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It always hurts me to see anything parted out, but I've had to do it myself...not with "small-screen" sets, though. Strange to hear folks bellyaching about not being able to find a crt, yet they pass up complete sets that end up in the dumpster.
7-12" sets are still coming out of the woodwork and can still be had for pocket change. Right place, right time.
John, the Majestic hits home with me. I had what was once a very nice Majestic highboy; the radio was all there, the cabinet wasn't too bad but the legs were badly beaten. Try as I might I couldn't give that radio away. I finally sent the cabinet to the landfill and put the rest in a box up in the attic. Yes, it hurt to do that, but I will never come up with the space or the time to have that set fixed and properly displayed. Someday I will find a needy home for the rest and someone elses set will live on. That era of radio too often is unloved. I have a halfway decent Victor that I paid maybe $20 for. I'm told the amp chassis is worth many times that. I watched a couple guys fight over an identical set (in better shape than mine, actually) just for the amp. One of the bidders was a friend of mine, who would have given me the rest just to get it out of the way; but the other guy came out on top so I guess it went to meet its maker.
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Bryan
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