Re: Going rate for valves?
Agreed with the majority.
Don't go "Chasing rainbows" after Mullards etc. NOS if you can find them go for Russian oligarch prices and personally I wouldnt go for a used Mullard/Telefunken/RCA etc etc etc unless it was from someone I trusted (e.g. any of the regular guys here).
What is it for? In most if not all applications you'd be hard pushed to tell the difference in individual brands.
How many do you want? I have a used russian 6P14PEV marked EDICRON EL84 which I would let you have for the price of the postage or a donation to the other halfs favourite charity. Not tested other than all voltages measure spot on in a Stereo20 and the waveform on the oscilloscope looked the same as all the other valves I shot through the amp a couple of months ago.
Send me a private message if interested.
Otherwise go and buy a brand new one for a tenner or less. Google is your friend here.
Another alternative is to pop along to a BVWS swapmeet or other similar event and there are usually a few chaps selling Valves for all needs and not normally expensive.
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