Some people honestly don't know that old TVs have value. There is currently a Predicta barberpole ("Perfecta") on eBay. The seller picked it off the curb. The previous owner put it out on a yard sale and it didn't sell, so off to the curb it went.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Philco-Perfecta-...item1e5cdfdc9a
Looks complete. Current bid is $26.
Not to defend fishtankers -- I complain as loudly as anyone else -- but around here you can't give away plain-jane 1950s B/W consoles. I could fill a gymnasium with TVs that go unsold on craigslist. That goes double for combos with a radio & phono.
You can't expect the average Joe (or Jane) to know the difference between a worthless B/W console and, say, a 21-CT-55 color roundie. They look very similar, and to them, it's just "Grandma's old TV" that nobody bought at the yard sale.
Phil