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#1 Valve Collection

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Big stash of valves here, they are asking for help on what’s of value, anything jump out at anyone other than the usual EL34/84 and KT66?

https://audioaddictsforum.com/thread/24 ... llTo=78776
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LP2, L63
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Thanks Mark.
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I haven't had much time yet, looks like there are many more of interest.
Steve's the man for this really.
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Yeah thought there might be plenty there of interest to Steve.
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I looked through the list and recognised 90% of the numbers
But there's no value in 97 % of those numbers

Yeah you may see most of them on ebay for £5.00 or more but very few would actually buy them
Probably £200 as a job lot, is my valuation... but somebody will say they are worth more so I'll keep my head down

A radio guy may have a different view

But never the less, it was an interesting read for me..
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Ok thanks Steve.
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Yep. This looks like and old radio/TV guy. Just because something's in a box doesn't make it NOS or even still a vacuum...

I'd concur with Steve...
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I had a quick whizz through the lists, the clue is in: 'radio and TV engineer', so yes mostly specialized radio and TV valves, not a lot of use, if any, for anything else. Except any specifically audio ones. But they'd be low power o/p pentodes and such (not that there's anything wrong with low power o/p pentodes!). However if you are into radio or TV restoration you could well be desperate for some obscure valve, most of which have gone to landfill.....

There is or was a vintage wireless Yahoo group, they may have migrated to a different platform (Yahoo dumped all their user groups couple of years ago).
 
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Thanks Mike, there was a suggestion for him to contact the BVWS.
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The prices at recent BVWS auctions have been very low - there's a recent thread on this on a UK vintage radio forum where I'm a moderator.

https://www.bvws.org.uk/auctions/result ... on-bassett

Certain specific valves go for good money, the rest for very little indeed.

The BVWS guy to contact is Mike Barker - his email is easy to find.
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Thanks Nick.
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