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Got tubes? I do. HELP!


RobB

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Working with my friend’s estate sale biz. We’ve emptied a 50x20ft storage unit. Here is a small portion:

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I can’t possibly list all of the amazing stuff, but there are these: 1000s of NOS tubes and I think there are hundreds more in the pile somewhere.

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I know there are a lot of expensive tubes in here, but we just don’t have the time to inventory every one. How do I proceed to sell these things?

Boxes and boxes of tubes..!!!!

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48 minutes ago, Jakeboy said:

Do not worry about the 12au7s.....unless they are Mullard.....I have bags full of them and no one ever seems to want them or need them.

Tube mic's but they gotta be low noise, guitar guy's not so much..

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You might consider amp companies that specialize in vintage-style as bulk buyers of a lot of the contents, not just the tubes. There are tons of boutique companies and individual builders who would fight for NOS glass, caps, resistors, pots, wire, jacks, etc. so they can charge an extra "0".

If you end up offering tubes to us, I'd be in for a few boxes of the right stuff... lifetime supply for my babies!

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On 3/11/2021 at 8:45 AM, Steve Haynie said:

There are people who restore old radios with the correct tubes.  There might be someone doing that with televisions, but when a picture tube went out that was it.  Old record players had tubes.  Someone has to be restoring those. 

If you find one of those folks, my late 50s Telefunken Wien IIu console still needs a new caretaker/restorer.

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On 3/8/2021 at 1:25 PM, RobB said:

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Wow. I'd LOVE to have one o' those. 

 

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