2023 Early Television Convention

Mechanical TV
- Gallery
- Database Summary
- Sets at the Museum
- Restoration
- Broadcasting
- Advertising
- Roger DuPouy's Site
- Peter Yanczer's Site
- Gerolf Poetschke's Site
- Eckhard Etzold's Site
Early Electronic TV
- Gallery
- Database Summary
- American Sets at the Museum
- British Sets at the Museum
- Restoration
- Broadcasting
- Technical Information
- Other Equipment
  - Antennas
  - CRTs
  - Test Equipment
  - VHF Boosters
- Advertising
- Gerolf Poetschke's Site
- Eckhard Etzold's Site
Postwar TV
- American Postwar TV
- British/European Postwar TV
- Postwar TV in the Rest of the World
- Restoration
- Postwar Broadcasting
- Technical Information
- Other Equipment
  - Accessories
  - Antennas
  - CRTs
  - Test Equipment
- Advertising
- Eckhard Etzold's Site
Early Color TV
- Gallery
- Database Summary
- Color TV Systems
- Sets at the Museum
- Restoration
- Broadcasting
- Technical Information
- CRTs
- Advertising
- Pete Deksnis's Site
- Ed Reitan's Color Television History
- Eckhard Etzold's Site
CRT Rebuilding
- Rebuilding Tubes at the Museum
- Donations
The Foundation and Museum
- Early Television Foundation
- About the Museum
- Directions to the Museum
- Friends of the Museum
- Equipment Donations

Early Television Museum

2023 Early Television Convention

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 August 1.

Tentative 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

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