?value? Of Old Radio/tv/etc Valves.

[squidgelet10]

Greetings each.
I have noticed recently that there appears to be a massive interest in acquiring old thermionic valves etc on several of my local FreeCycle Groups.
I am naturally looking for an ulterior motive here as I don't believe for one minute that people actually want the collect the things!
Is there a reasonable salvage value in them by any chance?
Anyone have any plausible ideas?
Be good!
Cheers.
Mike C.

[jomifl]

As hardly anyone makes them these days perhaps they are being bought as an investment to be sold at a huge mark up to people who have valve amplifiers?

[chrisgel]

There are many restorers and collectors of vintage valve radios and other electronic equipment in the UK and in fact all round the world.
I have a small collection myself. One quite often buys a non-working radio on Ebay and sometimes valves will need replacing as well as capacitors, resistors etc.
So yes there is quite a demand for valves.

[EDDIE51]

No scrap value, but as said if you have an old valve radio and it needs a replacement valve this is the only way to get one.

[mibn2cweus]

¡oʍʇ ɹo ˙ ˙ ˙ ǝʌlɐʌ ʍǝu ɐ ɥʇıʍ op plnoɔ ʇɥƃıɯ ǝuıɯ ɟo ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɔɐʌıu∩ plo sıɥʇ uoʞɔǝɹ I

[jomifl]

Has it got the latest version of 'hole to let the light in'?

[wildwood]

¿ɹǝpun uʍop ʎɐpıןoɥ uo noʎ ǝɹɐ 'snǝʍɔ2uqıɯ

[squidgelet10]

Hi Guys.
I thank you all for your answers. I am now much wiser. :-)
I normally "dabble" with old tonewheel Hammond organs which of course use valves, although these are still manufactured and easily available.
I do have a working GE L643 radio though:
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/general_el_l643.html .
It belonged to my late Father and I had it professionally serviced and re-capped around 10 years ago. It doesn't get used much as it's only a short wave radio and there ain't many stations still broadcasting on those frequencies.
To mibn2cweus I can only say, " )-: ¡ɯǝlqoɹd ǝɯɐs ǝʌɐɥ I ˙dɐɥɔ plo 'lǝǝɟ noʎ ʍoɥ ʎlʇɔɐxǝ ʍouʞ I "
Stay good!
Cheers.
Mike C.

[Playbill]

Would old television valves also have any value? I bought a box of them amongst other stuff in a auction many years ago and must still have them somewhere.