For your amusement...
I recently acquired an Eimac price list from 1959. Here are some 1959
prices, along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjusted prices, along
with recent prices from various places on the web (no ebay prices).
Unfortunately the 1959 price list did not include any of the triodes which
are so popular nowadays. There was also no 4CX10000, although there was a
4CW10000 (water cooled) which would take care of the blower noise problems.
The CPI info is from a year 1665-2012 CPI conversion table at
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/sahr.htm.
Of course, you need to look at it in Courier or other non-proportional font.
Tube 1959 basic 1959 adjusted 2002/3 price
4-400A 48.00 298.14 210.00
4-1000A 132.00 819.88 640.00
4CX250B 45.00 279.50 185.00
4CX1000A 156.00 968.94 862.00
4CX5000A 450.00 2795.03 2163.00
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Brad
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