Shamelessy ripped off from DIY Audio, here's a link to an ebay advert for more valves than even Steve S has. Look through the photos and be overwhelmed. Steve's collection is probably worth more though!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ENORMOUS-LOT-OF ... 46088b217d
4 Tons of Tubes
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That's a job for a YOUNG person, it would take a lot of years to sort that lot out. 
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Oh my god, there's one whole picture full of globe DHT's
Aaarg !
Aaarg !
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Wow, there is a few more than I have, I've around 60 boxes, usually all the valves I use I have a boxful of,
There are rumours of redundancies at the end of the year....with luck I could be changing my job title to ebayer, they are no use to any one else in the family.
I do worry about the amount of gear there is.. lots of decks, loads of speakers and old amps,
And the worst thing is I don't really want to part with any of it.
There are rumours of redundancies at the end of the year....with luck I could be changing my job title to ebayer, they are no use to any one else in the family.
I do worry about the amount of gear there is.. lots of decks, loads of speakers and old amps,
And the worst thing is I don't really want to part with any of it.
The tube manual is quite like a telephone book. The number of it perfect. It is useful to make it possible to speak with a girl. But we can't see her beautiful face from the telephone number
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Interestingly, some of the boxes are marked "Richardson Electronics" - they are also known as "RELL" and I've come across them before...
They buy up a lot of end-of-line stuff and sell it over the long-term as spares. e.g. This happened when National Electronics and others in the West stopped making nixies. See http://www.rell.com
RELL bought up the stocks, mostly as unmarked tubes, and re-labelled them as their own.
A few years ago, when they got sick of nixies clogging up their warehouses, they flogged a lot off in large batches - I bought several 1000 tubes at that time, all NOS in bulk packaging.
I suspect some of this batch is NOS RELL tubes as well...
They buy up a lot of end-of-line stuff and sell it over the long-term as spares. e.g. This happened when National Electronics and others in the West stopped making nixies. See http://www.rell.com
RELL bought up the stocks, mostly as unmarked tubes, and re-labelled them as their own.
A few years ago, when they got sick of nixies clogging up their warehouses, they flogged a lot off in large batches - I bought several 1000 tubes at that time, all NOS in bulk packaging.
I suspect some of this batch is NOS RELL tubes as well...
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