ZM1050 (valvo)

[kay486]

Hello there, i have an oportunity to buy some pixie tubes - ZM1050 (valvo) but i have no idea about how much are they worth, they should be NOS. Could somebody tell me how much you value them?

[threeneurons]

With the way nixie prices have been going, Its really hard to price things right now. Some have been going sky high. Some have gone nowhere. I just followed a couple of dekatron auctions. A GC10/4B and a 6802, rom the same seller. One went for $10, the other for $5. That's pretty sad, because I have quite a few of each.

The ZM1050 is a pixie, but not a real pixie, which were made by Burroughs. The ZM1050 was made by Philips (Amperex/Mullard/Valvo). It was designed to work with low voltage transistors, and can also be rigged as a counter, with a little more circuitry than needed by a dekatron.

I was given one by Westdave a few years ago, and they ran about $35 each, at that time. I guess they're more now. How much more ???  Hopefully, it didn't go in the dekatron direction. I don't think so, on account, I only own one.

[kay486]

I have found an runing ebay auction ( 200757307721 ) and im pretty interested how hight its going to sell for. So lets see. Its not the auction i was talking about btw, the ones were offered to me by a guy in my country.