Pictured here is Britain’s oldest working television set that was manufactured by Marconi in 1936. The coolest part is the retro television is still working. The oldest working television set is expected to sell for £5,000 ($8,000).
Shelling out the amount mentioned above will make you the proud owner of this 75-year-old Marconi television set. G.B. Davis, the owner of this retro television set is putting it up for auction later this month in London.
The time when the family bought the television set, there was only one channel and one hour of programming every day for which they had to shell about $160 that was fair enough. The nearby Crystal Palace and its transmitter burned down three days after Mr Davis bought the Marconi type–702 set on November 26. The area could not receive pictures again until 1946.
The 75-year-old set has a 12-inch screen and the walnut and mahogany case with the picture being reflected onto a mirror that opens from the top. Only 30 per cent of the components of the television set have been replaced that were fitted pretty well. Being the H1007 model number, the television set, is known as James Bond of TVs. Bonhams Mechanical Music and Scientific Instruments sale is being held at Knightsbridge, London, on April 19. How about taking this rare oldest TV home?
