Some unnamed person made me buy this today...

[Unimatic1140]

at an estate sale, 1956 or 1957 and has the Space Command remote attached!

hmmmph...

 

[nmassman44]

And it looked like they twisted your arm to buy it too!

 

[crevicetool]

Those unnamed people really, really upset me. They've made me buy stuff too.

aarrrrgggg!

 

[scott55405]

That's fantastic!

 

[polkanut]

I'm glad your estate sale adventure turned out better than mine. All I found was an unopened 28oz. box of BIZ with phosphates. Originally priced at $.89, bought it for $.50.

 

[foraloysius]

Nice catch!

BTW, www.televisionworld.com is still unused...

 

[danemodsandy]

A Likely Story!

Robert:

We've seen your arms, and anyone capable of twisting those is someone I do not want to mess with!

;-)

 

[jeffg]

Robert, nice catch.

Honest to god, at first glance I thought your happy look had something to do with the SOLD sign behind you.

 

[norgeway]

yeah ...right

I bet that certain someone's name begins with Fr and ends with ed ....dont feel bad, I have a Sylvania Halo Light that is being fixed right now....Its nice to know 50/s stuff is still apreciated, ENJOY..they sure dont make this stuff anymore, it is up to us to preserve it.

 

[bugsyjones]

PERFECT TV!

I want it now.

~Tim

 

[toploader55]

Wow

We had the Exact Same Model when I was oh, about 8 or 9 years old. Great Find. Eddie

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Uh huh...

The look on his face, along with the clutched hands CLEARLY shows how upset he is that Gary and I talked him into going back for it...

I think it's fabulous. And kudos to Gary for finding the remote!

-Fred

 

[ronhic]

Somehow Robert, I think you have rubber arms.....

....thankfully.

 

[bendix5]

this is a wonderful find. It seems to be in nice condition. My aunt and uncle had one of these. Isn't the remote mechanical? If I remember it went clunk, clunk and you can see the dial turn. Enjoy Dano-Bendix 5

 

[mixfinder]

Ain't it sweet!

I used to cower and bring my treasures in under the veil of darkness, lest I get chewed out about spending money on things we don't need. "We already have a TV!!" Few things in life are sweeter than a loving partner and even better is one who thinks it makes perfect sense to drag home anything that makes you happy!

 

[sudsmaster]

What brand is it?

Zenith?

 

[drmitch]

Oh wow! Can we stay up tonight and watch bewitched? : )
Beautiful set and with the space command no less!

 

[jetcone]

I can't stand it when unnamed makes me

buy things like STICK BLENDERS or whatever!

Nice nab there , you can never go wrong with Space Command!
Did you know we saw the first remote ever in DC? It was for a Philco radio and we were all gobsmacked when we got to operate it!

 

[gansky1]

Here's the MD Radio & TV museum radio remote

Wireless even!

Great television guys - is the remote wireless?

 

[tlee618]

I think that radio with the remote was my favorite thing at the museum. It is amazing that they had something like that way back when. Robert, I believe that a full week off with total rest including breakfast in bed everyday is in order.

 

[rickr]

Great looking old Zenith set Robert! Glad your partner talked you into getting it!

 

[pulsator]

Figures you'd find something AFTER I left....

Congrats on the awesome TV!!!

 

[Unimatic1140]

Never Seen Anything Like It Before!

I'm shocked - no pun intended lol. Normally I have to spend months painstakingly replacing capacitors and resistors to restore a vintage tv set. This one works amazingly well, almost brand new. After it warmed up a few minutes and the electrolytics had a chance to reform it works like its brand new. The only thing that really needed adjustment besides the usual horizontal and veritcal holds was the vertical height...

 

[Unimatic1140]

The space command works without any power. Each button makes a different high pitch sound that is picked up by the tv set to either mute/unmute the sound or to advance the channel knob.

 

[danemodsandy]

Robert:

You may not have needed to work on the electronics, but you sure as heck put in some effort on cleaning and polishing that finish! The difference between the first picture and that one is amazing.

Now I know where the arms came from, LOL.

 

[rickr]

Robert, it's beautiful! Love it! Do you think that perhaps someone had maintained this set and used it for all these years? Perhaps the set was recapped and so forth over the years? Very amazing that it is in "plug in and watch" condition.

 

[Unimatic1140]

"Do you think that perhaps someone had maintained this

I don't know Rick, I took off the back to dust off the tubes and everything looks original. I suspect it just wasn't used hardly at all. Maybe she liked to read lol.

 

[rickr]

lol!! I do not watch much tv either, so I can relate.

My partner has put more "miles" on my Magnavox console in the two months he has been back, than I put on it the entire 2 1/2 years he was gone...

At any rate, that is a great save, Robert and Fred! Congratulations

 

[swestoyz]

Very, very nice Robert. The set looks to be in fab condition. Now you'll kick the rest of the televisions to the curb - you've got Space Command!

Ben

 

[roto204]

Wow!!

Gorgeous! I love the "please, Mom, can we keep it?" pose in the original pic. Only, with our group, it's never a kitten or a puppy.