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VACUUM TUBES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT WE ARE BUYING

This is a list of vacuum tubes and related tube equipment I am currently buying. It is a long page, use your scroll button and scroll down the page to see it all. These are the tubes I need the most, and I will consider any quantity you have to offer. I mainly need new old stock in original box, but whiteboxed and bulk packed NOS are acceptable too. If I am accepting used tubes, it will be noted in the chart. Please read the following information, and then scroll down on this page to see our complete bidlist.

Prices listed are for new old stock (NOS) in their original boxes. If a used tube is accepted, it will generally be priced at approx. one half the price of NOS listed, depending on how the tube tests. Tubes without original boxes are generally considered used, except for some military types and those in bulk trays. Especially fine NOS and used tubes, and very rare tubes, sometimes can be paid at premiums above these listed here, and will be judged on a case-by-case basis. If a brand is listed, the price applies to that brand. Other brands are accepted, but may be at a lesser bid price, or at a "used" price. Tubes may also be downgraded to "used" pricing due to poor or missing labels, manufacturing defects, or late (after 1977) production versions. We suggest you check tubes for country of manufacture, as often listed on the tube itself. Tubes made in China, Russia, Yugoslavia, Japan, or Taiwan are generally not acceptable, or will be downgraded to used rates at best. We suggest you check even premium brands, as production after 1977 was sometimes outsourced to these countries. Tubes made in USA, Great Britain, Germany, Holland, France, Canada, or Australia are usually what we need the most. I will make offers on many other types of tubes as well, but to list them all here would be a waste of time and ultimately confusing. The tubes listed here are the types I need most often, but I am interested in ANY tubes you may have to sell. I am also buying tube testers and vacuum tube equipment. I have brands listed I need the most, but will consider any brand you may have. PLEASE E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR LIST OF TUBES OR EQUIPMENT YOU HAVE TO SELL BEFORE SENDING ME ANY!

HERE'S HOW TO SELL YOUR TUBES OR EQUIPMENT:

Please e-mail me your list first. Please send it as a simple text file or rich text format (.rtf) as my virus checker does not allow e-mailed Word or Excel documents. I will give you shipping instructions. Pack the tubes carefully, with an inch or two of packing material around the tubes. Double boxing large tubes is suggested. I cannot be responsible for any shipping damage or lost packages, so shipping insurance is recommended!

IMPORTANT:

• Please call, FAX, or e-mail us with your list of tubes first.
• Please include a note with the tubes when sent indicating your name and full mailing address. Failure to do so may delay your payment.
• You also must indicate in writing if you wish any rejected tubes returned to you, otherwise rejected tubes are disposed of and NOT returned.
• Packages should be sent surface, economy, UPS ground, or parcel post.
• I will examine and test the tubes, and cut you a check usually within a week. If we receive heavy volume of tubes this process can take longer. My payment will include economy shipping charges.
• Please don't send tubes by priority mail or any express or premium shipping method as we will not reimburse shipping beyond that of parcel post, international surface, or UPS ground published prices. Shipping services such as Mailboxes, Etc. charge higher rates than if your package is taken directly to UPS or the post office. We cannot pay these extra shipping charges.
• We are currently VERY busy testing and evaluating incoming tubes. PLEASE, your patience is greatly appreciated!
• If you wish your rejected tubes returned, your payment check will be packed with them when they are returned to you.
• Once again, REJECTED TUBES ARE NOT RETURNED UNLESS YOU REQUEST US TO DO SO!

Tubes sent without original boxes or bulk trays (i.e. if sent loose or individually wrapped by you) will be considered used. All NOS tubes and tube boxes must be marked with the tube type and brand and, of course, must correspond with each other. Tubes in boxes with a different tube type listed on the box, or a different brand (example: a GE tube in an RCA box) will be considered used. High demand or rare tubes that are used MAY still be paid at NOS prices depending on condition and test. Any tubes not passing inspection will be disposed of. You must indicate in advance, or in a note packaged with the tubes if you want any weak/bad/unacceptable tubes returned to you. We normally throw out bad tubes since packing them for return takes a good deal of time, but we will do it for you if you request them back. Any tubes returned will be sent by surface parcel post and the shipping will be deducted from your check. We reserve the right to return most of, or the entire lot if more than 30 percent of the tubes do not pass our inspection. We also reserve the right to return any tubes that, upon our inspection, prove to be of Russian or Chinese origin, or rare/valuable tubes that may be of questionable origin. Please do not send tubes until you have received my reply from your e-mailed list! Check this list often, I am continually updating it. Thanks for your interest!

Questions? Call us at 847-496-4546 from 8 AM until 4 PM, Monday through Friday, USA Central Standard Time. Or, e-mail us.

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Tube	Brand/Style Needed	NOS Bid Price Each	NOS/used
Hickok, B&K, Western Electric, Avo, RCA, Sencore, Eico, Heathkit, Knight, Triplett, and other brands of Tube Testers	Currently buying used, working tube testers. Above brands, or dynamic mutual conductance types of any brand preferred. Also buying certain brands and models of emissions testers.	Top dollar paid, price depends on brand, model, and condition.	Please e-mail brand, model, and description of your tester.
Currently buying Dynaco, Dynakit, McIntosh, Western Electric, Eico, Knight, Heathkit, Scott, Fisher, Leak, Grommes, and other brands of vacuum tube amplifiers and preamps.	Buying used, working or non-working vacuum tube amplifiers, preamplifiers, and other tube hi-fi equipment.	Top dollar paid, depending on brand, model, and condition.	Please e-mail brand, model, and description.
Western Electric brand Tubes	We are currently buying many types of Western Electric brand tubes in addition to those listed on this page.	Highest wholesale prices paid for many types of W-E tubes.	Please call or e-mail us your list of Western Electric tubes.
01A	Globe shape, any brand	$8.00	NOS & used
1L6	Any brand	$8.00	NOS
1P39 Phototube	Any brand	$5.00	NOS
EL34/6CA7	USA/ W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese)	$35.00	NOS & used
EL34/6CA7	Mullard xf1/Telefunken/metal collar types	$50.00	NOS & used
2A3 grey or black dual plate	Any USA brands	$20.00	NOS or used
2A3 black single plate	Any USA brands	$90.00	NOS or used
2C51 or 396A	Western Electric	$5.00	NOS or used
5AR4/GZ34	W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese)	$25.00	NOS & used
5AR4/GZ34	Metal base types or Mullard Shield Logo fatbase, W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese)	$55.00	NOS & used
5AR4/GZ34	USA brands full octal base (no coin base)	$15.00	NOS
5R4GY	RCA, GE, KenRad brownbase ST shape only, or any brand JAN military types	$5.00	NOS & used
5U4G	RCA or Tung Sol ST shape only, or any brand JAN military types	$8.00	NOS & used
5U4GB	RCA or Tung Sol tubular shape only, or any brand JAN military types	$4.00	NOS, call, limited quantity needed
5Y3GT	RCA only, full octal base (no coin base)	$4.00	NOS
5Y3WGT	Any brand, brownbase only, full octal base (no coin base)	$4.00	NOS
6AN8 / 6AN8A	Any USA brands	$2.50	NOS, call, limited quantity needed
6BQ5/EL84	RCA/ W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese)	$10.00	NOS
6BQ5/EL84	Other USA brands	$4.00	NOS
6C10 compactron	Any brand	$5.00	NOS & used
6CG7/6FQ7	RCA only, blackplate	$8.00	NOS or used
6DJ8/ECC88	Amperex BugleBoy/Telefunken/Mullard/Amperex orange or white label	$15.00	NOS or used
7308 or 6922/E88CC/E188CC (6DJ8/ECC88 premium type)	Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken/6922/7308 or gold pin type any brand	$35.00	NOS or used
Cca (6DJ8/ECC88 premium type)OR ANY "PINCH WAIST" 6922 / 7308	Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken/gold pin, Cca label. Any West Euro. brand 6922 or 7308 with pinched glass waist molding flaws.	$50.00	NOS or used
6JS6C	USA brands only	$13.00	NOS
6L6GC	USA brands, or Mullard/Brimar brands only, full octal base, add $10 if RCA blackplate	$20.00	NOS & used
6L6WGB/5881	TungSol or any brand, brownbase, full octal base	$15.00	NOS & used
6L6 Metal type	Any brand	$5.00	NOS & used
6LB6	USA or Japanese brands	$4.00	NOS, call, limited number needed
6LF6	USA or Japanese brands	$14.00	NOS
6LQ6/6JE6C	USA or Japanese	$14.00	NOS
6SC7GT or 6SC7GTY, glass types only	Tung Sol or other brands, black or brownbase	$4.00	NOS & used
6SL7WGT/A or VT-229	JAN types only, full octal base/black or brownbase	$6.00	NOS & used
6SL7GT	RCA or Sylvania only, full octal base/black or brownbase	$4.00	NOS
6SN7WGT/A or VT-231	JAN types only, any brand, full octal base/brown or blackbase	$12.00	NOS & used
6SN7GT/A/B	General Electric, Sylvania, RCA, or Tung Sol types only, full octal base. Premium paid for greyglass or metal base types.	$5.00	NOS
6SN7GT/A/B	RCA, Sylvania, Ken-Rad or Tung-Sol blackplate types only, full octal base, top, side or bottom mounted getter. Premium paid for Tung Sol blackglass types and will accept used.	$5.00	NOS
6SU7GT/A/B/Y	Premium paid for Tung Sol blackglass types and will accept used.	$3.00	NOS
6T5	Premium paid NOS in original boxes, and will accept used.	$25.00	NOS or Used
6V6GT/A/Y	RCA only, full octal base, greyglass or clearglass	$8.00	NOS or used
7DJ8/PCC88	Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken	$5.00	NOS or used
12AT7	RCA blackplate, W. Euro brands	$6.00	NOS
12AU7/A	W. Euro brands	$10.00	NOS or used
12AU7/A	RCA clear top (side getter).	$7.00	NOS
12AX7/A , ECC83	W. Euro brands(no Russian/Chinese/Japanese)	$15.00 to $30.00	NOS & used
12AX7/A , ECC83, E83CC, ECC803S	Telefunken Smoothplate, Mullard LongPlate, Genalex, Amperex Bugle Boy	$30.00 +	NOS & used
12AX7/A	RCA USA made	$9.00	NOS and used
12AX7/A	RCA blackplate USA made	$12.00	NOS & used
12AX7/A	Any other brands, USA made	$5.00	NOS
7025	RCA/GE/Sylvania USA made or West Euro made	$10.00	NOS
12BH7 / 12BH7A	Any USA brands	$3.00	NOS
12SX7GT	Any USA brands	$3.00	NOS
227 or UY227 globe or "S" shape	Any USA brands, premium on Arcturus blue glass or mesh plate types.	$5.00	NOS or used, call, limited number needed
45 ST shape	Any USA brands	$15.00	NOS or used
50 ST shape	Any USA brands	$50.00	NOS or used
250 or 350 S shape	Any USA brands, premium paid for mesh (screen) plate types.	$80.00	NOS or used
83	Any USA brand, mercury visible inside glass OK	$8.00	NOS & used
101D through 101M types	Western Electric only	call/e-mail	NOS & used
211 or VT-4-C	Any USA brand, or military type	$25.00	NOS & used
245 or 345 (usually prefixed by UX, CX, SX or other two letters), 45 globe shape	Any USA brands	$40.00	NOS or used
250 or 350 (usually prefixed by UX, CX, SX or other two letters), 50 globe shape	Any USA brands, premium paid for mesh (screen) plate types.	$80.00	NOS or used
274A/B	Western Electric or Western Electric made	$125.00	NOS & used
300A	Western Electric or Western Electric made, engraved base type	$300.00	NOS & used
300B	Western Electric or Western Electric made	$150.00	NOS & used
348A	Western Electric only	50.00	NOS & used
349A	Western Electric only	$45.00	NOS & used
350B	Western Electric or Western Electric made, other USA brands.	$95.00	NOS & used
396A	Western Electric	$5.00	NOS or used
412A Western Electric	Western Electric brand preferred, but other brands acceptable.	$12.00	NOS & used
417A or 5842	Western Electric or any brand with gold pins, and will accept used.	$10.00	NOS
421A Western Electric	Western Electric brand preferred, but other brands acceptable	$20.00	NOS & used
422A Western Electric	Western Electric brand preferred, but other brands acceptable	$30.00	NOS & used
845	Any USA brand	$99.00	NOS or used
5687	RCA with bronze colored plates, or TungSol, Sylvania. $5 premium paid for Sylvania with gold pins.	$5.00	NOS & used
5691 RCA redbase	RCA with red bases needed, but other redbase brands accepted.	$10.00	NOS & used
5692	Redbase type only, RCA, GE, TungSol	$38.00	NOS & used
5692	Brownbase or blackbase, any brand	$12.00	NOS & used
5693	RCA red metal types	$4.00	NOS
5751	RCA/GE, Sylvania with blackplates USA made. Add $2 if triple mica.	$9.00	NOS & used
5881 or 6L6WGB	Tung Sol or brownbase, USA brands	$15.00	NOS & used
5886 or CK5886	Electrometer tube, solder in, any USA brand.	$10.00	NOS
5965	GE cleartop or RCA blackplate. $10 premium paid for Telefunken.	$3.00	NOS
5992 Bendix, tan base	Bendix brand only, or tan base with military markings.td>	$30.00	NOS or used
6072 / 6072A	Any USA brand. $5 extra paid if blackplate with 3-mica.	$8.00	NOS and used
6267/EF86	USA or W. Euro only. $5 per tube extra bonus paid for Genalex, Telefunken, or Emitron brands.	$15.00	NOS
6550	USA ST shape (TungSol type) or GE tubular type.	$35.00	NOS & used
6900	Bendix brand only	$35.00	NOS & used
7247/12DW7	USA/ W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese)	$9.00	NOS
7308 or 6922/E88CC/E188CC (6DJ8/ECC88 premium type)	Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken/6922/7308 or gold pin type any brand	$35.00	NOS or used
Cca (6DJ8/ECC88 premium type)OR ANY "PINCH WAIST" 6922 / 7308	Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken/gold pin, Cca label. Any West Euro. brand 6922 or 7308 with pinched glass waist molding flaws.	$50.00	NOS or used
7189 or 7189A	USA or W. Europe brands	$12.00	NOS & used
7199	Any USA or West Euro brand	$10.00	NOS
7408	Any USA brand	$5.00	NOS & used
7581A / KT66	Any USA or West Euro brand	$16.00	NOS & used
7591/A	USA made brands, full octal base (no coin base)	$25.00	NOS & used
7868	Any USA brand	$14.00	NOS & used, call, limited number needed
8417	USA brands only (Sylvania, RCA, etc.)	$10.00	NOS & used
ECC32 or ECC33	W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese), any brand	$30.00	NOS & used
ECC35	W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese), any brand	$20.00	NOS & used
E80CC	Mullard, Amperex, Telefunken. Premium paid for pinch waist types.	$5.00	NOS & used
E180CC	Mullard, Amperex, Telefunken. Premium paid for pinch waist types.	$5.00	NOS & used
EF806S	Premium paid for Telefunken types and will accept used.	$20.00	NOS
EL37	Any European brands	$32.50	NOS & used
EM34 and EM35	European eye tube, any brand.	$10.00	NOS
KT66	W. Euro only	$30.00	NOS & used
KT77	W. Euro only (Genalex or Gold Lion)	$40.00	NOS & used
KT88	W. Euro only	$40.00	NOS & used
VF14	Premium paid for Telefunken types and will accept used.	$50.00	NOS and Used
Any two-digit types (45, 50, 10, 42, etc.)	Any USA brands	Please e-mail your list	NOS & used
Any three-digit types, beginning with letters UX, CX, SX, etc. (UX245, CX350, etc.)	Any USA brands	Please e-mail your list	NOS & used

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