If I had a spare $million, my retirement dream is to go to Thailand,
and set up a real production-quality Nixie and perhaps other vacuum
tube factory.  It wouldn't have to make money, just be sustainable on
its endowment and modest sales.  Such a thing might be what it takes
to "crash the market."

On Jun 1, 2:37 pm, jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> wrote:
> Ni Nick,
>
> well, I think some of our very own group members might be close to a
> breakthrough. Although I do not think that homebrew Nixie tubes will go
> for this kind of money.
>
> These high prices always make me think what makes a tube valuable. Is it
> only the digit height? For me, very old or peculiar tubes are much more
> interesting.
>
> Jens
>
> Am 01.06.2011 23:32, schrieb Nicholas Stock:
>
> > Somebody needs to start making these again.....then the market will
> > crash!
>
> > Nick
>
> > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:30 PM, jb-electronics
> > <webmas...@jb-electronics.de <mailto:webmas...@jb-electronics.de>> wrote:
>
> >     Let's face it, this was crazy. I went along till 400EUR, but that
> >     was it, the tube is neither new nor proved to be functionary.
>
> >     I remember that in 2006 there were 7 CD47s sold on German Ebay for
> >     2000EUR, and back then I tought that was expensive...
>
> >     What's your opinion, I think the Nixie market is just about to
> >     crash ;-)
>
> >     Jens
>
> >     Am 01.06.2011 23:19, schrieb Dieter Waechter:
> >>     What should I take for a clock with 6 NIB CD47 - say in 2 years ???
> >>     Dieter (shaking his head, but grins)
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