$2500 in 1928, but it wasn’t a production model. The first commercial models went for $1100 to $1300 in 1954. That would be $10,500 to $12,400 in 2019 dollars.Click to see full answer. Hereof, who invented the TV in 1927? Philo Taylor Farnsworth Beside above, how much did the first Colour TV cost in UK? The first colour sets were for the affluent. A 19-inch Murphy cost 285 guineas – about £5,000 allowing for inflation – and the legs were extra. when was the first TV sold? Mechanical televisions were commercially sold from 1928 to 1934 in the United Kingdom, United States, and Soviet Union.How much did a TV cost in 1950?The televisions of the 1950s ranged in price from $129 to $1,295. Televisions were grouped into four different categories: black and white console, black and white tabletop, color console and color tabletop.