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Jeff Dunham unboxing an unopened Philco Predictata
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UNBOXING: An UNOPENED Philco Predicta Television Set From 1958! | JEFF DUNHAM - YouTube   

Steve

M R Radios   C M Tubes
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Hi Steve, very cool. Dunham would have been the last guy I would have expected to be a Predicta collector. I never realized there were that many models of the Predicta. My brother who is a car guy, somehow found this video and sent it to me a few days ago. It would be interesting to know the history behind how he came across this set and how it came to be still in the box and never opened!

Ron

Bendix 0626.      RCA 8BX5.   RCA T64
Philco 41-250.    Philco49-500
GE 201.             Philco 39-25
Motorola 61X13. Philco 46-42        Crosley 52TQ
Philco 37-116.    Philco 70
AK 35                Philco 46-350
Philco 620B.       Zenith Transoceanic B-600
Philco 60B.         Majestic 50
Philco 52-944.    AK 84
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I believe I saw a video on Youtube about this. I wont spoil anything, but how in the world was there a NOS Predicta found after all those years! Wow! I'd be almost afraid to molest it, let alone even own it! Sooo cool!

If I could find the place called "Somewhere", I could find "Anything" Icon_confused

Tim

Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me , believes not in me but in him who sent me" John 12:44
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I saw that! How cool is that Icon_exclaim Icon_exclaim
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Quote:but how in the world was there a NOS Predicta found after all those years!

You'd be surprised what is stuck up in attics and other storage areas, although those finds are getting much harder to find as older folks move out of their houses and storage areas are re-rented.

Several years ago a fellow found my card somewhere and called me about a bunch of NIB Crosley radios. His dad and uncle owned a service station and used to sell radios and appliances. At some point they just moved all of that into the attic and concentrated on tires and car stuff. His uncle had passed and he was looking for someone to buy the radios since his dad was going to sell the station. Although he sent me a list of model numbers, at the time, they were too new to be listed anywhere in collector books (late 40's early 50's).

So one Saturday I tool up to Springfield IL to check out the radios, and sure enough, there were a pile of new-in-the-box Crosley radios amongst the tail pipes and mufflers! I wasn't too interested in the consoles since by that time time they were pretty plain and all had phonographs, but the table sets were very interesting and I bought all 73+ table radios. The trick was loading them into my little Chevy Citation! It was a tight fit but I got them all in.

A buddy of mine went in halves and we had a lot of fun selling off duplicates. The most interesting were the Princess series, better known as the Crosley Jewlers Radios. I have some in a display cabinet, but you'll notice a little Delco on the bottom left, somehow it was mixed in with the Crosleys.

   
   
   

John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
"illegitimis non carborundum"
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nice...

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