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Most sets made after the early 50s* are not real high dollar items (think 0-250$ a head depending on condition and relative desirability).
*The exceptions would be modern styled sets like the Philco Predicta family, and the Silvertone Suburbanite, round CRT color TVs, etc.
Condition has importance. If the cabinet is beyond reasonable restoration the sets value is for parts, if the CRT is down to air or tests too weak to be usable that hurts value substantially (since it is darn hard to find replacements for some CRTs), flyback and vertical output transformer failure can hurt value (especially in some models). All other parts are usually fairly obtainable which is why the restoration part of this hobby is so active.
Sets made after the late 70's have nearly no collector interest or value and with few exceptions would be best to donate if working, E-waste if busted.
Most SS sets hold little value/interest unless they were early models (firsts or high failure models that are very rare now), the last of their kind (like last 23" monochrome console from Zenith), or are color sets with delta-gun CRTs that interchange with tube TV sets (most delta-gun CRTs are compatible with anything of the same screen size) which have value as CRT donors.
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