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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
I wonder how much an RCA color TV advertising sign using RCA's old (round) logo would sell for. 
BTW, I think the prices on later RCA signs (like the one being discussed here) are far too high. I can't imagine paying anywhere near $1K for one, even one with RCA's original logo. Even advertising for RCA's owned and operated radio and TV stations in New York (when they were known as WRCA) is not, IMHO, worth that much; however, an ad sign for NBC's WEAF (now WFAN) would probably go for a very high price indeed, since that station goes back to NBC's early days. The same goes for NBC's operated TV station in New York, WNBT (now WNBC); in fact, an ad sign for WNBT when the station was on (now defunct) channel 1 would probably go for a king's ransom if not higher. |
Of course you would not pay that much. You are on a fixed income.
There are a lot of folks with deep pockets that collect signage, and they drive the price skyward. Those signs were only issued to dealers. There were thousands of dealers (only a portion would have bought one of those signs), but millions of TVs produced. To an extent it is a marvel as many of those signs are out there today as there are.
Also shows like American Pickers alert people that signage is valuable, and once the masses know that they start asking above market price on ebay, etc which makes the idiots think it is worth even more than it is which eventually leaves the market flooded with over priced crap that nobody will buy.