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Rare 7" Viewtone on eBay
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Was it really from 1945? I thought the first post-war sets were from '46.
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Most sources give 1946 as the date of introduction for the VP-100. Viewtone made prototypes earlier that looked a little different; this isn't one of them.
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Ended with "reserve not met".
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What the...? This was a 7 day auction, why did it end?
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I've only ever seen one other... Pretty rare!
Charles
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I didn't notice when it started. The bidding results says the duration was 7 days.
John |
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Probably because someone paid his asking price.
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Jeyurkon:
Starting Price US $900.00 Oct-09-09 13:37:24 PDT It ended nearly 6 full days short of 7 days. Chuck: The auction hadn't even met the reserve, I wonder if it was less than his "asking price". If it were me I never would have ended it so soon with bidding like that in the first day. |
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I'm guessing he got an offer behind the scenes.
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The set has been offered to a few collectors before, just no takers.
Price was $2500.
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At that price, I'd expect it to have been electronically restored. And sellers, be sure to take a picture of a set you want to sell with it showing a video picture on its CRT. That tells us that the unobtanium parts are functional (flyback, CRT, yoke, power transformer and such.
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