5000 tubes for $600 on Craigslist, Long Island

Emil · « **on:** 12 Jun 2018, 12:04 pm »

Wonder if there are any Western Electric 300Bs in there

https://longisland.craigslist.org/ele/d/5000-plus-vacuum-tubes/6613952441.html

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 01:06 pm »

If Kevin Deal and Andy-VTS yet dont jump on it...
In late 1990s VTS bought 10 Millions tubes from US Army.

Emil · « **Reply #2 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 01:09 pm »

My guess is that the majority if not all are television tubes

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #3 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 01:10 pm »

Some TV tubes are very linear and great sound to audio as 6AU5GT.

Emil · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 01:12 pm »

Quote from: FullRangeMan on 12 Jun 2018, 01:10 pm

Some TV tubes are very linear and great sound to audio as 6AU5GT.

But is there a market for them?

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #5 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 01:22 pm »

Quote from: Emil on 12 Jun 2018, 01:12 pm

But is there a market for them?

Yes, all tubes have a label stamped say its name and birth date as 6SN7GT or 12AX7 etc unfortunately in western tubes the date is a code, in Russian tubes the manufacturing date is a direct date number as 6C33C-B VIII78 (August1978).

Elizabeth · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 01:30 pm »

Like record collections in estate sales, someone has certainly cherry picked them already. they are selling the stuff no one wants.
Friends, and buyers went through them and took all the valuable and desirable tubes. Now they are selling the bulk of junk.
I guarantee it.

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 01:41 pm »

Quote from: Elizabeth on 12 Jun 2018, 01:30 pm

Like record collections in estate sales, someone has certainly cherry picked them already. they are selling the stuff no one wants.
Friends, and buyers went through them and took all the valuable and desirable tubes. Now they are selling the bulk of junk.
I guarantee it.

Correct, this offer is interesting to a tubes museum.

Emil · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 01:47 pm »

Quote from: Elizabeth on 12 Jun 2018, 01:30 pm

Like record collections in estate sales, someone has certainly cherry picked them already. they are selling the stuff no one wants.
Friends, and buyers went through them and took all the valuable and desirable tubes. Now they are selling the bulk of junk.
I guarantee it.

Even someone without any knowledge of tubes but with some internet savvy can easily Google them to find their worth.
But hey, ya never know

Tom Bombadil · « **Reply #9 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 05:19 pm »

Quote from: FullRangeMan on 12 Jun 2018, 01:06 pm

If Kevin Deal and Andy-VTS yet dont jump on it...
In late 1990s VTS bought 10 Millions tubes from US Army.

This reminds me of a guy who went with a friend to a Navy surplus sale some years ago. Amongst the lot were tubes, mostly tubes for oscilloscopes. They had barrels full of them. He scooped out a few and his friend took like a small box full. They were all Amperex JAN/USN 6922 and JAN/USN 7308. He said they carted them off to the landfill the next day.

I knew another guy who went to a similar sale in the 1990s. He bought hundreds of the same Amperex 6922 & 7308 for just dollars. He sold me 16 of them for $80. Many years later I sold 6 of them for $300. Still using the others in my gear.

Tubeburner · « **Reply #10 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 06:00 pm »

I think I am going to be sick now.............

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #11 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 07:11 pm »

When I first knew about 6C33 the price was $5usd.

JakeJ · « **Reply #12 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 07:18 pm »

Quote from: Tubeburner on 12 Jun 2018, 06:00 pm

I think I am going to be sick now.............

+1!

Gopher · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 08:28 pm »

Back off guys, I'm waiting to hear back on when I can check out the haul.

Emil · « **Reply #14 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 09:32 pm »

Quote from: Gopher on 12 Jun 2018, 08:28 pm

Back off guys, I'm waiting to hear back on when I can check out the haul.

Please report back and dont forget who turned you on to this

OzarkTom · « **Reply #15 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 09:51 pm »

Quote from: Gopher on 12 Jun 2018, 08:28 pm

Back off guys, I'm waiting to hear back on when I can check out the haul.

Did I hear Emil gets 20% for finders fee?

Emil · « **Reply #16 on:** 12 Jun 2018, 11:04 pm »

Quote from: OzarkTom on 12 Jun 2018, 09:51 pm

Did I hear Emil gets 20% for finders fee?

either that or twenty bucks paypal family and friends should do it

Emil · « **Reply #17 on:** 16 Jun 2018, 05:20 pm »

Quote from: Gopher on 12 Jun 2018, 08:28 pm

Back off guys, I'm waiting to hear back on when I can check out the haul.

and?

Gopher · « **Reply #18 on:** 17 Jun 2018, 12:27 pm »

It was mostly stuff I'm not interested in. Very few audio picks and the ones there weren't interesting.

roscoe65 · « **Reply #19 on:** 17 Jun 2018, 03:17 pm »

Quote from: Gopher on 17 Jun 2018, 12:27 pm

It was mostly stuff I'm not interested in. Very few audio picks and the ones there weren't interesting.

I’m also on Long Island. This is a regional challenge. Long Island hangs off NYC like an appendage. Almost anything of value has been mined out of thrift stores, antique shops, and garage sales. The only things of value are items too bulky or esoteric to have a ready market. When Ebay hit a few years ago, the local dealers were the first to start selling local inventory online, removing from the region. We Alamo had a generational turnover in housing, in which first generation owners of post-war suburban houses have pretty much sold off, along with the the vintage contents of their houses.

This is pretty much what happens when someone is selling off inventory on Long Island:

1. The owner looks online and determines that the items are valuable.
2. The owner either sells online, posts on CL, or calls a dealer in to move the make an offer.
3. “Early Birds” cherry pick estate and garage sales. Leftover items are then offered to the public on CL.

You really have to beat the bushes around here to find anything of any value. Usually it is something too big, bulky, or esoteric to have a broad market.