Hey guys, I was able to glean a little more information today, looking at the units more.
The Motorola was researched to being from 1947, though I'm not sure how that was determined. Somebody tested the CRT and said it's good.
The Andrea...and, wow, is THIS ever strange...has a Channel 1 on it...but it ALSO has the FM dial of 88-108 mHz. WHAT?? Those two things were not contemporaneous, were they? Is the Channel 1 some kind of holdover, or what? Should these two things coexist?
The RCA 630TS has a serial number C 021023, and IT HAS A CHANNEL 1 on it as well.
ONE MORE TV SET WAS "DISCOVERED" TODAY: Hallicrafters, COULD NOT find a model number, and I forgot to write down its screen size or type (from memory I want to say maybe 7 inch screen?), but it's in a METAL casing. The other Hallicrafters mentioned in my OP is in a wood cabinet.
Somebody in a PM or email to me, which I can't immediately reference right now, asked me if one of the TV's was a full floor console type, but I don't remember which one he was asking about. NO, IT ISN'T. (Could it be the "top part" of a console, though?) It's a desk top/table top full-sized model. He doesn't have any floor-console type TV's.
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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Of any of the CRTs-Picture Tubes- has an area in the middle of the screen that it looks like all the phosphorous has been wiped off, its JUNK. That means the tube has lost its vacuum, & is sorta like the Dead Parrot in the old Monty Python days-THAT Parrot wouldn't "Voom" if you ran a jillion volts thru it. It is a DEAD Parrot.
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I didn't notice anything that looked like that. I think that I would have at least thought it "looked weird" or something. Apparently the CRT in the Motorola (the one with the strange melt over the screen, which I was told not to worry about) has been tested in the meanwhile and it's working, but all the others are unknown. Somebody asked if it's a "suitcase model" - I don't see any resemblance to anything like that??
Very funny that you would refer to the Monty Python thing. While we were there taking pictures earlier - well, afterward - one of the guys found a dead bird inside his house (estate)...and the Monty Python thing inevitably came up. Yes...with OUR particular group...that was entirely mandatory and guaranteed, haha.
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Originally Posted by Electronic M
The sets with magnetic deflection tubes are easy to find testers for. If there is an older TV repair shop in the area, then they may still have a tester capable of testing the early magnetic deflection CRTs, and may be willing to do so for you.
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I'm not sure who tested the Motorola, or when...but, as far as old TV repair places here, there's nothing. I can't remember, even, if such a place existed here even when I moved here nearly thirty years ago - I think Gamage did some of that but they were getting out of it, or something. There's a small town TV repair place about fifteen miles from here (in the tiny town of Table Grove), but all the times I've been by, I've NEVER seen anybody "home."
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Originally Posted by decojoe67
I agree that's it's all about condition and completeness. As far as my slant on it, the TV's are the best items. They seem to be mostly early post-war which are quite desirable to collectors. The stand-outs for me is the National, which actually is a 7" model. If in good shape could be worth several hundred dollars due to it's rarity. The Pilot 3" is very common, but continues to be VERY desirable, especially if the original CRT checks good, has all it's "ships-wheel" knobs, and the cabinet has no serious damage. Again several hundred dollars. The rest are all very nice models of moderate value unless in extraordinarily excellent original condition.
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I didn't pay absolute attention to the utmost detail, but I at least didn't NOTICE any of the units that had any "empty" spaces where knobs apparently should be. That's a good thing. The plastic slats on the Pilot are intact, but I have no idea about its internal condition.
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Originally Posted by WISCOJIM
I don't think anyone could give you a good estimate without detailed pictures or by seeing them in person. As init4fun mentioned, a set like the Pilot TV can range all over the place. A parts set with a bad picture tube and messed up cabinet would not be worth much at all. But clean and complete with a good picture tube could be near the high-end of his estimate. And at least one of those radios is very popular also. The Philco 116 tombstone is an excellent performer
And very often the location of the items will effect the value.
I'd suggest you start by posting good pictures of the key items and put them here, on the antique radio forum ( www.antiqueradios.com), and also send them to the Public Relations Director over at the Antique Radio Club of Illinois (Art Bilski: [email protected] ). |
Pictures were taken today, but I don't know if they'll be uploaded here or not. They're going out to a couple of guys on here...but I have a possibly good lead on a potential buyer who just happens to be located PRECISELY where I'm traveling this Sunday! Multiple states away from here, and it's quite interesting he'd just happen to be there, because he could have just as easily been in Seattle or something. If that deal looks probable, a good chance we'll go for that, because bypassing all the ugly logistics of shipping (or having somebody come from half a continent away, or something, to look) is a HUGE factor, and the bank doesn't want to spend a "ton" of time on it. Nor do I have the resources to devote much more time than I have already.
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