P3D Stereoview collecting

[bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>make it worthwhile (at some price).  Only goes completely away when the
>number of people really interested (ones who would speak with their pocketbooks)
>is very small.  More or less.
>
>They still make vacuum tubes.  :-)

Being a ham and keeping track of such things for my older Heath
equipment, I dont *think* there are any manufacturers for vacuum
tubes left in the USA outside of specialized, esoteric transmitter
tubes (and of course TV/Monitor picture tubes). Prices for NOS (new
old stock) tubes are rising fairly rapidly as they get scarce, and
are further driven by audio buffs who like the tube sound as opposed
to semi-conductors (occasionally to outrageous prices, especially on
e-bay).

Having just returned from my convention in California, I was doing
some looking in antique stores in the mountain west, and basically there
are no remaining "real photo" view cards. There are some lithos (which
I don't collect). One fellow said that recently someone had stopped
in and bought everything he had (a couple of thousand cards). I can only
think (since there apparently was no interest in a specific subject and/or
photographer) that they are going to be auctioned in drips and dabs
on e-bay...

I've about arrived at the conclusion that the only place to buy
cards at a reasonable price is the NSA conventions!

THANKS

--Bob Wier

       mailto:wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
       12:24 PM Wednesday, August 18, 1999
     Unix/Internet Systems Administrator
    Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
      (currently in Ouray, Colorado)



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