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I've got a friend who's in his mid 70's and started fixing/repairing/selling TV's in the '60's. He told me that during the '60's and '70's, he could get $50-$60 for 12" B&W's and $75 for 19 B&W's. Color TV's of any kind were big bucks.
One day in the late '90's, I was at his house and witnessed a woman give him $125 without blinking an eye for one of those RCA 13" TX82 chassis TV's. I think that was a TV that he ended up with too much money invested in and he was lucky to be able to sell it for that.
In the early 2000's, someone gave me a near-mint mid '80's 13" knob tuned GE with a bad flyback. After I fixed it, an older man came over and fell in love with the TV. He asked the price and I told him it was $85. I figured he'd squeal to high heaven; but, he handed me the money and took the TV. Later, I was talking to someone who knew him and they said he was the type of guy that if he wanted something, he'd buy it, regardless of cost. They added that I probably could have asked $150 and he would have still bought it.
In the early to mid '90's, I used to sell a lot of 19" B&W sets to older people who didn't care for color and I usually got between $35-$50 for such TV's. The last 19" B&W I sold was a nice mid '70's Zenith that I let me friend sell at his second hand store. That was back around '01 and I think he finally was able to get me $10 for it. The last 12" B&W I sold was around the same time for $5. Now, I wish I still had that 19" Zenith. Today, most B&W's that I find either stay here or go to collector friends.
As recent as a few years ago, the SA was still trying to get $20-$25 for their 12" B&W's.
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