article_snippet.sent: Early model: The picture appeared in the opening on the right - the TV is now being sold at an auction .
article_snippet.sent: The wooden set has a spiral punched scanning disc which has been fully restored and still has The wooden set original tube.
article_snippet.sent: However, the television, built as an item of furniture for well-to-do families with deep pockets, represents a key milestone in the birth of modern mass media.
article_snippet.sent: The Televisor has been restored - The Televisor was built as an item of furniture for well-to-do families .
article_snippet.sent: The poor quality picture was tiny – little bigger than a postage stamp
article_snippet.sent: and it was impossible for more than one person to see it at a time.
article_snippet.sent: A rotating aluminium disk with square pinholes 'scanned' light from a neon lamp, which varied in brightness depending on the information transmitted by the TV station.
article_snippet.sent: Also going under the hammer are the first fax machine and a prototype colour television set.
article_snippet.sent: had a 12-inch screen contained in a walnut and mahogany case, with the picture being reflected onto a mirror that opened from the top.
highlights_snippet.sent: Television had tiny, poor quality picture - little bigger than a postage stamp .