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jim_beacon · 10th Dec 2004, 12:38 am

Hi,

today a colleague handed me a box of valves which he had found as part of an estate clearence. The all date from the 20s or early 30s, and include a couple of rare items.

The question, in order to pay a fair price to the family, does anyone have any idea of the current value of the following valves:

1) Nelson Multi (the one with three selectable filaments). Not in original box, but appears to have good filaments. Print is faint but readabe. Getter has given a multi-coloured "rainbow" hew to the inside of the bulb.

2) "R" valve, no box, later "pear drop" shape, but has "Postmaster approved" stamp. Filament looks OK.

There are others, which I will list later, but these are probably the two rarest in the box.

The box appears to have been untouched for a long time, one valve was wrapped in a page of the "Telegraph", dated 10th Sept 1938, with a picture of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who had just set a new land speed record of 301mph!

Jim.

10th Dec 2004, 12:38 am	#1
jim_beacon Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bishop's Waltham, Hants, UK. Posts: 939	Valve Values (£££££) Hi, today a colleague handed me a box of valves which he had found as part of an estate clearence. The all date from the 20s or early 30s, and include a couple of rare items. The question, in order to pay a fair price to the family, does anyone have any idea of the current value of the following valves: 1) Nelson Multi (the one with three selectable filaments). Not in original box, but appears to have good filaments. Print is faint but readabe. Getter has given a multi-coloured "rainbow" hew to the inside of the bulb. 2) "R" valve, no box, later "pear drop" shape, but has "Postmaster approved" stamp. Filament looks OK. There are others, which I will list later, but these are probably the two rarest in the box. The box appears to have been untouched for a long time, one valve was wrapped in a page of the "Telegraph", dated 10th Sept 1938, with a picture of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who had just set a new land speed record of 301mph! Jim. Last edited by Jeremy M0RVB; 28th Dec 2004 at 11:16 pm.