article_snippet.sent: Now one of the earliest 'Televisors' – dating from a time when few could see any possible use for the machine – is expected to fetch up to £22,000 at auction.
article_snippet.sent: That is not to say it is capable of picking up Sky or BBC channels – even with a set-top box.
article_snippet.sent: It is being auctioned off as part of a speciality telecommunications sale by Auction Team Breker in Cologne, Germany.
article_snippet.sent: The lot is one of the highlights of the Milestones of Telecommunication sale on Saturday – and, fittingly, It uses the type of technology pioneered by men like Scotsman John Logie Baird that will allow bidders to take part in the auction live from anywhere in the world.
article_snippet.sent: Around 1,000 were made by English company Plessey and cost about £26 – a four-figure sum today.
article_snippet.sent: In 2011, a 1936 set by Logie Baird – bought for almost £100 three weeks after transmissions began – sold at Bonhams for £16,800.
article_snippet.sent: transmissions began – sold at Bonhams for £16,800
highlights_snippet.sent: One of the earliest Televisors is expected to fetch up to £22k at auction .
  