2023 Early Television Convention

Early Television Museum

2023 Early Television Convention

The 2023 Convention was held May 5-7 at the Early Television Museum in Hilliard.

The registration fee includes admission to all events (except the Saturday dinner, which has a separate charge), lunch. and non-alcoholic drinks during the convention. Beer and wine will be available at a nominal charge.

Regstration for members is $40, and for non-members $50. Additional family members are $25.

The Saturday Dinner is an additional $45.This year wine and beer are included at no additional cost.

Menus for the lunch and dinner

Vendors for the swapmeet are charged $15.

The drawing for the winner of our Sweepstakes will be held at the convention. The grand prize is a rare prewar RCA TRK-5.

Here is information on the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 Conventions.

The Auction

There will be a silent auction on Saturday from 2 pm to 5 pm, and a live auction on Saturday starting at 2 pm. Items can be entered in the auctions online or at the convention until noon on Saturday. You can see the auction items here. Check often, as we will be updating the list frequently.

Highlights of the auction include a RCA CT-100 color set with a good CRT.

The Sweepstakes

This is a museum fundraiser, with the incredible prize of an exceptionally rare RCA TRK-5 television from 1939. Only about 600 of this model were ever made, and the museum already has a unit on display. The sweepstakes prize was donated to the museum and would require an electronic restoration to be fully functional. The cabinet is restored and the set will be on diisplay at the convention. Tickets will be sold starting Friday, May 5, and the drawing will be held online on October 19.

Schedule

Events in gray will be at the museum and those in green at the Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center

Friday, May 5

8 am - 6 pm	Enter items for the Auction, register for the Convention.
6 pm – 9 pm	Meet other collectors at the museum. Demonstration of sets in the Museum's collection. Food will be available for purchase at the Center Street Market food court a block from the Museum. Beer and wine will be available for purchase at the museum.

Saturday, May 6

7 am – 8 am	Swap Meet setup
8 am – 10:30 am	Swap Meet. Register for the Convention.
8 am - 12:00 noon	Enter items for the Auction. Deadline is 12 noon.
10:30 am - 12:00 noon	Presentations Building a 16-channel ATSC to NTSC converter for viewing modern over-the-air programming on vintage sets - Matthew D'Asaro When Television was just around the corner - Mike Molnar
12:00 noon – 2 pm	Buffet Lunch
2 pm - 3 pm	Live Auction
2 pm - 5 pm	Silent Auction
4 pm – 7 pm	Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors
7 pm - 9 pm	Dinner

Sunday, May 7

9 am – 5 pm	Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors. Demonstration of sets in the Museum’s collection.
10 am - 10:30 am	Early Television Foundation Annual Meeting