Not quite what I said. At the top end of the condition range, by 'a few tens of dollars' I was indicating something in the $20 - $50 region depending on the specifics of the particular tube and market appetite at that time. G10/241E is not a common tube, but it's also not a real rarity.
Having said all of that, there's always some eBay seller who'll put a $75+ price tag on a tatty 'untested' (but very likely dead) tube, and hope to get a bite... But those usually don't sell. Never to me anyway :) Jon. On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 11:38:05 AM UTC jaspern...@gmail.com wrote: > ok thanks so a mint tube would only cost 5-10$? > > On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:12:36 AM UTC Sgitheach wrote: > >> I have two G10/241E and both are dead unfortunately.... but physically >> intact. >> >> Grahame >> On 23/12/2022 09:14, Jon wrote: >> >> Primarily a tube collector item I'd suggest. They're fiddly to drive and >> the display is much less visually striking than other dekatron types, so >> there's not a lot one can do with them in the direction of a clock or >> similar. And then there's the question of condition - many G10/241E don't >> work now, even if they're apparently NIB (there's a 'death in storage' >> problem that afflicts many high speed dekatron types including this one). >> And the metal base shell is prone to cracking and falling off the tube >> which is cosmetically unattractive. >> >> So a scraggy tube without proof of function is pretty worthless IMHO. At >> the other end, a tested mint tube in the original box is probably a few >> tens of dollars, depending on how interested the small pool of likely >> buyers is at that moment. If you've got one of these you might want to >> sell, you're welcome to PM me some pictures and I'll try to give some more >> specific input - I've done quite a bit of historical research on these >> tubes. They're actually a really early solution to the counting tube >> problem, but one which largely lost out in commercial use to the more >> elegant and flexible Ericsson designs. >> >> While we're on the subject of STC counting tubes, does anyone have a >> working G10/240E (note different number) that they'd be interested to sell? >> PM me if so! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jon. >> >> On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 2:11:26 AM UTC jaspern...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7573cc3a-c1c7-46eb-b91d-97bc0319aa78n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7573cc3a-c1c7-46eb-b91d-97bc0319aa78n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c7c4ecf5-a9b5-493c-ac16-bbcaecc8911dn%40googlegroups.com.
