Holy mother of God! auction gone nuts

[Alexander]

Wonder if they come with a can of snake-oil too?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-PAIR-TELEFU...QQcmdZViewItem

Well a good laugh for a Friday, eh?

Alexander
Retrodyne Amps

[bob p]

that isn't the first time that i've seen telefunken tubes sell for obscene prices. what is really amazing is that there are people out there who will actually pay that price. that makes me want to rip out every white diamond tube i have, replace them with RCA, and then ebay them.

[Jag]

I could use these for two Champs and it would only look like half the cost!!!

[scole]

i have one of those still in the box. wish i had 50

[Steve Conner]

I'm keeping mine, I doubt they would fetch that much.

[jeffinwv]

i knew my tubes were cheap but compared to those they are a steal!!!! lol

[oahu]

!!!

however, they offered free shipping, insured, thats just fair...

[Regis]

I recently aquired an old Scott tube hifi amp that is filled with telefunkens, I'm gonna have to look those over. Maybe I'll be able to pay my house off.

[dai h.]

personally I don't see 500 bucks of value in a 12AX7, even if it's a special type but those (which are not the same thing as the usual smooth or waffle plate Tele 12AX7s, BTW) are usually high priced in the old production/NOS tube market. The old Czechoslovakian Tesla (not the same company as JJ) made what is apparently a copy usually seen/sold as "E83CC" so those might be a better value. IIRC those had frame grids and are a bit diff. in construction.