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Thread Number: 49421
1950's Curtis Mathes TV/Stereo Cabnet, Wood - $5500 |
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Post# 714854 11/12/2013 at 11:56 (3,415 days old) by ovrphil  (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Must be one of a very one of a kind, for the asking price. Maybe the typewriter on top of it is worth something and is included? :-)
"One of a kind Curtis Mathes TV/Stereo Cabinet with side speakers, Radio and Record player are in perfect condition, Tube Style TV not functioning, Wood is all in good condition and can be restored. Very nice decorative item." CLICK HERE TO GO TO ovrphil's LINK on Atlanta Craigslist 
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Post# 714855 , Reply# 1 11/12/2013 at 12:01 (3,415 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Tube Style TV not functioning... | ||
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Post# 714866 , Reply# 2 11/12/2013 at 13:25 (3,415 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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"Very nice decorative item." | ||
| Post# 714876 , Reply# 3 11/12/2013 at 14:58 (3,414 days old) by rustyspaatz () | ||
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The Math the original price x inflation = current price | ||
| Post# 714877 , Reply# 4 11/12/2013 at 15:35 (3,414 days old) by countryford (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
 People have no clue about pricing. I seen a Curtis Mathes TV console similiar to that for $1000. It was on Craigslist forever. I don't know if it sold, or they just gave up. As far as it not working after 6/2009, one might not get a tv signal, but you would still get "snow" or one could hook up a digital converter box, dvd, vcr, or laser disc player and if the unit does work, you would be able to watch them. | ||
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Post# 714905 , Reply# 5 11/12/2013 at 17:02 (3,414 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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NTSC Signal | ||
| Post# 715320 , Reply# 7 11/14/2013 at 12:52 (3,413 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Look how filthy dirty that thing is. I wouldn't give $200 for that thing. Well remember the Curtis Mathes advertising slogan "The most expensive television made, and darned well worth it." Maybe the sellers remember that. | ||
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Post# 715421 , Reply# 8 11/15/2013 at 00:34 (3,412 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Whirlcool:-You are right the thing does look kinda dirty-note the dirty dingy grill cloth on the speaker cabinets.The machine could use a cleanup.Wonder if the Hi-Fi came from a household that has a smoker. | ||
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Post# 715904 , Reply# 9 11/17/2013 at 18:19 (3,409 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Curtis Mathis
A few months ago, I found a couple tv's ..one is a 19 " color RCA XL-100(FMR455-W) and a color Zenith 19" Z1926W . (The RCA happens to have the best picture). So....in my past, the most commonly purchased brands were Zenith, RCA and Magnavox along with some Admirals. I never saw Curtis Mathis or don't remember if they were even marketed in southeastern Michigan.
So, if anyone owned a Curtis Mathis tv....were they " darned worth it? " | ||
| Post# 715956 , Reply# 11 11/17/2013 at 23:29 (3,409 days old) by rustyspaatz () | ||
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Reminds me of . the movie trading places, from 1983 with Eddie Murphy. When Eddie's character first enters the Townhouse and the Dukes are showing him around, if I remember right, they had a console similar to this. 
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| Post# 716033 , Reply# 12 11/18/2013 at 10:01 (3,409 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) | ||
 When I was a teen, our first color set was a Curtis-Mathes stereo/television combo. It had a great picture for its time, and the cabinetry was beautiful. It also had side-firing bass speakers ala Magnavox. Good sound too. Unfortunately, it didn't last all that long and needed a couple of service calls a year, which of course included the necessary degaussing. The VM record changer was the first to fail and soon after that, the color TV owner's nightmare, the picture tube, lost its red gun and had to be replaced. My parents replaced the set after only 5 years of service. | ||
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