Briefly, - I acquired a significant number of these at the estate sale of a ham operator who was apparently quite the collector of nixies. Fortunately, most people see nixies as being "old dusty tubes" and simply move on. So I was able to pick up the lot of his nixie (and numitron!!! and ultronic!!) collection for $200, which includes many F9020AA's in the their original carton with gray packing cotton shrouds. I couldn't possibly use all of these myself and am pondering offering them on ebay so others can similarly enjoy their peculiar oval form-factor and generous digit size. With the recent "tube inflation" (which I find to be just crazy) the question in my mind is when to offer them and at what starting bid. Looking at the price curve for Z568M's, GR47's B-7971's, B-8971's, and now even the IN-18's, over the past decade, it appears that prices are still rising rapidly.
So what is a reasonable starting bid for them? 100? 500? or 1000 even? I know that several have mentioned that the oval form-factor of the 9020 is a bit quirky, but to the credit of this tube's aesthetics, the numbers are very well proportioned and quite elegant (unlike the lanky aspect ratio of the Rodan's digits). I am looking forward to making a six digit 9020 clock. This will be a large piece. Ul -----Original Message----- From: Dieter Waechter [mailto:i...@nocrotec.com] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 5:55 AM To: Ulysses J. Balis Subject: Re: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: CD47 - new price record? Hi Ulysses, I also would be interested in that information ;-) Dieter > Send more info on this recent discovery, please... (please!) >> On 2011 Jun 01, at 17:02 , Ulysses J. Balis wrote: I would too. ;-) Out curiosity, do you think that this zeal to purchase rare tubes extends to the similarly-rare F9020AA? We may see a bunch of them becoming available on ebay soon, owing to the recent discovery of a large lot at an estate sale. Ul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
