No TV, that's a bar in there...at least a big open space (record storage?)
in which the owner stores bar glassware and liquor.

That space cries out TV to me, but then I'm an "entertainment center" sort
of guy. If I owned that combo, I bet I could figure out a nondestructive way
to put a TV (vintage or new) in there.

Make him an offer he can't refuse . . . :-)
He doesn't need the money. In fact he already gets enough of mine.... :-(

Save up all of the newsgroup messages and forum postings in which collectors
lament that horizontal 1950s/1960s Euro consoles are essentially worthless.
People leave them out on the curb for collection, donate them to thrift
stores, chop them up for firewood, etc. Perhaps you can change his thinking
over time.

:-)

Regards,

Phil