Buk Auction

[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.

[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]

Videodynes, lot 1094 $400, lot 1594 $350

[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?

[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.

[Phil Nelson]

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.

It's hard to guess auction results in advance, and it's hard to play "what if" after the auction is over. "That guy," whoever he was, had ample financing and wasn't shy about paying for what he wanted. The two prewar GE sets sold for a combined total of $19,000. The third Clifton went for $250, but if you or I had joined the bidding, it might have taken much more to convince him to drop out.

Did anyone happen to record the final prices for TVs? You can see all of the Buk auction results here, but you have to page through everything to find the TVs:

http://www.groganco.com/asp/searchre...&archive1=View

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[rld-tv01]

There were a couple that buyers dropped out so they sold at pick up by others for lesser price such as the 1947 Andrea lot 280.

Lot 39 - PHILCO PREDICTA PRINCESS SWIVEL TELEVISION, circa 1959
ESTIMATE: $1,000 - $1,500 Hammer: $500

Lot 49 - GENERAL ELECTRIC TELEVISION SET, model 803, FM/AM Table Model Receiver, 18 x 23 inches
ESTIMATE: $200 - $300 Hammer: $200

Lot 80 - PILOT MODEL TV-37 CANDID TELEVISION, circa 1948; 15 x 9 inches
ESTIMATE: $150 - $250 Hammer: $200

Lot 91 - RCA 621 TS TELEVISION, Mahogany finish, 7 inch screen
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $475

Lot 92 - RCA 621 TS TELEVISION, Walnut finish, 7 inch screen
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $425

Lot 93 - PHILCO PREDICTA TELEVISION, model 4654, with UHF dial
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $300

Lot 94 - PHILCO PREDICTA PENTHOUSE TELEVISION, with blonde console cabinet
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $350

Lot 95 - ZENITH PORTHOLE TELEVISION, model G2355
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $125

Lot 96 - HALICRAFTER T-54 TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $100 - $300 Hammer: $25

Lot 97 - CROSLEY BAKELITE TELEVISION, model 10-401
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $150

Lot 98 - THREE SENTINEL TELEVISIONS, model 400; together with an ENAMEL SENTINEL SIGN
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $250

Lot 99 - TWO DUMONT DOG HOUSE TELEVISIONS, model RA-103
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $125

Lot 100 - EMERSON TELEVISION AND RADIO, model 628 series A
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $175

Lot 270 - PHILCO SAFARI PORTABLE TELEVISION; model H 2010 L; height: 14 inches
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $150

Lot 274 - THREE ADMIRAL TELEVISIONS; including: floor model 24A, floor model 24R and tabletop model 19A12
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $100

Lot 275 - GENERAL ELECTRIC TELEVISION, MODEL HM171, circa 1939
ESTIMATE: $3,000 - $5,000 Hammer: $5,000

Lot 275A -TWO DAVEN TELEVISION SCANNING DISCS, The Daven Corporation, Newark, N.J.; Type T4680, diameter: 24 inches; and type T36, diameter: 1...
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $375

Lot 276 - THE FISHER TELEVISION, MODEL TV3S; serial no. 1243J, Fisher Radio Corporation, New York
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $275

Lot 277 - THREE MOTOROLA TABLE MODEL TELEVISIONS; including: one bakelite with 7 inch screen, one blonde mahogany with 6 inch screen and one m...
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $50

Lot 278 - TWO TELEVISIONS, including: Firestone, model 13G4 with 8 inch screen; Garod Television and AM/FM Radio
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $250

Lot 279 - TWO PHILCO PREDICTA TELEVISIONS; including: one a blond mahogany with 18 inch screen and one a red metal with a 15 inch screen
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $50

Lot 280 - ANDREA TELEVISION RADIO; (similar to the IF5 model; possibly model VJ12) with 5 inch screen
ESTIMATE: $500 - $1,000 Hammer: $100

Lot 300Y - TWO BOXED CHANGES TELEVISION COLOR FILTER SCULPTURES; Lightyears Inc
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $100

Lot 704N - COL-R-TEL TELEVISION CONVERTER, made by Color Converter, Inc., Indiana
ESTIMATE: $500 - $1,000 Hammer: $450

Lot 704Q - AMERICAN TELEVISION INSTITUTE PHOTO TUBE with a TELE CHECK TELEVISION TESTER
ESTIMATE: $500 - $700 Hammer: $250

Lot 704S - NATIONAL TELEVISION TESTING UNIT
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $275

Lot 704T - COLLECTION OF EARLY TELEVISION TUBES
ESTIMATE: $500 - $1,000 Hammer: $250

Lot 704U - COLLECTION OF EARLY TELEVISION MAGNIFIERS
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $800

Lot 704V - COLLECTION OF TELEVISION ANTENNAS, TUNERS AND PARTS
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $175

Lot 1080 - DU MONT CONSOLE TELEVISION, Model RA102A; screen: 11 inches
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $3,250

Lot 1081 - SPARTON TELEVISION; screen size: 11 inches; together with ANOTHER EARLY TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $300

Lot 1082 - TWO FEDERAL VIDEO CUSTOM TELEVISIONS, with Chinoisserie decorated mahogany cases; screens: 14 inches
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $150

Lot 1083 - TWO PHILCO PREDICTA TELEVISIONS, model no. H3408C; screens: 15 inches
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Unsold

Lot 1084 - TWO PHILCO TABLE TOP TELEVISIONS; one, model no.48-700; screen: 7 inches; the other with a 9 inch screen
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $150

Lot 1085 - MECK TABLE TOP TELEVISION, screen: 7 inches; together with TWO STROMBERG CARLSON TABLE TOP TELEVISIONS; model TV 12; screens: 9 inches
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $175

Lot 1086 - RCA VICTOR CONSOLE COLOR TELEVISION, model CT 100, screen: 12 inches; (the first color TV set)
ESTIMATE: $1,000 - $1,500 Hammer: $900

Lot 1089 - RCA VICTOR TABLE TOP TELEVISION, model no. 621TS, screen: 7 inches; together with a VIEWTONE TABLE TOP TELEVISION, screen: 7 inches
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $900

Lot 1090 - THREE TABLE TOP TELEVISIONS, Teleking, Spartan and Du Mont, makers
ESTIMATE: $100 - $300 Hammer: $175

Lot 1091 - DUMONT CONSOLE TELEVISION and EMERSON BAKELITE PORTHOLE TELEVISION/RADIO with a NATIONAL TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $300 - $400 Hammer: $2,500

Lot 1092 - TWO PHILCO MODEL 48-1000 TELEVISIONS and a DUMONT TELEVISION,
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $350

Lot 1093 - FADA CONSOLE MODEL 940 TELEVISION with AN RCA MODEL 721-TS TELEVISION,
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $250

Lot 1094 - PHILCO ARCHED DOME MODEL 50-702 TELEVISION with a VIDEO DYNE TELEVISION and a CROSLEY TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $400

Lot 1095 - TWO RCA VICTOR TELEVISIONS and a GENERAL ELECTRIC BAKELITE TELEVISION, one RCA model no. 721TS
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $375

Lot 1098 - TWO ZENITH PORTHOLE TELEVISIONS, one a console, the other a table top model
ESTIMATE: $400 - $600 Hammer: $225

Lot 1099 - PHILCO PREDICTA TELEVISION with another PHILCO BAKELITE 7 INCH TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $500 - $700 Unsold

Lot 1101 - TWO TELEVISIONS, including a lift top console (maker unknown) and a Newtone 7 inch table top
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $450

Lot 1229 - DUMONT TELEVISION, in Chinese style mahogany case fitted with short wave radio and turntable; on a swivel ebonized base; height of c...
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $250

Lot 1242 - DUMONT TELEVISION, in walnut case; height: 40 1/2 inches; width: 24 inches; depth: 23 inches
ESTIMATE: $100 - $200 Hammer: $250

Lot 1268 - PHILCO PREDICTA PEDESTAL TELEVISION, G4654; height: 45 inches
ESTIMATE: $500 - $700 Unsold

Lot 1269 -


Lot 1270 - PHILCO PREDICTA PEDESTAL TELEVISION, G4654; height: 45 inches
ESTIMATE: $500 - $700 Unsold

Lot 1289 - EMERSON UPRIGHT CONSOLE TELEVISION, with mahogany case; height: 45 inches; width: 26 inches; depth: 20 inches
ESTIMATE: $200 - $300 Unsold

Lot 1338 - PHILCO PREDICTA PRINCESS SWIVEL TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Unsold

Lot 1359 - PAIR OF HALLICRAFTER CO. TELEVISIONS
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $150

Lot 1364 - TWO TABLE TOP TELEVISIONS, including an example by RCA Victor and Philco
ESTIMATE: $100 - $200 Hammer: $150

Lot 1365 - TWO TABLE TOP TELEVISIONS, including an example by RCA Victor and Philco
ESTIMATE: $100 - $200 Hammer: $50

Lot 1385 - CBS COLUMBIA TELEVISION, blonde mahogany case. This model is equipped with a socket that will permit the use of an attachment for re...
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Unsold

Lot 1565B - LARGE ASSORTMENT OF RADIO AND TELEVISION RELATED TUBES;
ESTIMATE: $200 - $500 Hammer: $75

Lot 1565C - LARGE ASSORTMENT OF RADIO AND TELEVISION RELATED TUBES;
ESTIMATE: $200 - $500 Hammer: $475

Lot 1591 - PHILCO MODEL T 1403 TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $200 - $300 Hammer: $150

Lot 1592 - BRUNSWICK PHENOSCOPE; together with an RCA VICTOR DELUX TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $150 - $250 Unsold

Lot 1594 - HALLI CRAFTER TELEVISION; together with a VIDEODYNE TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $100 - $200 Hammer: $350

Lot 1595 - ZENITH TRANS-OCEANIC SHORT WAVE RADIO; together with a KORING DYNAMIC SHORT WAVE RADIO

and a RCA VICTOR PORTABLE TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $225

Lot 1599 - TWO ANDREA RADIO TELEVISIONS; together with a ZENITH TELEVISION
ESTIMATE: $300 - $500 Hammer: $650

Lot 1604 - GENERAL ELECTRIC TELEVISION AND RADIO HM-275-3A; 1939; General Electric Co., Bridgeport, Conn.
ESTIMATE: $2,000 - $3,000 Hammer: $14,000

Lot 1631 - TWO TELEVISIONS
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $100

Lot 1885 - R.C.A. VICTOR EYE WITNESS CONSOLE TELEVISION/RADIO/RECORD PLAYER
ESTIMATE: $100 - $200 Hammer: $100

Lot 2110 - TWO BOX LOTS OF TELEVISION AND RADIO MANUALS AND SCHEMATICS; including: John F. Rider Televistion Manuals
ESTIMATE: $200 - $400 Hammer: $100

Lot 2143 - LARGE LOT OF BOOKS PERTAINING TO ELECTRICITY, CAMERAS AND TELEVISION; approximately 200 volumes
ESTIMATE: $1,000 - $2,000 Hammer: $650

[AVeturri]

I'm astonished that those pre-war GEs went for thousands... they must be scarce, huh?

[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!