My wife never misses an opportunity to remind me that she must be one of the most tolerant people in the world!

How many sets do I have? I dunno, I can only count up to 20 (21 if I'm taking a bath!)

--Dave

Here is my list:

1940s B&W sets

- Motorola,VT-71, 7"
- Emerson,610, 7"

1950s B&W sets

- Philips,TD1410U, 14"
- Saba, Schauinsland WII, 14"
- Sachsenwerk, Rembrandt FE852E, 12" *
- Grundig, Zauberspiegel, Type 349, 21"

1950s Color Set

- RCA, RCA 21-CT-7855U (CTC5E), 21"

1960s rectangular color sets

- GE, Portacolor, M21THW-1, 11"
- GE, Portacolor from the end tail of the 1960s, 11"
- Telefunken, PALcolor 708 T, 25"
- Saba,Schauinsland T 2000 color, 25"
- Telefunken, PALcromat 728 T, 25"
- Grundig, T1110 color, 25" *

1970s rectangular color sets

- Metz, Capri Color 6285, 26"
- Telefunken, PALcolor 614, 14"
- Graetz, Faehnrich 1223, 20"
- Grundig, Super Color 1615, 16"

Self made

- 32-line NBTV monitor with scanning disk

* not in full working condition.

Just sold because of getting space for new sets:

- Graetz, Faehnrich 1223, 20"
- Telefunken, PALcolor 708 T, 25"
- Telefunken, PALcolor 740 T, 26"

I am married. I have two children. They are currently counting my collection and know better than me, how many sets are in our house. Since a collector offered me thousands of Euro for one of the German color sets, my wife is keeping space on the attic for opportunities of getting rare sets.

On Dec. 6th I had my first exhibition. Here are some photos:


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Super cool! thanks for the photos!

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That was first time I've seen some of those old German sets, those are some nice looking TVs.

I decided to do this again when I saw this come up, as I got quite a few new sets, (many of them from people here.)

b/w - working
48 Motorola 7" (electrostatic)
57 Philco
59 Stechell Carlson (console)
59 Olympic (console - AMradio + phono)
59 Magnavox (console AM/FM radio + phono)
59 Magnavox (console AM/FM radio + phono)
61 Zenith (console)
63 Airline (console - phono)
67 Magnavox (portable)
68 Emerson (portable)
70 RCA (portable)
70 Zenith
74 GE (portable / hybrid)

color (round) - working
63 Philco (console - AM/FMradio + phono)

color (rectangular) - working
67 Zenith 25" (console)
68 Zenith 21"
69 GE portacolor
72 GE portacolor
83 Zenith 25" (ss / space command)

b/w (not-working)
55 Westinghouse (console)
56 Bendix
57 Emerson (console)
58 RCA (console / remote)
58 Hoffman

parts sets (with no more cabinets)
49 Admiral 10" b/w
65 Magnavox (round color / console / Astrosonic ss radio)
78 RCA (ctc-92 ss color console 25")

parts sets (cabinet only)
48 Motorola (8" suitcase)

24 sets, 28 counting parts sets

2 ctc 9-s
1 zenith 29jc20 (1st re-entry model in 1962)
1 maggy 1963 roundy working
1 rca ctc 5 wingate, being restore
1 1963 cm roundy, home entertainment system

I have 22 TVs right now.

B&W:
1960 RCA
1965 GE
1965/66 Magnavox
1968 Panasonic
196? Milovac
1972 Zenith 4 tube hybrid
1974 RCA with remote
1976 Zenith
1978 RCA
1982 Zenith with Digital Tuning

Color:
1968 GE Portacolor with clock
1970 Sony KV-1212
1972 Sears 9" portable
1976 Sears
1976 GE Portacolor
1977 GE with modular chassis
1978 Sharp
1981 RCA
1985 Magnavox
1990 Sears
1996 GE
1997 GE 27" (daily watcher)

That is my goal as well, as many TVs as possible :D I bought 3 8 output distribution amplifier and have all of them connected through a DVD/VHS combo unit. Pretty cool to watch them all at once, but the room gets very hot fast :tongue:

I have 52+ tvs mostly 1940s 10-12 inch TVs
Partial List

3 1940s projection sets 1 tall RCA 1 wide Philco? 1 table top Scott
2 mirror in the lid Spartan and Steward Warner
1 National
2 Hallicrafters
1 Meck
1 Dumont doghouse
RCA 621 , 630, 721 other metal cabinet rca
Philco 1000, 1001, 7 inch philco, 12" philco with tall legs
2 7 inch consoles Automatic and Majestic
2 7 inch automatics tabletops, one with built in bubble
2 Temples with built in bubble
1 10 inch Chinese cabinet with doors
3 teletones 1 leatherette
1 simulated snake skin 7 inch portable
1 pilot
1 Predicta
1 Dewald
1 Raytheon console with 12 inch round screen
1 7 " motorola bakelitte
1 7" Motorola wood
1 10" motorola console
1 10" emerson console
1 10" admiral wood
1 10" admiral bakelitte
2 Crosleys 7" and 10"
1 Teleking
1 GE locomotive
1 ECKO English TV

How many sets? I have no idea. I lost track 6 years ago. :) I think it's in excess of 200 - 300 or so give or take a few dozen now. My wife claims (she's rarely wrong about most common sense things) that I'll probably never spend time with all of them. I remind her that collecting TV's is not common sense for most people and while I may never be able to spent time with all of them - I'll be thinking about all of them. :banana: Of course, I let her win the argument then give her some money to buy something for herself. :smlove: This usually works and leaves me to practice my eccentric art. :yes: Some of the more memorable sets include an RCA CT-100, CTC-4, CTC-9, CTC-11, CTC-12 color sets, including an early RCA roundie stereo console. Early B&W projection sets, and several Dumonts (including one that uses a CBS color wheel adaptor). I'm also fascinated by my early Japanese colors including a vintage Toshiba with the strange CRT (21FB gun on a japanese glass bottle). I have an Indextron and (just tonight) acquired the infamous KV-3000R. I wish I could get a Chromatron for my collection - now that would be cool...!

Then, of course, did I forget to mention, there's the antique audio and radio collections...mostly RCA, Zenith, Philco, Silvertone, Scott Radio, Marantz, and Grundig. Then there's the communications receivers and transmitters (both civilian and military) with Collins, Hallicrafters, Hammarlund, Scott, Heathkit, Yaesu, Drake, etc.

Ha...even my daily ride is almost on the endangered list...just a couple of years to go before my caddidily hopper gets historic vehicle plates! :zoom:

:nutz: Tom, your truck might qualify for HV plates in a couple years, but my truck qualifies for the DRIVE ALONE IN CARPOOL sticker in June :rockon:

And doesn't your truck still run on that crap they call "gasoline" that so many suckers still think they have to use??? :nono:

Main thing of this post: Congratulations on the KV-3000!!!!! I am VERY pleased that you got it, as I know it will be preserved in good hands.. (I sent you an eMail on this)...

Charles

How many? I don't know for sure, but probably 200+. Many Predictas-est. 50. Dozens of early b/w. Early color, including the CBS 1954 205 set, many RCA and Zenith early color. One odd set is the Sony "Elvis" set whereby one cabinet houses 3 B/W solid-state 12" sets. I'm started a type of inventory whereby I place the Sam's (or other service info) into a 3 ring notebook binder. Besides helping keep track of what I have, the service information for each set is ready at hand. Just had a 60' X 30' metal bldg. built just for the TV and radio collection-storage, workbench, and display. The bldg. features a floored loft-with an electro-mechanical hoist-for additional storage space.

Well I'm a little bit behind you guys, since I recently moved from CA to AR. and was forced to sell quite a few sets. Here's what I've accumulated in the past 6 wks.
Bendix 17" b/w table model (1952)
RCA-Victor New Vista model KCS136 21" b/w console (1961)
Sony 13" Triniton (1970)
Magnavox 25" color SS console (1985)

My current list.

WORKING BW:

Andrea 16"
Admiral 17" metal
RCA Victor 14" metal
Sylvania 17" metal
Philco 12" tabletop
Hallicrafters 820 (has vertical problem).

BW in progress:

RCA Victor 21" with metal CRT.
RCA 8' metal red (once working, will never do another one)
Zenith 17" bugeye (need print)
Philco 21" blonde (glass CRT)

Unrestored BW:

RCA Victor 16" metal
RCA Victor 16" wood (cabinet is in horrible shape)
RCA Victor 21" VHF only
Philco 17" swivel consolette
Philco 14" metal (soft started, no print)
Motorola 17" metal
Meteor 17" metal
Stewart-Warner 21" with 21AP4
GE 810
GE 9" portable
Zenith 21" metal tabletop (not at current location)
12" Stewart-Warner tabletop
Silvertone 17" fiberglass Suburbanite

9 color.

WORKING:
Zenith 23" rectangular combo (daily Archie watcher)
RCA CTC-16

UNRESTORED:

Zenith 23" space command (soft started, CRT good)
Silvertone round combo (works but needs recapped)
Zenith round (see Silvertone)
Sylvania round (I'm not getting redundant here)
Admiral 23" (need 25XP22 CRT, restored last year)
RCA 17" portable (the one where half the resistors on the sweep board changed value)
RCA CTC-38 (may need CRT)

Hoping to score more. The CTC 38 is not pictured on my site since I can't get to it to get a pic. It uses the modern RCA logo.

I'm not worthy ! I'm not worthy ! <grin>-Sandy G.

I have only one other TV here besides my daily watcher RCA CTC185. The other set is a ten-year-old Zenith SMS1917SG Sentry 2 19" in my bedroom, which will replace the RCA if anything happens to the latter. The Zenith works amazingly well for having ten years on it; original CRT and a great picture on cable here in my small town. In fact, I think my Zenith set has a better picture than the RCA. I've been tempted more than once to put the Zenith in the living room and use the CTC185 RCA as the standby set, but the RCA has such a good picture in its own right I can't bring myself to do it just yet. I think I'll wait until the RCA dies before I do that. However, the RCA has worked like a champ the last six years and continues to do so, so I may be waiting a little while yet before putting the Sentry 2 into daily watcher service again (that set was my daily watcher for four years in the mid-'90s--1995 to 1999; it worked well then and still does to this day--that's Zenith quality for you).

BTW, to Truetone36, I know the feeling of having to leave old TVs behind when moving. In the late '60s to 1972 I had a nice collection of old sets in the basement of my former home, then I moved (the first time) and had to get rid of all but three of them. Six years ago I moved again, within the same area (from a suburb of Cleveland to a village about ten miles outside the metropolitan area), this time to a small apartment (where I live now). No room for old TVs here, but I do have a small collection of vintage tube and transistor radios.

When I see an old TV set on the curb here I am tempted to grab it (if it's a portable--I saw a 1980s-vintage RCA 12" b&w portable not far from my apartment about three years ago), but then I remember the fact that there's just no room here for any more large sets. I like Zenith TVs and radios (I like the quality of the older ones, but cannot abide the Zenith-branded LGs), so maybe if I can find a small set of that make, say a 5" Zenith portable with AM/FM radio (on ebay, for instance), I might bid on it. I saw one of these on the bay last year and wish I'd have latched on to it, but there will be others, I'm sure. :yes: