Why Aren't 12" B&W Sets Collectible?

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Has anyone ever seen some of the last Zenith(?) B&W sets? I remember seeing once a Zenith(?) 12" B&W still working atop someone's fridge in their kitchen (this was in about 94), and what I found really strange about the set was that while it had the typical rheostat bright/volume controls, it had a digital tuner with one of those random-access keypads on the front of the set! Idk if there had ever been a remote.

I can remember seeing one of the cheap made-in-china B&W sets in the corner of one of those "wall of TVs" displays in a Circut City in about 95 or 96. It still had knobs, where as every other set was colour and digital tune. It looked SO out-of-place. I think the price was like $40 where the 13" colour next to it was $50.