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My Observations:
It seems that here in southern Illinois most of the "vintage" sets are long gone, probably landfill fodder. This is a rural area, dominated by agriculture, underground mining and at one time strip mining. I remember that while growing up, the abandoned "strip pits" were a free dump, where one could find everything from old washing machines to diapers.
The last "vintage" set I found at an estate sale, in 2007, was a 1967 Zenith 23" low boy console. Interestingly it came out of a 2 story brick home that was probably built in the late 1950's. The home was full of vintage 50's era furniture, including a beautiful Heywood Wakefield dining room set. That home also had 1960's era green carpet throughout!! Every sale I go to it seems that there is an abundance of 1980's and 1990's era RCA, Emerson, Funai etc portable and table top sets. I have also ran across several of those huge RCA home entertainment centers that were so popular in the 90's. I saw one sell for 350$ in 2007, CRAZY!
I continue to go to all the estate sales I can, and occasionally check the SA and GW stores but never expect too much. The last time I checked GW all they had was a beat up old Toshiba Black Stripe tabletop set and a Monkey Ward Signature2000 tv/vcr combo.
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