"The Fisher" is really going to need a new grill cover-visit to a fabric store.And---Why do these sellers like to "pose" the arm on an empty platter for the TT shot??This endangers what stylus you have.Will have to deduct from the 200 price for a new grill cover cloth and possibly a new stylus for the TT.Than there is the issue of tubes and caps-maybe dried out speaker replacement-rebuild.So that 200 buck price is getting chopped down!
Love that GE TV set--"locomotive" isn't the word for that!!You would need a locomotive to move it!!All aside--pretty neat-bet lots of Leave it to Beaver,Mickey Mouse Club and other oldies watched on that set.
Said to belong to Victor Mature - ad reads:
"This is a very rare stereo cabinet that you probably won't see again. The sweet lady I bought it from in Arizona said that her Aunt and Uncle bought it from Victor Mature (yes, the famous actor) when he was in need of money (for a move to make himself a movie star, perhaps?)
Anyways, I was looking at her house to buy when I saw it and fell in love with it, and she told me the story about it. I called her days later and asked if she would sell it to me, and when the price became right she agreed.
I haven't plugged it in, and she hadn't either since inheriting it. It looks to be in very good shape, and has lots of extra tubes and a phono stylus. There is even a hand written note about different channels or tubes or something and the original lay out which is in the pictures. It has a nice back that goes on very easily, I took it off for the pictures. The door for the t.v. is accordion style. All the knobs are original. The wood is beautiful, although the pictures don't show it.
The T.V. measures 6 1/2 X 8 1/2
It is 22" deep to the ends of the knobs.
It is 35" wide.
Its height is 3' 10".
I know this will cost a bit to get it running again (if it doesn't work), but just think about this piece being passed down for generations, or think of it as an investment, someone would definitely pay a heck of alot more if it were working.
I do have the other knob for it.
The only damage is in the trim where the door opens to store albums, as shown in the picture but it doesn't detract from the coolness of the piece.
LA area is good Hi-fi console hunting grounds!!Too bad its so far from me-and I don't think USAir would let me carry a console back on their AirBus flight to and from LA out of Charlette-then to and from Greenville.
Looks like it didn't sell at $2499 plus $125 shipping. But what a history of restoring and selling small vintage tv sets. Just look at the variety sold..very cool.
