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Abstract "Stations of The Cross" Untitled 3 Vacuum Tube Sculpture by Pasqual
By Pasqual Bettio
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Untitled Artography wall sculpture three of five sculptures in the "Stations of The Cross" series by Pasqual Bettio. 3 of 5 Bio Senior Senator ret. J. Pasqual Bettio F.R.P.S. started...
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Vintage 1980s American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Carrara Ivory 1949 Emerson Model 581 Plaskon AM Vacuum Tube Radio Golden Age
By Emerson Electric
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Ivory 1949 Emerson Model 581 Plaskon AM Tube Radio Golden Age Beauty This radio was initially
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Vintage 1940s Musical Instruments

Materials

Bakelite

Early Boalum Lamp by Livio Castiglioni & Gianfranco Frattini, Italy, ca. 1969
By Artemide, Livio Castiglioni, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Geneva, CH
by the flexible tube of a vacuum cleaner. Made from a PVC tube strengthened with metal rings and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Floor Lamps

Materials

PVC

La Pavoni Diamantina Espresso Coffee Machine in stainless steel, new Enzo Mari
By Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari
Located in Berlin, DE
water level: Yes Anti- Vacuum Valve: Yes Boiler Type: Dual Boiler Boiler Material: Copper & Brass Steam
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Stainless Steel

Violet & Green Handcrafted Stone with Rock Crystals Vase by COKI
By COKI
Located in Rimini, IT
can choose between green, blue, and clear center glass tubes. EACH PIECE IS UNIQUELY MADE, THEREFORE
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Stone

FLOS Romeo 36" Outdoor C3 Light in Green Wall by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a balanced refinement. The outer diffuser is made by weaving colored PVC tube compound with the
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lanterns

Materials

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

FLOS Romeo Outdoor C3 Light in Green Wall by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a balanced refinement. The outer diffuser is made by weaving colored PVC tube compound with the
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lanterns

Materials

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

FLOS Romeo Outdoor C3 Light in Panama by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a balanced refinement. The outer diffuser is made by weaving colored PVC tube compound with the
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lanterns

Materials

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

FLOS Romeo Outdoor C3 Light in Panama by Philippe Starck
By Philippe Starck, Flos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a balanced refinement. The outer diffuser is made by weaving colored PVC tube compound with the
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lanterns

Materials

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

Antique French Louis XVI Period Signed Carcano Wall Barometer
By Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain
Located in Forney, TX
tubes, vacuum mechanism, long column blown glass tube, stringing, and more. It does not appear to be
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Scientific Instruments

Materials

Blown Glass, Giltwood, Paint, Wood

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Rare open ended drinks trolley / bar cart by Howard Miller for MDA
By Howard Miller, Mda Miller Design Associates
Located in London, GB
Made by British Manufacturer MDA (Miller Design Associates) and designed by Howard Miller. MDA produced designs in a similar style as an other well respected design company; Merrow A...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

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Chrome

The Red Shoes
Located in London, GB
a rare original Australian souvenir program cover for The Red Shoes 1948. This film was directed by the famous duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and is considered to be one o...
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Vintage 1940s Australian Posters

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Paper

The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
H 11 in W 8.5 in D 0.1 in
Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
A Prismatic table in white enameled aluminum by Isamu Noguchi for Vitra. The table design was based on geometric forms and has an interesting three-legged base with a hexagonal top. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

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Aluminum

Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Table
H 14.97 in W 16.93 in D 16.93 in
Ellsworth Kelly 1951 Galerie Maeght ImportantRare Serigraph Poster "Tendance"
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Sharon, CT
Offering a very rare (not noted in Waldman 'Ellsworth Kelly drawings, collages, prints' 1971.) and extremely important poster for what was perhaps Kelly's first (group) exhibition. S...
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Mid-20th Century French Minimalist Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Dovetailed Brass Copper Apple Butter Cauldron Kettle Boiler Pot
Located in Dayton, OH
Large antique brass cauldron or stock pot with copper bottom and forged iron handle. Measure: 17”.
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Antique Late 19th Century Rustic Soup Tureens

Materials

Brass, Copper, Iron

Gae Aulenti worktable / desk, Gaetano-series for Zanotta, Italy Post-Modern
By Zanotta, Gae Aulenti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Worktable / desk with original glass top with two black and red colored metal folding saw horse legs. Model Cardine, apart of the Geatano-series designed in the 1970s by Gae Aulenti ...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Carl Auböck Bar Cart Drinks Trolley Serving Cart, Austria, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A wonderful example of Minimalist Modernist design, this two-tier bar cart or drinks serving trolley dates back to the 1960s/1970s. Crafted by the workshop Werkstätte Carl Auböck in ...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Iron

French Midcentury Modern Bar Trolley or Bar Cart with Brass and Formica
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Luxurious French brass bar trolley cart in beautiful neoclassical style from the 1950s. Two formica serving tiers that look like rosewood with a delicate brass decorative edge all ar...
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Vintage 1950s French Neoclassical Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Brass

Golden Morex Italy Hollywood Regency Mirror Bar Cart Drinks Trolley, 1970s
By Morex
Located in Vienna, AT
A wonderful Hollywood Regency two-tier bar cart/ drinks serving trolley on wheels from the 1970s. Designed and manufactured by Morex Italy. A beautiful Midcentury piece, made of gild...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Metal

Cartier Diamond Platinum and Bakelite Cheroot Holder
By Cartier
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1930s 0.20 carat diamond, platinum and Bakelite cheroot holder made by Cartier; an addition to our smoking related collection. This excep...
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Vintage 1930s French Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Platinum

Small Desk, 1970.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small 1970s desk. Small desk in light wood with chrome-plated metal legs. h: 76cm, w: 60cm, d: 40cm
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Small Desk, 1970.
Small Desk, 1970.
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 15.75 in
Huge C Jere Style Brass Brutalist Leaf Wall Art Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Huge two piece brass brutalist torch cut metalwork tree branch and leaf wall art sculpture. The two wall art pieces were designed to be configured in many different ways for maximum ...
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Vintage 1970s American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Brass

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mengel Drop Front Secretary Desk by Raymond Loewy
By Raymond Lowey, Mengel Furniture Co.
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage Mid-Century Modern Mengel drop front secretary desk by Raymond Loewy. Comprised of an oak case, cerused oak drawer fronts, and black iron hardware and legs. Beautifu...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Secretaires

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Metal

fferrone Set of 2 Czech Contemporary Dearborn Mini Shot Liqueur Glasses Handmade
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Dearborn shot liqueur mini glasses, set of two. A pair of Czech contemporary glass handcrafted is the perfect modern shot glass or liqueur glass for after dinner libations. Also t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Barware

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Glass

Donald Deskey Art Deco Black Lacquer, Burled Carpathian Elm & Walnut Sideboard
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Deco Machine Age sideboard was designed by Donald Deskey (the visionary behind Radio City Music Hall) and realized for the Widdicomb Furniture Company in the United...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sideboards

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Elm, Walnut, Lacquer

Art Deco Modernist 1930s Chrome and Bakelite Clock
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very stylish modernist English electric clock. These clocks are becoming increasingly hard to source so we were delighted to have found this one. Datin...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Chrome

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Vacuum Tube Wall Sculpture circa 1950, Rare, Bill Reiter Artist
By Bill Reiter
Located in Dallas, TX
Submitted for your consideration is this circa 1950 Varian power vacuum tube. Offered as a
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Mounted Objects

Materials

Aluminum, Wire

Television Vacuum Tube Circa Mid 20th Century Paperweight Stone Mounted
By Bill Reiter
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your approval is this Mid-Century, radio or TV va...
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Mounted Objects

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Stone, Wire

Vacuum Tube Wall Sculpture circa 1950. Rare, Bill Reiter Artist. ON SALE
By Varian
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your consideration is this circa 1950 Varian powe...
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Mid-20th Century American Archaistic Mounted Objects

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Aluminum, Wire

TV Vacuum Tube Sculpture, Circa Mid-Century, on Wood Base, Rare Tubes. ON SALE
By Bill Reiter
Located in Dallas, TX
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submitted for your approval is this circa mid-20th century vacuum tube array from television and radio
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Mid-20th Century American Archaistic Mounted Objects

Materials

Wire

TV & Component Vacuum Tubes Mid-20th W Orig Boxs Sculpture In Shadow Box ON SALE
By Bill Reiter
Located in Dallas, TX
1950s Electronic Vacuum Tubes and their original boxes. These are 'new old stock' and are from the radio
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Glass

czech mid-century radio - turntable
Located in Brooklyn, NY
vacuum tube technology; beech and walnut construction; requires transformer to use in north america
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Vintage 1960s Czech More Furniture and Collectibles

George I Walnut Stick Barometer
Located in Kent, GB
threaded end-piece, the tube is inverted and a vacuum is created at the top. Barometric pressure keeps the
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Scientific Instruments

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Walnut

Negretti and Zambra Aneroid Barometer, London
Located in Kent, GB
glass tube with a vacuum at top first discovered by Galileo's pupil Torricelli. The dial is
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Regency Wheel Barometer Signed Cetti & Co. Smithfield, London
Located in Kent, GB
cistern of mercury. A vacuum is created at the top of the tube and the barometric pressure is read from
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Antique 19th Century English Scientific Instruments

Mid-Century British Colonial Art Deco Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
from teak wood. Radios and TVs and their sensitive vacuum tubes were protected from dust with glass
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Mid-20th Century Burmese British Colonial Cabinets

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Teak

French, Period Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer, circa 1780
Located in Dallas, TX
, circa 1644, after observing mercury suspended in a vacuum tube. They would measure the atmospheric
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Scientific Instruments

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Gino Sarfatti Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural desk lamp by lighting innovator Gino Sarfatti. Black metal cast of vacuum-cleaner tube.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Gino Sarfatti Desk Lamp
Gino Sarfatti Desk Lamp
H 11 in W 22 in D 10 in
'Lamp on Lamp' Wall Light by Janne Schimmel, 2019
By Janne Schimmel
Located in Antwerp, BE
tube light has been 3D scanned and brought back into the real world by vacuum forming a digital print
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2010s European Futurist Wall Lights and Sconces

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Plastic

A Charles X Verre Eglomise Barometer
Located in London, GB
mercury-filled reservoir at the base. The weight of the mercury creates a vacuum in the top of the tube
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Scientific Instruments

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Gold Leaf

A Charles X Verre Eglomise Barometer
A Charles X Verre Eglomise Barometer
H 35.83 in W 20.08 in D 3.15 in
Compulsion Gallery Pewter Medium 1939 Mercedes Benz 540K Special Roadster Car
Located in GB
featured synchromesh on the top three gears. Vacuum-assisted hydraulic brakes kept the car under the
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20th Century English Modern Models and Miniatures

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Pewter

1900s Antique Air Pump Type Fleuss Glass and Wood Physic Scientific Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
the X-ray tubes. The characteristic of this pump was due to the fact that the piston was operated in a
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Vintage 1920s French Scientific Instruments

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Iron

Three Sculptural Glass Vacuum Tubes
Located in Chicago, IL
These sculptural tubes are mounted on lucite bases.
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20th Century American Sculptures

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Glass

Three Sculptural Glass Vacuum Tubes
Three Sculptural Glass Vacuum Tubes
H 9.75 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Mercury Vacuum ThermosTubes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large glass and mercury thermos vacuum tubes used to cool chemistry down to -30 degrees Celsius for
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20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal, Brass

Vintage Mercury Laboratory Tubes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Interesting vintage vacuum laboratory tubes, consisting of mercury glass that rest on metal bases
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20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Brass

Vintage Mercury Laboratory Tubes
Vintage Mercury Laboratory Tubes
H 39 in W 8 in D 12 in
Crookes cathode ray tubes on stands
Located in Boston, MA
Sir William Crookes invented the vacuum cathode ray tube in 1875. They were used as experimental
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20th Century Table Lamps

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Metal

Louis XVI carved, gilt barometer.
Located in Kent, GB
mercury tube and vacuum which he discovered whilst experimenting on the properties of air, previously
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Scientific Instruments

Louis XVI carved, gilt barometer.
Louis XVI carved, gilt barometer.
H 33.86 in W 21.26 in D 2.76 in
Mahogany Stick Barometer Signed Joshua Springer
Located in Kent, GB
The majority of the mercury tube is concealed in the main body of the barometer apart from the top
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Antique 19th Century English Scientific Instruments

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Mahogany

Gello Tables by Marc Newson for 3 Suisses, 1994
By Marc Newson
Located in Sundridge, GB
: (-1) The table top, a flat circular sheet of vacuum formed transparent [polystyrene]. The outer edge
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Rare RCA Victor 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition Art Deco Radio
By RCA
Located in Fulton, CA
Victor vacuum tube Am radio, Model 40X56, circa 1939. Wood construction with a molded syroco wood front
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Historical Memorabilia

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Glass, Bakelite, Wood, Fabric

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Vacuum Tube For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal vacuum tube for your home. A vacuum tube — often made from metal, plastic and aluminium — can elevate any home. Find 6 options for an antique or vintage vacuum tube now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect vacuum tube — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A vacuum tube made by modern designers — as well as those associated with neoclassical — is very popular. A well-made vacuum tube has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Flos, Philippe Starck and Emerson Electric are consistently popular.

How Much is a Vacuum Tube?

The average selling price for a vacuum tube at 1stDibs is $2,806, while they’re typically $1,887 on the low end and $16,100 for the highest priced.