woah! 21CT55 on ebay.

Originally Posted by kx250rider

I've had at least 4 or 5 of them, including 3 that I got from one collector in Burbank for $100. I guess too bad I didn't keep them.

I guess there are many different philosophies of collecting. I myself could never have sold all of the 21CT55s I had because I wouldn't have anything left after that. Since this is the rarest color TV except for some prototypes, if I had one and sold it there would be nothing to replace it with. The way it works with me is if I acquire a rare set and need to make room I sell the least rare one automatically and don't think about it afterwards.

John H.

[David Roper]

Originally Posted by Hagstar

this is the rarest color TV except for some prototypes

If the only manufacturer of color TV sets in the 50s was RCA, yes.

But without doublechecking I think there are more CTC2-Bs accounted for than all the remaining CBS-Columbia 15- and 19-inch production models combined.

Then there's models from Westinghouse (rectangular 22"), General Electric etc. that quite literally never show up anywhere...but sure would be rare when and if they do.