A collector by the name of Michael Bennett-Levy is auctioning his collection of early technology memorabilia at Bonhams in England on September 30, 2009. Included in his collection is a console television from 1954. Bennett-Levy says about this television: "I used to call this television 'The Meat Safe', until one day a retired television engineer saw it and informed me that it was known as 'The Marilyn Monroe set' in the trade!"
About the unit: A Defiant (Co-op brand) type TR1455/B3 television consolette, with live Plessey chassis, 1954, No. 21097, 14-inch screen with pale green mask, unusual brown and green Bakelite controls including 13-channel select, behind pull-down flap which retreats under the set, in walnut veneered cabinet with incised diamond decoration to front, inset handle, on tapering legs with small castors - 37in. (94cm) high.
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