set. He presumes that everything is there, but really knows little about anything other than its cosmetic condition. He told me that most of the man's collection was usually in working condition. For that kind of money I would have to be able to test the crt at least. It's easy to want to plug it in, but we all know that is not the right approach.

At least it doesn't have the 19AP4 that is so dreaded. I sure would like to have this, but my good sense is telling me to leave it alone. I have posted so many times about needing space and trying to lighten my load, which I have lightened some. I find old Dumonts of that vintage particularly interesting. What to do; what to do.....

I'm about 90 minutes away but like you have absolutely no place to
store it. It really is a sweet looking TV. I think I read somewhere that
it has 30 tubes in it. I talked to him too and he states that he is firm on
the price. Hope someone on this forum gets it and starts a restoration thread. Be fun to learn what is discovered restoring this set.

Carl

[kramden66]

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/ele/3938410150.html

there it is a dumont ra-108 if still available.

[bigaudioal]

Thanks! I am in contact with the owner.

[Tubejunke]

Well, somebody got one nice DuMont, but I guess it was none of us. I came really close and the owner came off of the firm price. Could have had it for $150, but I was given that word along with the statement that the set had to move THAT day. I just didn't have the time to get down there. Carl, I hope it was you who got it! The fact remains that I need another set like a hole in my head, but special arrangements could have been made for this one. I have a feeling that the set was in working condition as is because it was owned by a collector who passed and this relative just wanted to be rid of it.

Oh well, one day I will find the right DuMont at the right time. I can't take on the monolithic sets, but they made some nice table models which at this point suit me more that the space eating floor models.

[M3-SRT8]

Originally Posted by kramden66

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/ele/3938410150.html

there it is a dumont ra-108 if still available.

That is a Dumont RA-105B7 "Sussex."

How do I know? I have one...

[kramden66]

so the 105 is a square screen set and the 105B is a rounded double D set ? wow i thought the craigslist one was a 108 without doors but it must be the 105B , they are simular.

mike

[holmesuser01]

I live in an area where DuMont was not a common set. My set basically fell in my hands at a thrift store.

Always look at those cabinets when you see them. You never know what you might find inside one. I almost passed my DuMont RA-113.

[Tubejunke]

And you just never know who may have bought an early DuMont new, because they were about the best set made in the 40s and early 50s, therfore the wealthy were the biggest percentage of owners. Sort of the same phenomenon with early color sets. How many people know, or knew people who owned a color TV in 1955? Not many I am sure, but they were out there.

The only DuMont that I have ever been lucky enough (or strong enough) to own was an RA-109A. I got it back around 1983 when such things were floating around everywhere and largely seen as junk. I was a nerdy teenager who found electronics from that era incredibly intriguing. The junk dealer that sold it to me happened to be the one time owner of my area's first TV sales stores. He sold the TV new to the president of Stanley Furniture Company for somewhere near a grand around 1948 or so.

Not that this individual was some kind of movie star or anything, but I always thought that the history was neat to know if for no other reason Stanley Furniture Company was one of this areas biggest employers for much of my lifetime and made some of the best furniture on Earth. The last round of layoffs came about 3 years ago, but the map still bears the name Stanleytown, right next to Bassett and a whole lot of pharmacies.....