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An HMV type 900 mirror-lid television and wireless receiver, early 1937, image 1
An HMV type 900 mirror-lid television and wireless receiver, early 1937, image 2
An HMV type 900 mirror-lid television and wireless receiver, early 1937, image 3
Lot 2W

An HMV type 900 mirror-lid television and wireless receiver,
early 1937,

3 May 2012, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £6,250 inc. premium

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An HMV type 900 mirror-lid television and wireless receiver,

early 1937,
Ser. No. H/1 10108,
with 12-inch screen and black mask, 3-band wireless, 240/405-line switch blank escutcheon , metal CRT shroud and all pre-war wiring, in book-matched mahogany cabinet with the front inlaid with stepped walnut veneers around central speaker fret - 37in. (94cm) wide, the height 38in. (97cm), the depth 19in. (49cm)

Footnotes

In the same family since the mid 1940s, this set has not been used since the late 1950s. The 1940s bill of sale is present and when located by the current vendor, will be sent on to the purchaser.

A good example of a long unused, mostly untouched HMV 900.

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