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I'll let the avid collectors/ restorers talk about price, but what I have learned here is, mostly very little as-found - in fact it is a shame, but often it is difficult to find and rescue an old set before it is consigned to the dumpster - some horror stories here about estate sales where people would not wait until the interested party could return with a truck. What a set really costs is hours of recapping and repair, I guess. Once all that work is put into one, my estimate is that they generally go for too little - it's really a labor of love; but I've seen some fine ones and rare early models go for much more than I want to spend on this hobby - fortunately, their stories and pix can be shared on the web.
As to roundie years - 1955 to 1965, then a rapid switchover to rectangular tubes
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