Speaking off odd/rare nixies....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-Siemens-ZM-1043-Special-Symbol-Nixie-Rohre-Tube-Tested-NOS-Clock-Rare-/122368750757?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

I haven't seen this type before....

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 7:20 AM, Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> wrote:

> I concur Luka. However, there will always be someone who wants to collect
> rare things at any cost, so best of luck to him/her, I'm sure they'll find
> a buyer somewhere...personally, I think nixies should be used for what they
> were intended, not stored away in a drawer etc...but that's just my
> opinion, nothing more.
>
> With those kinds of prices, it's just a matter of time before Dalibor
> flexes his tube making skills and makes an extra large Z568
> variant......hopefully!!!
>
> Best to all,
>
> Nick
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 6:42 AM, Luka C <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I pretty much enjoy "collecting" different types of Nixie tubes and
>> sometimes spend like 100$ or 150$ per tube, but paying ~2500 euros for a
>> Nixie tube is just ridiculous in my honest opinion. I mean, if such amount
>> is something you earn easily and you really feel like you "just have to
>> have one or more", then I can kinda understand it, but if you have to to
>> really spare for quite some times to buy these, you should think about how
>> many other things or experiences there are that you could enjoy and enrich
>> your life with...at least here in Europe, you can buy a brand new car or
>> take a really exotic trip somewhere you'd always wanted to go to. I look at
>> this the same way as with people spending tons of money on some rare
>> Elvis's clothes or similar "collectibles" and wonder do they still feel it
>> was worth it after all the years they own those. Besides, I doubt you can
>> be sure these tubes are NOS or that they have been properly stored for all
>> those years, so you could be buying something that might malfunction in a
>> few years due to gas leaking caused by broken air-seals on the pins and
>> similar defects (of course, you could say this for other tubes as well, but
>> for them you're paying like 15 times less money so you can pretty much
>> replace them in the future or stock up on spares).
>>
>> Just my 2 cents :)
>>
>> Dana četvrtak, 23. veljače 2017. u 13:37:46 UTC+1, korisnik ten kowal
>> napisao je:
>>>
>>> I've got an answer from him. When asked for price for 4 tubes, he
>>> answered with 10 000 EUR.
>>> Well, he really does know how rare and valuable they are.
>>>
>>> W dniu środa, 22 lutego 2017 13:42:02 UTC+1 użytkownik Ian Sparkes
>>> napisał:
>>>>
>>>> There's some guy called Andre offering a number of CD47 tubes here:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.tubeclockdb.com/component/kunena/7-buy-sell-trad
>>>> e/7336-rodan-cd47-gr-414-nixie.html
>>>>
>>>> Still waiting for further information...
>>>>
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