Q: I bought a General Electric television set in Connecticut in 1959. The model number is 21C … (hard to read). The blonde wood console is about 32 inches high by 28 inches wide. It’s marked “Electronics Park, Syracuse, N.Y.” Do you know the value of the TV? Is there is a market for it?

A: Your GE television set is an early color model, made from 1958 or 1959. The first national color broadcast was the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 1954, but for the next 10 years, most broadcasts were in black and white. Color transition was announced in 1965, and over half of prime-time programming was to be in color. Color sets sold in larger numbers. Collectors like black and white sets from 1939 to 1949 and color sets made through the early 1960s. Newer models are worth less. Some of the earliest color sets used before 1955 sell for a few thousand dollars, and up to $10,000 for a prototype model. Many TVs were made and sold after 1955, so color sets like yours range from $100 to $250. Someone interested in the midcentury “look” might want the console cabinet.