Vintage TV collectors - watch this go through the roof!!

[classiccaprice]

My 1958 Silvertone...

 

[classiccaprice]

and finally my 1958 G.E. which I may be on the verge of selling. I'm probably going to get rid of most of the sets, with the definate exception of the '51. I need to reduce stock before a possible move this summer.

 

[lordkenmore]

I have thought that the TV cabinet I posted about above would be a good candidate for "repurposing."

This TV collector's site might be of interest to some. It has tips, and a number of photos of old TV sets.

http://evilfurnaceman.tripod.com/

 

[112561]

Classiccaprice, that's a nice bunch of portables you have, it's a shame you have to get rid of any. I had a 1959 Philco Slender Seventeener that my collector friend Andy wanted to look at, so I lent it to him, and never saw it again, like a couple of other pieces. When he died, his witch of an ex wife probably wreaked havoc on his estate, I think his parents were gone by then unless his sisters got to things first. Oh well.

I love all those tv sites, I'm sure I haven't found all of them yet though.

I remember now, that Hyacinth did have a television, she made a comment about Channel Four once. (NOT a viewer)

 

[bewitched]

For all those who love european televisions...

Early 70' b/w television from Telefunken

 

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Bw Telefunken from early 70'

An unusual b/w television made by Telefunken during early 70'

 

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european color portable tv (Telefunken) 1974

This is the first portable color tv made by Telefunken

 

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French color television (1977)

French televisions used to have concealed controls. The door can be locked by a key

 

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for people relly loving tv

This really big tv was made by Nordmende in 1977. It had a 26" color screen and 3 independent b/w 5" screens. Everything was remote controlled. It also sported an infra red wireless earphone

 

[bewitched]

My first television (1966)

This is the first tv I had. It was bought when i was born. It was a Telefunken b/w 25" set. It also had a small wire connected unit that you could use as remote control for the tv or just as portable AM radio.

 

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Voxson early 70' color tv

These are early 70' color televisions made by an italian brand now long gone (Voxson)

 

[112561]

I like looking at all the European offerings from the '40s to the '80s. Thanks Bewitched!

 

[perc-o-prince]

Rich took a few pix of ours.

Magnavox

 

[perc-o-prince]

From the transfer station... Zenith

 

[perc-o-prince]

Predicta

 

[perc-o-prince]

An early remote

 

[perc-o-prince]

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[112561]

Those are beauties, I love the Magnavox and all the paneling. I think my friend Ken had the lower level Predictas, in metal cases. Is that a DuMont hi fi in there? I'll bet the Zenith portable weighs at least fifty pounds!

 

[perc-o-prince]

Thanks and they all work!

The stereo cabinet held a Garrard turntable and some sort of Hi-Fi tuner. They are both long gone. It was a put together that my grandfather made when he built the room in the early 1960's. He built it from bits and parts of several hi-fi's. He even used a hi-fi cabinet. Cut the legs off, built it into the wall with record storage below then paneled it to match the rest of the room.

It was lucky that the Magnavaox survived with the orig stand.

The Predicta is my all time favorite and the only one that I realy cracked open my wallet for BUT...life is short so have FUN!!!!

Rich

 

[112561]

Amen Rich

I could have had a Magnavox portable with its cart, and the Phantom remote, I wasn't inspired enough for some reason, and the same shop had a TOL color set with the sliding tambour doors, again, nothing. I do still have the 1959 Maggie stereo from there that my cat tried to disembowel, has to have a new woofer.

Clever grandfather, I do think the cabinet emblem is DuMont. Very nice, at any rate. I have a Stromberg Carlson with a grill like the old matchstick blinds.