Rare Silvertone

[John Marinello]

"Apparently Sears made Silvertone televisions only in 1949."

http://cgi.ebay.com/1949-Silvertone-...QQcmdZViewItem

[damen]

That is a cool one....I never seen one like that

[David Roper]

They turn up from time to time. He's waaay of with the year though, by something more than 5 but less than 10 years.

[damen]

I agree..I would say mid to late 50's and they made sets for years.
Wonder where they got there info ???

[klama2006]

Very cool.

[Sandy G]

Mid-50s.

[John Folsom]

Sams folder #329, 1955-6.

[radotvguy]

Last year i went to the Pittsburg antique radio spring swap meet in Monaca, Pa . They had the same set there i recall and it was only 30 bucks . I passed on it becuase i had enough things i bought that day . I dont think its from 49 , more like late 50s . Definitly not worth the starting price .

[truetone36]

I got My two Silvertones for free. The seller is not being realistic.

[Sandy G]

Yeah, he's smokin' Wacky Baccy, IMHO. TVs of that era are NOT rare, they really have no redeeming qualities, unless its a Zenith porthole or maybe one of the little RCA 8" sets, or maybe one of the uber-rare early color sets, & I think those are prolly pretty much all spoken for now.

[Robert Grant]

My 2¢ worth:

The set is certainly newer than 1949.
To give a broad idea of it's actual age, I have a midsummer 1956 small SR catalog with a set that looks a lot like this one.
The seller is asking way to much for this set.
"Rare" is relative. This is NO TRK-12, Pilot or Royal Soverign, of course, and, twenty years ago, there were hundreds of thousands of sets like this that were being kept by their owners, who believed they were "rare".
In recent years, circuit failures, owners moving, and owners passing away have been gradually taking these sets out of circulation. B&W consoles/consolettes without integral implosion shield CRTs are not necessarily rare - but none of them are truly common, anymore, either.
I would say this is a set still worth saving (if the owner offers it free or almost free).

Rob.
happily watching an Emerson 1224 - see it in action here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTW-JUQQPRY

[electroking]

This is the third Silvertone TV of this model that has been discussed on AudioKarma
since I joined in late 2007. IIRC it has a transformerless chassis, but two-way
speakers! Obviously more like 1956-57 than 1949 as others have noted.

[MRX37]

I know for a fact that Sears made Silvertones to at least as late as 1958.

[tubesrule]

...and as early as 1939.

[Robert Grant]

I once trash-picked a Silvertone 18" color from 1967 (Japanese made, two-series string).
This was very early in my TV hobby (I was about 16), and I threw it back out when I could't get any B+ into it.