Vintage 1940's Tele King Model 712, 12" Table Top TV

Description

1949 Tele King model 712 tabletop 12” TV in beautiful wood cabinet. The styling is a near copy of the RCA 8-T-241.
This rarely found set is complete with back and all the knobs. Cosmetics are very good to excellent overall. There are some small scratches around the front controls, here and there on the face, top, both sides and some old tape adhesive on the face that hardened over the years. Please see all the pictures including close-up pics below and judge the condition for yourself.
The complete chassis looks to be all or mostly all-original with possibly some very old replacement parts/
repairs and
definitely
has some replacement tubes. I did not test the electronics or any of tubes but did test the RCA 12KP4 picture tube. The face of the picture tube has no scratches.
Sencore CR70 Test: H-K Shorts - Good, G1 Shorts - Good, Cutoff - Bad, Emissions - just over the line to Good and the Life Test is Bad.
This tube took a while to warm up to Good Emission and fails the cutoff and life tests. It takes a couple minutes to come back up to Good Emission on a cold retest.
This is one of those tube
s that may or may not work well, you be the judge
at your risk
. If you don't want to take a chance on this picture tube I will take off the total price and another off of shipping since it will not be sent in its separate box.
I am selling this TV and all its parts as-is, display only, not working, for parts and repair, no returns for any reason. The important thing is the chassis is all there with no known missing electronic parts so it is valuable as a true antique or can be restored if desired..
TV measures 18” tall, 22 1/2” wide, 21” deep and weighs 68 lb.
Picture tube must be removed and shipped separate
.
Box will measure 23” tall, 27” wide, and 26” deep and weigh 65 lb. when packed.
Picture tube measures 12 1/2" in diameter, 17 1/2" tall and weighs 13 lb. Package will measure 17" x 17" x 25" tall and weigh 16 lb.
Good, strong packing supplies/boxes including 2” thick hard Styrofoam to line the boxes will cost and FedEx Ground shipping (cheapest/ best handling ground service) will cost 5.00. There is no charge for my packing labor. If it ships for less I will refund the buyer the difference.
The pictures below are of the actual vintage TV I am selling.
Please e-mail any questions you might have before bidding.
12KP4 picture tube