1930's Admiral tv radio phono on CL

[kramden66]

http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/atq/2180805645.html

no affiliation ,that one was way ahead of its time being from the 1930's

also it looks like the original ( or close to it ) sale price

mike

[Reece]

(Sigh..) anything older than yesterday must be from the 1930's, man, like that was waaay back when Abraham Lincoln was president.

[Sandy G]

Yeah, he's only off about 20-25 years or so...And maybe 90% high on his price. Doncha just love "Civilians" & their inflated ideas on the age & worth of this stuff ?!?

[Jeffhs]

I would say that TV/radio/phono console is no older than early-mid-1950s. I suspect the seller had no idea how old this was and was making a wild, to say nothing of very wrong, guess when he or she was stating the unit's vintage. If this unit were actually from the 1930s it wouldn't have had a CRT, as, from what I understand regarding pre-war television, any TV from the 1930s was probably a scanning disk set. All-electronic television did not appear until after the end of World War II.

BTW and IMHO, the seller's asking price for this is way too high. I wouldn't pay more than $100 for it. The seller does not mention whether or not the set works, either; he or she should have at least mentioned that, and if the latter, mention should have been made that this is being sold for parts or for restoration -- but again, $800-plus for a parts set is much, much too high. This TV will need the usual recapping (at very least replacement of the filters in the power supply), control and tuner cleaning, etc. -- the usual stuff any of us VK folks would do with a set of this vintage if we were restoring it to past glory.

[tubesrule]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

If this unit were actually from the 1930s it wouldn't have had a CRT, as, from what I understand regarding pre-war television, any TV from the 1930s was probably a scanning disk set. All-electronic television did not appear until after the end of World War II.

Actually fully electronic televisions started around 1930. By about 1932-33 mechanical television was all but dead, and except for a few rare cases, development was only on electronic television. All American field test and production televisions from 1935 on were electronic.

[Jeffhs]

Ooops! My bad. I had based my remarks on the start date of all-electronic TV on the experimental broadcasts that originated from the New York World's Fair in 1939; I was not aware that all-electronic television was already in place (poised to send scanning-disk TV into obsolescence) by the early part of the '30s.

[radiotvnut]

That one is from around '50-'51. $850? Please! He/she probably watches "American Pickers" and "Antique's Roadshow" and now they think they are some sort of "expert". I only gave $125 for my '49 round CRT version and that was probably about $75 more than it was worth. I'm glad the one in question does not have a round screen. If it did, they'd probably date it from the Civil War era and have it priced at $25,000.

[AUdubon5425]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

I'm glad the one in question does not have a round screen. If it did, they'd probably date it from the Civil War era and have it priced at $25,000.

Remember that 8T241 I gave you? I forgot to tell you - that set was a gift to Jefferson Davis from Gen. Beauregard to keep abreast of war developments.

[GeorgeJetson]

Originally Posted by audubon5425

remember that 8t241 i gave you? I forgot to tell you - that set was a gift to jefferson davis from gen. Beauregard to keep abreast of war developments.

Anyone here have any Civil War era tv guides? I'd love to see what the folks were watching back then!

"American Pickers" would likely have been set in a cotton field!

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by AUdubon5425

Remember that 8T241 I gave you? I forgot to tell you - that set was a gift to Jefferson Davis from Gen. Beauregard to keep abreast of war developments.

You're a feckin' Cheapskate-I'd a-given him a CTC-5 that belonged to Jubilation T. Cornpone hisself...(grin)

[sampson159]

i have found that people will find a patent date or something else on the back and think that is the manufacture date.they have no idea so they mistake this date as being authentic.i run a cl ad for 70s tvs and i get all but from the 7os.one guy has a unit just like this one and told me it was a roundie "admirable" from 1962.when he sent pics,it was this one.i asked questions on the phone and he told me he didnt know what kind,date,etc.i asked him to look before i drove 60 miles.a little miffed,he agreed to send pics.he can take pics but he cant look at it and give me some info.guy was 62 years old!what has happened to us?

[holmesuser01]

I had a Craigslist seller tell me over and over that the set he was selling was a Magnabox. Not Magnavox, Magnabox. It was supposed to be a 50's console with record player and TV.

Finally drove 30 miles to have a look. It was a Silvertone. Made in the 70's with a plastic wood cabinet. No record player at all.

He only wanted $125 for it.

On the way home, I found my precious DuMont Burlingame RA-113, so I can say the day was not a total loss.