Low number of tube type TV's around anymore

[Chad Hauris]

This past year of 2006 it has seemed like I have hardly found any tube type TV sets.
I think I got 4:
--Zenith 18" color console (estate sale--power supply problem, no power)
--Zenith 18" color table model (junk shop,horiz/flyback problem)
--Philco 23" color console (thrift store, horiz/flyback problem)
--RCA 16" B/W (Goodwill, working)

There were years in the past when I would get as many as 10-15 tube sets but it just seems like they are getting rarer and rarer.

Something that seems to have completely disappeared are tube type 50's and 60's radios except for a rare sighting at an antique mall. 15-20 years ago I would often find 5 or 6 every Sunday at the flea market.
I guess its good I stocked up on these things over the years as they are almost nowhere to be had anymore.