I was wondering how many?.....
 

I was thinking about all these sets we are saving the other day and thought of a good question. It may have been brought up before but here goes... Collectively speaking, how many sets have we saved altogether? They are getting harder and harder to come by and I've noticed there are more tv collectors than I ever thought. That in it's self is a very good thing and makes me happy!:D We {time permitting} should count all of our sets and then add 'em up and see how many! I also wonder who's gonna get the last one from out "in the wild". :scratch2:

Let's see...quick count in the TV room was 75...I can think of at least 14 in the attic...maybe another 14 in the shed, and 1 at work, so 104? Some of those (perhaps many of those) don't fit into some folks descriptions of "collectable" but they are not in a dumpster so they at least count as saved.

while my 2 are not 'collectable' they are both over 30 years old ('78 solid state sylvania and '75 hybrid zenith) and will be with me for a long while ...granted the sylvania is a bit under the weather right now she will be back in action soon, meanwhile the zenith is filling in.

I have between 20 and 25. The uncertain number is because there's a few in there for which I'm not sure if I'm going to use them for parts or restore them.

Somewhere around 8 sets for me. I'm a late bloomer.

David

I have limited space, so my collection is only 7 sets made from 1975 to 1989, but i am looking for at least one roundie. Logan

49 for me.

I am sure I have over 100

MY latest and OLDEST find is a GE 801 set. I got it on Ebay a few weeks ago, and picked it up Monday in lexington. Cabinet is not too bad other than the top, all knobs there and even the back price--$49.95 plus about 40 to go get it. That's ok--I have LONG wanted a GE 801. it will NOT ever be for sale.

A couple of weeks ago II picked up an RCA CTC-133 while "Shopping". Not an antique, BUT somewhat rare--it was their first "flat tube square" set.

About a month ago, I got another GE 810, I now have 2 of them.

I counted up 31. Here is the breakdown:
3 from the 40's RCA, DuMont, Motorola
5 from the 50's RCA, Philco, Capehart, AMC
4 from the 60's Zenith
5 from the 70's Zenith, RCA, Sony
14 from the 80 to 87 Sylvania, Magnavox, Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, Sony, Zenith, NAD, Sharp, Quasar
My definition of collectible is probably a bit wider than most, basically before On Screen Menus.

I'm down to 8 sets. There'll be more though... I can assure you guys of that!

At least 38. Don't count the ones I've got stashed here & there. Quite a few of mine are the "Teeny-Tiny" 1.5-5" guys. They're cute & don't take up too much room.

Counting two new acquisitions from the ETF last weekend, 18 or 20. Two sets I have are rough to the point they may be parts only (the Fada that UPS demolished, and a 7JP4 Admiral woodie that didn't quite live up to its eBay-ad billing). So 18 for sure, 2 maybe. Two are post-1960, the rest are pre-1954. Strewn all about the house.

The count is now 50. I scored a nice RCA Victor floor model at the ETF convention.

It took me awhile, {procrastinator} to count them but I have about 58 sets, some may still be buried somewhere.

Since I posted, I brought my count up to 14 lol.