[NJARC] Interesting Estate Sale

Sat Jan 11 23:12:46 EST 2014

Rob,

The only examples of an Andrea 2-F-5 in museums are in the Early Television
Museum in Ohio and in the MZTV museum in Toronto. There are 19 (now 20)
more known to be in the hands of private collectors. The Museum of the
Moving Image does have a GE HM-171 which looks similar enough that I'm
guessing that's what you remember seeing. Photo:
http://earlytelevision.org/ge_hm-171.html

Welcome to the club!

-- Dave

Dave Sica
New Jersey Antique Radio Club

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Rob Reifenheiser <
rob.a.reifenheiser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> Im new to the group, but has to say I love it.
>
> I believe I saw one at the museum of the moving image.
>
> Great find.
>
> Rob
> On Jan 11, 2014 8:26 PM, "David Sica" <dave.sica at njarc.org> wrote:
>
>> Just remember
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>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Joe,
>>
>> Clearly a keeper. Unlike the other Andrea, this one looks like it should
>> be
>> a realistic candidate for restoration. I haven't actually taken a close
>> look at it yet; it's still trapped in my car; not allowed to lift it out
>> for a few weeks!  And of course actually getting around to the restoration
>> might be even more of a challenge...
>>
>> They had the price marked at $75 but although they said they were going to
>> be wheeling and dealing today, I wasn't able to get them to go any lower
>> than $50. ;-)
>>
>> -- Dave
>>
>> Dave Sica
>> New Jersey Antique Radio Club
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 8:17 PM, David Sica <dave.sica at njarc.org> wrote:
>>
>> > I had to pass on the transmitter not only because I'm not allowed to
>> pick
>> > anything heavy up right now, but even at my best I would never be able
>> to
>> > get that thing an inch off the floor.
>> >
>> > Figuring that if I got lucky maybe I'd be able to console myself with
>> > another Pilot, or maybe even a TV school kit set, I just about had
>> another
>> > heart attack this morning when I found myself face to face with an
>> Andrea
>> > 1-F-5!
>> >
>> > Pic: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/11892260816_06304cda01.jpg
>> >
>> > Info: http://www.earlytelevision.org/andrea_1-f-5.html
>> >
>> > I've been fortunate to have stumbled upon three rare prewar televisions
>> in
>> > my lift, two via leads supplied through the club. This admittedly rough
>> > find is by far the nicest condition one I've found. The rarest one, an
>> > Andrea 2-F-12 was found following a lead supplied by Phil Vourtsis and
>> that
>> > set is now at the Early Television Museum:
>> > http://www.earlytelevision.org/andrea_2-f-12.html.
>> >
>> > -- Dave
>> >
>> >
>> > Dave Sica
>> > New Jersey Antique Radio Club
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Ray Chase <raydio862 at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Dave:
>> >> Why are you leaving us in the dark?  Did you go and buy that big
>> >> transmitter?  I bet you bought that crappy 3" TV.  Stay away from that
>> old
>> >> junk and take care of your health, TV's come and go but you only have
>> one
>> >> heart.
>> >> Ray
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Sica" <
>> dave at sicaproductions.com
>> >> >
>> >> To: "Joe Connor" <joeconnor53 at yahoo.com>
>> >> Cc: <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
>> >> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 4:56 PM
>> >>
>> >> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Interesting Estate Sale
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>  Just remember
>> >>> Reply = Poster
>> >>> Reply All = Everyone
>> >>>
>> >>> _________________________________________________________
>> >>> Hey Joe, You are my new best friend today. That was the best lead I've
>> >>> gotten in years. Give me a call if you like so I can thank you.
>> >>>
>> >>> -- Dave Sica
>> >>> 732-382-0618
>> >>>
>> >>> On Friday, January 10, 2014, Joe Connor wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>  Just remember
>> >>>> Reply = Poster
>> >>>> Reply All = Everyone
>> >>>>
>> >>>> _________________________________________________________
>> >>>> I just wanted to alert everyone to an interesting estate sale in
>> >>>> Bernardsville. (I have no connection to this sale).
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/NJ/Bernardsville/
>> >>>> 07924/556011?highlight=radio
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I saw three items of interest:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 1. A huge home-brew ham transmitter. It must have been 7 feet tall.
>> The
>> >>>> asking price was $275 and it was housed in a very nice rack.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 2. What appeared to be a very early TV with a three-inch screen. It
>> was
>> >>>> in
>> >>>> rough shape and the key on the bottom of the picture tube's socket
>> was
>> >>>> broken off. There was no price on this set.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 3. A Coast Guard VLF receiver from the WWII era marked $35. Again,
>> the
>> >>>> condition was rough.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I suspect that tomorrow, the last day of the sale, much lower offers
>> >>>> will
>> >>>> be entertained. It was difficult to tell if this sale was being run
>> by
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> family or by a professional outfit.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Joe Connor
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