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12" bw sets, along with other seventies/eighties stuff, will become valuable when us Gen X'ers are in our fifties and have cash to spend. Yeah, I can imagine, 20 years from now, being 54 and wanting to relive my youth by finding the first tv set I ever bought new. (a mid-80s Midland 12" bw from Western Auto) (Come to think of it, that set remains the ONLY television I've ever bought new!)[/QUOTE]
I can relate to that. My first set was a mid 60s Zenith just like the one in my avatar. It was given to me by one of my Dad's coworkers when I was 15 as a last resort before going to the trash. It was missing a couple of knobs and had some weak tubes but I treasured that set. After six months, the flyback went out and as a kid had no money to get it fixed. Twenty years later I find one just like it in a thrift store complete and restorable with a good crt. I don't plan to let this one get away.
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