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Originally Posted by vts1134
That's a good suggestion. I'll try that soon. I can almost guarantee the tube is bad because I just sold a working 15GP22 to another member here before getting this set, thereby ensuring that I would need one myself in the very near future.
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Don't fret too much John; you may not have a good 15G, but you do have the $2500 I paid for the good one you sold to me. Some day another good 15G will come along and you can forward my $2500 to the next guy in return for a good 15G for your set.
I am revealing this for all the collector community to digest, because I want anyone who has a good 15G to understand that they have an extremely valuable item, and that if you have one to sell, you should demand a very steep price for it. There are probably 4 times as many sets needing a good 15G as there are good 15Gs to populate those sets.
The scarcity of good 15G's is why they are so valuable. A while back I was criticized on this forum for suggesting that a pristine, fully restored CT100 with a good 15G should be worth upwards of $10K to a deep pocketed collector. It's all about a good 15G crt. Without it, a CT100 is just another old dead tv set not worth terribly much more than any other old non-operational set.
So, if a good 15G is worth $2500 (and yes that is the current market price now which was set by an actual sale), then it stands to reason that an un-restored, potentially operational CT100 with a good 15G is worth a minimum of $4000-$4500. Now add the cost of having it professionally restored. I know of people that get a minimum of $650 just for the chassis restoration. Add another $500 for professional cabinet restoration. We are now somewhere north of $5500. Resale price would be double that. $10K is not ridiculous. If someone has a pristine, fully restored, working CT100 and sells it for far less than it's worth, that is their business. Some day when CT100's with good 15Gs are no longer being un-earthed, the market price of these sets will greatly appreciate.
And if you are a collector with a CT100 in need of a good crt, hoping to get one at a bargain basement price, you can just keep on dreaming! It's not going to happen, because there will always be collectors like myself willing to pay a premium price for a good 15G.
And if you happen to have a good 15G for sale, put it up on ebay with a starting price of $2500, and I will be happy to place the first bid.
With the 15G I just purchased from John, I now have the potential of 2-CT100's, The Moto 16CK1, a GE 15CL100, and a RCA TM-10 monitor, all fully operational some day with good 15Gs.
Some day we may have a working method to re-seal the leaky 15G's. John Folsom and I have a stash of rebuilt 15G gun assemblies ready to install in our duds when we solve the leaking issues. John Yurkon has already proven that the leaks in the weld can be located, and re-welded vacuum tight. (he did it to a leaker 21AX a year ago and it is still holding vacuum and testing excellent) That only leaves us needing a method of sealing the fractures in the glass where the ultor ring is bonded to the faceplate and funnel. We have a plan but we have yet to try it out in practice. It may be several years before we have trials on that issue and there is no guarantee it will be successful.
And until we get to the point where we can rebuild a leaky 15G, we must suffer with the knowledge that the available pool of 15Gs gets smaller and smaller with each available 15G that is found and purchased by a collector in need of it.
Good luck to all 15G hunters!