I understand Bob, some situations make it hard to save everything that could be.
One small nit to pick though, as to your 'newer tube sets never being valuable or collectible' comment. Radio collectors were saying the same thing about post-WWII TVs within my lifetime, and round color sets that (except for the earliest examples) almost no one loved as recently as the late 90's are now all regularly fetching over 100$ a pop (assuming decent condition cabinet and CRT). I can rattle off a decent list of folks here that are collecting 70's and newer solid state sets and would offer decent money for some models. Sure many makers sold millions of some chassis, but that was before 50-60 years of attrition whittled that number down to a small fraction of that. Sure if one wants any random (for example) 1959 Zenith one can be had in 1 week to 3 months of searching (in most regions), but they offered at least 28 different cabinet styles (according to the poster hanging over my head) and most had at least 2 finish variations and remote control and UHF options....If one wants an exact cabinet/finish/electronic optioned model for some reason (for instance it was their first TV set) and it happens to NOT be one of the most popular combinations made, the time needed to find one for sale could be years instead of months.....Heck I've been looking for a specific mid 70's Quasar WID hybrid, that was the first set I can remember watching, for the better part of a decade now, and have never seen one with the same chassis in person....The only one similar (same cabinet and everything) I've seen since is in someones youtube video linked in the what I want link in my signature. A good portion of the collecting community have interest and see sometimes good value in sets that you would not think twice about leaving at the curb. I've went to the effort to save some sets that I would not buy for myself or even keep if they were free (though I'd be hard pressed to handle temporarily storing more than 5 additional consoles ATM) just to keep them from the land fill....There are a number of folks out there that would not be enjoying a given set if it were not for me....I see it as trying to look out for the interests of current and future generations of hobbyists that likely will not benefit from the same luck and bounty that I do here and now.
Sorry for rambling my point across with so much text....
I really like that Admiral color set. It is one of the models that, once I have more money at my disposal, I'll be on the lookout for.
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Originally Posted by Olorin67
Great finds! I'm pretty full up myself at the moment though. Still keeping my eyes out for one of the ellusive 25" or 27" sets. I did manage to find another S-C 23" school TV
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Cool! There can't be too many of those still around.