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Your comparison shows how little our money is worth

Posted by DAK on February 7, 2017 at 14:44:01:
to some extant. Back then on the gold standard. Prices were fairly stable and Fort Knox was one of the mostly highly guarded facilities in the world.
But 20 years back when i started collecting tubes i spent all my disposable income, and then some to get rare tubes. And even then, tube guys knew that the major tube makers were all gone and you had better get a stash for your equipment or there would be no replacements. Fortunately, the tubes that were made in China and Russia started to be sold for the audio market. In spite of that the price of vintage tubes have not diminished and is still a sellers market.