Very early CTV?

[Combwork]

First I must apologise for the lack of photos but since I saw it the set has been sold. It was a large consul cabinet with an opaque screen. Inside there was a disc with a series of Red, Blue and Green segments. Underneath was a small light bulb and above was what looked like a focusing mechanism. I'm guessing that what I was looking at was a very early electro-mechanical colour television.

It literally looked new; the story I got was that it was originally on show in the CBS managers office. What are the odds of a thing like this turning up in a stone built fortified house on the edge of Glasgow?

At the time it was owned by an unreliable carictor who liked to have work done for free. We fell out over an unpaid bill, since when I've avoided him like the plague. I can't help wondering why those people who can afford the most are the ones most likely to avoid paying for work.

No matter, the last I heard of the set was that it had been sold for an undisclosed sum. I sometimes wonder just what it was that I saw and where it is now.