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An investor might be willing to pony up for 100 of them, since there are enough CT-100s in the hands of collectors to support that many new tubes in the next 10-20 years. But the catch would be that there would need to be a platinum guarantee that the new tubes wouldn't sit and fail on the shelf, leaving an investor with an unwanted tax loss. Probably a net per-unit mfg cost of $1000 would be do-able, as they tubes could likely sell for $1850 (my guess). People who would never have DREAMED of putting that much money up for a static inventory before, might do it now, as there's no other place to put money right now if you want more than 2% return, or so.
Charles
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Collecting & restoring TVs in Los Angeles since age 10
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