I just listed a collection of vacuum tubes on ebay. This is my first attempt at selling through them. It will be interesting.
Something with such a small audience so widely dispersed is just right for this venue, I think.
It is a fascinating tour of early electronics, which at the time they were settling in on calling them “electronic tubes”, “radio tubes” and “electron tubes”. I particularly love the last phrase as it conjures up a vacuum tube teeming with loose electrons.
You can watch the bidding along with me. The listing is here:
They sold, but the buyer never paid.
I gave them to a local ham / engineer / guitarist / vintage amplifier restorer who was ECSTATIC.
His excitement was worth far more than the tiny amount of money the ebay buyer promised.
