Very rare 1946 Viewtone 7" console on eBay

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

A Viewtone add from Nov 1946.

No “V” in the grill on that one...

[rld-tv01]

A picture on Radio Museum of the Viewtone Aristocrat shows "V"
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/viewto...ristocrat.html

A review of the Viewtone models by Harry Poster from ARC 1987 article.
https://www.americanradiohistory.com...-Page-0005.pdf

Another Viewtone Aristocrat add from Oct 1946

[decojoe67]

The hammer went down at $2325
A spot-on value for such a rare piece. I do hope Steve got it for the ETF museum.

[bgadow]

That was a great review by Harry! I wasn't subscribing to ARC at the time, but remember at least one other article he penned in that time frame; it really piqued my interest in TV collecting.

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

A Viewtone add from Nov 1946.

That TV, while it was considered "cheaply built" was not very cheap price wise when it was brand new, $279.95 price tag it had when it was new in 1946 is the equivalent of about $3,642.18 in todays money, which if you think about it, that was about as much as a used car back then...