1590 West Algonquin Road #111
Hoffman Estates, IL 60192
Voice Phone 847-496-4546, Monday-Friday 8AM to 4PM USA Central Time
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Prices listed are for new old stock (NOS) in their original boxes. If a used tube is accepted, it will generally be priced at approx. one half the price of NOS listed, depending on how the tube tests. Tubes not on this list are usually not needed, but please email us an inventory of these tubes, as our stock needs are always changing. Tubes without original boxes are generally considered used, except for some military types and those in bulk trays. Especially fine NOS and used tubes of types in high demand, and very rare tubes, sometimes can be paid at premiums above these listed here, and will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Prices for out-of-production tubes are unstable. Depending on our stock and market conditions, these prices are subject to change without notice! If a brand is listed, the price applies to that brand. Other brands are accepted, but may be at a lesser bid price, or at a "used" price. Tubes may also be downgraded to "used" pricing due to poor or missing labels, manufacturing defects, or late (after 1977) production versions. We suggest you check tubes for country of manufacture, as often listed on the tube itself. Tubes made in China, Russia, Yugoslavia, Japan, or Taiwan are generally not acceptable, or will be downgraded to used rates at best. We suggest you check even premium brands, as production after 1977 was sometimes outsourced to these countries. Tubes made in USA, Great Britain, Germany, Holland, France, Canada, or Australia are usually what we need the most. We try to keep this list up to date, therefore these prices are current and are not negotiable. The tubes listed here are the types I need most often, but I am interested in ANY tubes you may have to sell. I am also buying tube testers and vacuum tube equipment. I have brands listed I need the most, but will consider any brand you may have. I believe these are fair, and very competitive wholesale bid prices, and can offer you a much simpler, and far more pleasant selling experience than selling your tubes on eBay or Audiogon. I can also usually meet or beat any bid prices from another vendor who is offering to buy your tubes. PLEASE E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR LIST OF TUBES OR EQUIPMENT YOU HAVE TO SELL BEFORE SENDING ME ANY! Tubes not on this list, sent to us without our prior approval, will only be returned at your expense, or else will be disposed of here.
Click here to print a shipping identification form to include with your tubes. Use your back button or back arrow to return to this page. ALWAYS REQUEST A SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION FROM THE POST OFFICE, OR UPS, AND A TRACKING NUMBER SO YOU WILL KNOW WHEN THE PARCEL IS DELIVERED!! IMPORTANT: We cannot be reponsible for any tubes received without identification of the sender. Unidentified parcels of tubes having an incomplete, illegible or missing return address will be held for 30 days. If unclaimed after 30 days, they may be disposed of or sold for storage fees. Tubes are tested in order received, and a check is cut as soon as possible after testing and will be sent to you with a tube test report. If you requested rejected tubes to be returned, your check will be sent in the same box as the returned tubes. Sorry, we are now so busy with tube testing that we can no longer call or email you with a test report or value estimate before we cut the check. All of this information will be contained in the tube test report we send to you with your check. We do not call or email to negotiate prices, what we pay per tube type is listed on this page. We must approve any other pricing in advance and must be notified regarding this when the tubes are shipped.
Tubes sent without original boxes or bulk trays (i.e. if sent loose or individually wrapped by you) will be considered used. All NOS tubes and tube boxes must be marked with the tube type and brand and, of course, must correspond with each other. Tubes in boxes with a different tube type listed on the box, or a different brand (example: a GE tube in an RCA box) will be considered used. High demand or rare tubes that are used MAY still be paid at NOS prices depending on condition and test. Any tubes not passing testing or visual inspection will be disposed of. You must indicate in advance, or in a note packaged with the tubes if you want any weak/bad/unacceptable tubes returned to you. We normally throw out bad tubes since packing them for return takes a good deal of time, but we will do it for you if you request them back. We will automatically return any bad tubes if more than 30% of what you sent us does not pass our inspection. Any tubes returned will be sent by surface parcel post and the shipping will be deducted from your check. Our agreement to evaluate your tubes does not imply we will purchase all of them, they must be evaluated and tested first. We reserve the right to return most of, or the entire lot if more than 30 percent of the tubes do not pass our inspection. We also reserve the right to return any tubes that, upon our inspection, prove to be of Russian or Chinese origin, or rare/valuable tubes that may be of questionable origin, even if you have not requested rejected tubes to be returned. The cost of these returns will also be deducted from your check. Don't forget to indicate in an included note if I have spoken with you or e-mailed and quoted you prices that may be different from those on this page! We recommmend you note this on our Shipping Identification Form which you include in each parcel of tubes sent to us. Click here to print a shipping identification form to include with your tubes. If you have not received a quote from us in advance and include it with the tubes, we will price them based on this bid list. We can no longer call or email you to negotiate prices for individual or lots of tubes, sorry. Please do not send tubes that may differ from this bid list until you have received my reply from your e-mailed list! Check this list often, I am continually updating it. I believe these are fair wholesale bid prices. Thanks for your interest!
Questions? Call us at 847-496-4546 from 8 AM until 4 PM, Monday through Friday, USA Central Standard Time. Or, e-mail us.
Tube |
Brand/Style Needed |
NOS Bid Price Each |
NOS/used |
Hickok, B&K, Western Electric, Avo, RCA, Sencore, Eico, Heathkit, Knight, Triplett, and other brands of Tube Testers |
Currently buying used, working tube testers. Above brands, or dynamic mutual conductance types of any brand preferred. Also buying certain brands and models of emissions testers. |
Top dollar paid, price depends on brand, model, and condition. |
Please e-mail brand, model, and description of your tester. |
Do you have a Dynaco, Dynakit, McIntosh, Western Electric, Eico, Knight, Heathkit, Scott, Fisher, Leak, Grommes, and other brands of vacuum tube amplifiers or preamps? |
Contact us with what you have. Even if we do not need the particular tube unit you have, the tubes inside are likely worth more than the value of the entire amp or preamp! We will nearly always want the tubes. |
Top dollar paid for the unit or just the tubes inside, depending on brand, model, and condition. |
Please e-mail brand, model, and description. |
Western Electric brand Tubes |
We are currently buying many types of Western Electric brand tubes in addition to those listed on this page. |
Highest wholesale prices paid for many types of W-E tubes. |
Please call or e-mail us your list of Western Electric tubes. |
01A |
Globe shape, any brand |
$8.00 |
NOS & used, call or e-mail first, limited stock needed. |
1L6 |
Any brand |
$15.00 |
NOS |
EL34/6CA7 |
USA/ W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese) |
$35.00 |
NOS & used |
EL34/6CA7 |
Mullard xf1/Telefunken/metal collar types |
$50.00 |
NOS & used |
2A3 grey or black dual plate |
Any USA brands |
$45.00 |
NOS or used |
2A3 black single plate |
Any USA brands |
$99.00 |
NOS or used |
2C51 or 396A |
Western Electric, premium paid for military JW types. |
$9.00 |
NOS or used |
5AR4/GZ34 |
Metal base types or Mullard Shield Logo fatbase, W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese) |
$75.00 |
NOS & used |
5AR4/GZ34 |
W. Euro made only, Amperex smooth plates, Mullard 4-notch plates (no Russian/Chinese) |
$35.00 |
NOS & used |
5AR4/GZ34 |
W. Euro made only, Mullard made 7-notch plates (no Russian/Chinese) |
$25.00 |
NOS & used |
5AR4/GZ34 |
USA brands full octal base (no coin base) |
$20.00 |
NOS |
5R4GY |
RCA, GE, KenRad brownbase ST shape only, or any brand JAN military types |
$5.00 |
NOS & used |
5U4G |
RCA or Tung Sol ST shape only, or any brand JAN military types. Premium paid for military VT-244 tubes. |
$15.00 |
NOS & used |
5U4GB |
RCA tubular shape only, or any brand JAN military types |
$4.00 |
NOS, call, limited quantity needed |
5Y3GT |
RCA only, full octal base (no coin base) |
$5.00 |
NOS |
5Y3WGT |
Any brand, brownbase only, full octal base (no coin base) |
$4.00 |
NOS |
6AN8 / 6AN8A |
Any USA brands |
$2.50 |
NOS, call, limited quantity needed |
6BQ5/EL84 |
RCA/ W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese) |
$10.00 to $25.00 |
NOS |
6BQ5/EL84 |
Other USA brands |
$8.00 |
NOS |
6C10 compactron |
Any brand |
$5.00 |
NOS & used |
6CA4 / EZ81 |
Mullard, Amperex, Siemens, or Telefunken only. |
$10.00 |
NOS & used |
6CG7/6FQ7 |
RCA only, blackplate |
$5.00 |
NOS or used |
6CG7/6FQ7 |
RCA only, clear glass top with silver getter spot on side. |
$3.00 |
NOS or used |
6DJ8/ECC88 |
Amperex BugleBoy/Telefunken/Mullard/Amperex orange or white label |
$15.00 |
NOS or used |
6EU7 |
RCA, Mullard, Amperex, or Telefunken only |
$6.00 |
NOS or used, call first as limited quantity needed |
7308 or 6922/E88CC/E188CC (6DJ8/ECC88 premium type) |
Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken/6922/7308 or gold pin type any brand |
$35.00 to $50.00 |
NOS or used |
Cca (6DJ8/ECC88 premium type)OR ANY "PINCH WAIST" 6922 / 7308 |
Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken/gold pin, Cca label. Any West Euro. brand 6922 or 7308 with pinched glass waist molding flaws. |
$50.00 |
NOS or used |
6JS6C |
USA brands only |
$13.00 |
NOS, call or e-mail, limited number needed |
6K11 or 6Q11 |
Premium paid NOS in original boxes, and will accept used. |
$4.00 |
NOS or Used |
6L6GC |
USA brands, or Mullard/Brimar brands only, full octal base, add $30 if RCA blackplate |
$20.00 |
NOS & used |
6L6WGB/5881 |
TungSol or any brand, brownbase, full octal base |
$15.00 |
NOS & used |
6L6 Metal type |
Any brand |
$5.00 |
NOS & used, call or email, limited number needed. |
6LB6 |
USA or Japanese brands |
$1.00 |
NOS, call, limited number needed |
6LF6 |
USA or Japanese brands |
$14.00 |
NOS |
6LQ6/6JE6C |
USA or Japanese |
$14.00 |
NOS, call or e-mail, limited number needed |
6SC7GT or 6SC7GTY, glass types only |
Tung Sol or other brands, black or brownbase |
$4.00 |
NOS & used |
6SL7WGT/A or VT-229 |
JAN types only, full octal base/black or brownbase. See also ECC35 below. |
$8.00 |
NOS & used |
6SL7GT |
RCA or Sylvania only, full octal base/black or brownbase |
$4.00 |
NOS |
6SN7WGT/A or VT-231 |
JAN types only, any brand, full octal base/brown or blackbase. See also ECC32 and ECC33 below. |
$20.00 |
NOS & used |
European type 33S30B (6SN7WGT/A or VT-231) |
Western Europe types only, any brand, full octal base/brown or blackbase. See also ECC32 and ECC33 below. |
$50.00 |
NOS & used |
6SN7GT/A/B |
General Electric, Sylvania, RCA, or Tung Sol types only, full octal base. Call with quantity you have of GE or RCA GTB types first. Premium paid for greyglass or metal base types. |
$3.00 |
NOS |
6SN7GT/A |
RCA, Sylvania, Ken-Rad or Tung-Sol blackplate types only, full octal base, top, side or bottom mounted getter. Premium paid for Tung Sol blackglass types or Sylvania metal base types, and will accept used. |
$5.00 |
NOS |
6SU7GT/A/B/Y |
Premium paid for Tung Sol blackglass types and will accept used. |
$6.00 |
NOS |
6T5 |
Premium paid NOS in original boxes, and will accept used. |
$35.00 |
NOS or Used |
6T9 |
Premium paid NOS in original boxes, and will accept used. |
$8.00 |
NOS or Used |
6U5 or 6G5 |
Premium paid for ST shape, NOS in original boxes, and will accept used. |
$9.00 |
NOS or Used |
6V6GT/A/Y |
RCA, Bendix, or National blackbase, brownbase or (tan base) only, full octal base, greyglass or clearglass |
$18.00 |
NOS or used |
6X4W |
Any military type 6X4. Premium paid NOS in original boxes, and will accept used. |
$2.00 |
NOS or Used |
7DJ8/PCC88 |
Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken |
$5.00 |
NOS or used |
12AT7 |
RCA blackplate ONLY, W. Euro brands |
$8.00 |
NOS |
12AU7/A |
W. Euro brands | $10.00 to $25.00 |
NOS or used |
12AU7/A |
RCA clear top (side getter), blackplate or Tung Sol blackglass types ONLY. Premium paid for any brand blackglass type. |
$5.00 |
NOS |
12AX7/A , ECC83 |
W. Euro brands(no Russian/Chinese/Japanese) |
$15.00 to $30.00 |
NOS & used |
12AX7/A , ECC83, E83CC, ECC803S |
Telefunken Smoothplate, Mullard LongPlate, Genalex, Amperex Bugle Boy |
$35.00 + | NOS & used |
12AX7/A |
RCA USA made |
$15.00 |
NOS and used |
12AX7/A |
RCA blackplate USA made |
$20.00 |
NOS & used |
12AX7/A |
Any other brands, USA made |
$9.00 |
NOS |
7025 |
RCA/GE/Sylvania USA made or West Euro made, premium paid for blackplate types |
$15.00 |
NOS |
12AY7 |
Any brands, USA made |
$5.00 |
NOS |
12BH7 / 12BH7A |
RCA brand ONLY, or military blackplate any brand |
$3.00 |
NOS |
12DW7 / 7247 |
Any brands, West European or USA made |
$5.00 |
NOS |
12SX7GT |
Any USA brands |
$3.00 |
NOS |
227 or UY227 globe or "S" shape |
Any USA brands, premium on Arcturus blue glass or mesh plate types. |
$5.00 |
NOS or used, call, limited number needed |
45 ST shape |
Any USA brands |
$15.00 |
NOS or used |
50 ST shape |
Any USA brands |
$50.00 |
NOS or used |
250 or 350 S shape |
Any USA brands, premium paid for mesh (screen) plate types. |
$80.00 |
NOS or used |
80, 280 or 380 S shape |
Any USA brands, premium paid for mesh (screen) plate types. |
$10.00 |
NOS or used |
101D through 101M types |
Western Electric only |
call/e-mail |
NOS & used |
211 or VT-4-C |
Any USA brand, or military type |
$50.00 |
NOS & used |
245 or 345 (usually prefixed by UX, CX, SX or other two letters), 45 globe shape |
Any USA brands |
$40.00 |
NOS or used |
250 or 350 (usually prefixed by UX, CX, SX or other two letters), 50 globe shape |
Any USA brands, premium paid for mesh (screen) plate types. |
$80.00 |
NOS or used |
274A/B |
Western Electric or Western Electric made |
$199.00 |
NOS & used |
300A |
Western Electric or Western Electric made, engraved base type |
$600.00 |
NOS & used |
300B |
Western Electric or Western Electric made |
$500.00 |
NOS & used |
348A |
Western Electric only |
50.00 |
NOS & used |
349A |
Western Electric only |
$45.00 |
NOS & used |
350B |
Western Electric or Western Electric made, other USA brands. |
$115.00 |
NOS & used |
396A |
Western Electric |
$10.00 |
NOS or used |
412A Western Electric |
Western Electric brand preferred, but other brands acceptable. |
$12.00 |
NOS & used |
417A or 5842 |
Western Electric or any brand with gold pins, and will accept used. |
$15.00 |
NOS |
421A Western Electric |
Western Electric brand preferred, but other brands acceptable |
$35.00 |
NOS & used |
422A Western Electric |
Western Electric brand preferred, but other brands acceptable |
$30.00 |
NOS & used |
572B |
Cetron brand only. Extra paid if still in original dated military box. |
$25.00 |
NOS |
845 |
Any USA brand |
$125.00 |
NOS or used |
5687 |
RCA with bronze colored plates, or TungSol, Sylvania brands ONLY. $5 premium paid for Sylvania with gold pins. |
$9.00 |
NOS & used |
5691 RCA redbase |
RCA with red bases needed, but other redbase brands accepted. |
$10.00 |
NOS & used |
5692 |
Redbase type only, RCA, GE, TungSol |
$38.00 |
NOS & used |
5692 |
Brownbase or blackbase, any brand |
$12.00 |
NOS & used |
5693 |
RCA red metal types |
$4.00 |
NOS |
5751 |
RCA/GE, Sylvania with blackplates USA made. Add $2 if triple mica. |
$10.00 |
NOS & used |
5881 or 6L6WGB |
Tung Sol or brownbase, USA brands |
$15.00 |
NOS & used |
5886 or CK5886 |
Electrometer tube, solder in, any USA brand. |
$10.00 |
call, limited quantity needed |
5965 |
GE cleartop, Telefunken, or RCA blackplate ONLY. $10 premium paid for Telefunken. |
$2.00 |
NOS |
5992 Bendix, tan base |
Bendix made only, or tan / grey base with military markings. Some may be labeled for Eclipse, National or Sperry. |
$50.00 |
NOS or used |
5993 Bendix made, may have Sperry or Eclipse labels. |
Bendix brand only, or various with military markings. |
$10.00 |
NOS or used |
6072 / 6072A |
Any USA brand. $5 extra paid if blackplate with 3-mica. |
$15.00 |
NOS and used |
6106 Bendix made, tan or grey base |
Bendix made only, or tan / grey base with military markings. Some may be labeled for Eclipse or Sperry. |
$10.00 |
NOS or used |
6267/EF86 |
USA or W. Euro only. $5 per tube extra bonus paid for EF806 or Genalex, Telefunken, or Emitron brands. |
$15.00 |
NOS, please call as limited quantity needed |
6336A |
Bendix, Tung Sol, Chatham, or other USA brands including military types. Extra paid if still in original dated military box. |
$15.00 |
NOS |
6185, 6385 |
Bendix or other USA brands only. Extra paid if still in original dated military box. |
$15.00 |
NOS |
6386 |
Any USA brand. Extra paid if still in original dated military box, or manufacturers box. |
$30.00 |
NOS |
6550 |
USA ST shape (TungSol type) or GE tubular type. Premium paid for Tung Sol type with black or grey plates with no holes in the plates. |
$35.00 |
NOS & used |
6900 |
Bendix brand only |
$75.00 |
NOS & used |
7247/12DW7 |
USA/ W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese) |
$9.00 |
NOS, call first as limited quantity needed |
7308 or 6922/E88CC/E188CC (6DJ8/ECC88 premium type) |
Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken/6922/7308 or gold pin type any brand |
$35.00+ |
NOS or used |
Cca (6DJ8/ECC88 premium type)OR ANY "PINCH WAIST" 6922 / 7308 |
Mullard/Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken/gold pin, Cca label. Any West Euro. brand 6922 or 7308 with pinched glass waist molding flaws. |
$60.00 |
NOS or used |
7189 or 7189A |
USA or W. Europe brands |
$15.00 |
NOS & used |
7199 |
Any USA or West Euro brand |
$10.00 |
NOS |
7408 |
Any USA brand |
$5.00 |
NOS & used |
7581A / KT66 |
Any USA or $10 premium paid for West Euro brand |
$30.00 |
NOS & used |
7591/A |
USA made brands, full octal base (no coin base) |
$25.00 |
NOS & used |
7721 / D3a |
Any brand, most of these have gold pins but standard pin OK too. |
$7.00 |
NOS & used |
7728, 7729, 7730 |
Any brand, most of these have gold pins but standard pin OK too. |
$20.00 |
NOS & used |
7868 |
Any USA brand |
$14.00 |
NOS & used, call, limited number needed |
8417 |
USA brands only (Sylvania, RCA, etc.) |
$20.00 |
NOS call or e-mail, limited number needed |
B759 |
Genalex, GEC, Gold Lion, Marconi, M-O and other brands, most made in England. |
$50.00 |
NOS & used |
ECC32 or ECC33 |
W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese), any brand |
$30.00 to $50.00 |
NOS & used |
ECC35 |
W. Euro made only (no Russian/Chinese/Japanese), any brand |
$20.00 |
NOS & used |
E80CC |
Mullard, Amperex, Telefunken. Premium paid for pinch waist types. |
$5.00 |
NOS & used |
E180CC |
Mullard, Amperex, Telefunken. Premium paid for pinch waist types. |
$5.00 |
NOS & used |
EF806S |
Premium paid for Telefunken types and will accept used. |
$20.00 |
NOS |
EL37 |
Any European brands |
$32.50 |
NOS & used |
EM34 and EM35 |
European eye tube, any brand. |
$10.00 |
NOS |
KT66 |
W. Euro only |
$50.00 |
NOS & used |
KT77 |
W. Euro only (Genalex or Gold Lion) |
$50.00 |
NOS & used |
KT88 |
W. Euro only |
$70.00+ |
NOS & used |
VF14 |
Premium paid for Telefunken types and will accept used. |
$150.00 |
NOS and Used |
Any two-digit types (45, 50, 10, 42, etc.) |
Any USA brands |
Please e-mail your list |
NOS & used |
Any three-digit types, beginning with letters UX, CX, SX, etc. (UX245, CX350, etc.) |
Any USA brands |
Please e-mail your list |
NOS & used |
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