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Early Television Museum

2025 Early Television Convention Report

The 2025 Convention was held May 2-4 at the Early Television Museum in Hilliard. This year there were some changes to the format:.

  • Admission charge was lowered to $25 for members, $35 for non-members
  • All events were at the museum - we will have comfortable chairs.
  • Food trucks were at the museum for the Friday evening event and for Saturday lunch
  • No additional charge for vendors
  • Saturday dinner was held at The Old Bag of Nails Pub (individual payment)
  • Discounts at local Hilliard busineses
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  • Here is information on past conventions.
  • Photos from Larry McIntyre
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Displays

  • Vintage Video Games
  • Rare Chromatron and JVC Sets
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The Auction

There was a silent auction on Saturday from noon to 5 pm, and a live auction on Saturday starting at noon. You can see the auction items here.

 

 

  

Schedule

All Events were at the Museum

Friday, May 2

 
8 am - 6 pm Enter items for the Auction, register for the Convention.
2 - 4 pm Setting Final Adjustments with Bob Andersen - Restoration Workshop
5 - 8 pm Food available from Mustafa’s Halal Gyro
6 pm – 9 pm Meet other collectors at the museum. Demonstration of sets in the Museum's collection. Food will be available for purchase from food trucks, or at the Center Street Market food court a block from the Museum. Beer and wine will be available for purchase at the museum. Coffee and pastries will be provided courtesy of Coffee Connections and Destination Hilliard.

Saturday, May 3

Coffee and pastries will be provided courtesy of Coffee Connections and Destination Hilliard
7 am – 8 am Swap Meet setup
8 am – 10:00 am Swap Meet. Register for the Convention.
8 am - 11 am Enter items for the Auction. Deadline is 11 am.
10:30 am - 1:30 pm Food available from Hound Dogs and Dos Patrones
12 noon - 5 pm Silent Auction
12 noon - 2 pm Live Auction
2 pm - 4 pm
Brief Histories of the Inventors Who Made Television Mike Molnar
So You're the New Owner of a Vintage TV- Now What? Dan Jones
Selling Predicta - Realistic Values and Expectations Selling America’s Iconic Set Blake Hinkle
The first handheld color video cameras and VTRs Charlie Krohn
The Sony Chromatron: Snatching success from the jaws of failure - A brief (pre) history of the Sony Trinitron Matthew D'Asaro
4 pm Raffle Drawing - Zenith 1998 TV set
About 5 pm Silent Auction ends
4 pm – 7 pm Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors.
7 pm Dinner at the Old Bag of Nails Pub (individual payment)

Sunday, May 4

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

 

 


 
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