We welcome you to our colorful tour
of all Mister Valve's houses.
Please remove your shoes
when coming inside.
We welcome you to our colorful tour
of all Mister Valve's houses.
Please remove your shoes
when coming inside.
| House | Owner | Description |
| 6202 | Eric Eames | Yes, that's the brand name. The tube is a UF89. |
| Amalgamated Wireless Valve #1 | John Kaesehagen | Australian company |
| AWV #2 | John Kaesehagen | Australian company |
| Arcturus | David Pearrell | Blue sky box with incredible "blue glass" 127 tube inside |
| Brimar | Eric Eames | Truly cool radio wave typography |
| Continental Electric Co. | John Kaesehagen | Mister Valve Rules the World! |
| EICO (Electronic Inst. Co.) | Personal Collection | Red, white & blue box from this once huge kit maker. |
| EICO Box Contents | Personal Collection |
 Bizarre little 7193 with National Union and JAN marks (actual size). Note the two plate caps. |
| EverReady | Trevor Levick (Germany) | British valves, not the American battery maker |
| General Electric | Unknown | 60s? |
| Gold Seal NEW | Alan J. Parrish | "The Perfect Tube" - Looks like late 20s/ early 30s |
| Detail of Gold Seal Box NEW | Alan J. Parrish | Shows bottom cutouts with instructions for testing filament in-box |
| Hamamatsu #1 | Brian M. Phelps | Japanese photomultiplier |
| Hamamatsu #2 | Brian M. Phelps | Japanese tube, English labels |
| Hamamatsu #3 | Brian M. Phelps | Japanese miniature phototube, great logo |
| Hytron | David Pearrell | Classic US logo |
| Jorgen's boxes | Jorgen Lund-Nielsen |
 47 (count 'em) 47 individual photos, heavy on European designs. Way cool. |
| Ken-Rad #1 | Gordon Symonds | Colorful, very old, sunburst style |
| Ken-Rad #2 | Personal Collection | Box held a type 34 shoulder tube, made in the late 1920s/early 30s. Bottom is open, allowing testing of tube by pushing down on cardboard insert until pins protrude from box. Neat thunderbolt logo. |
| Klangfilm | Trevor Levick | Wiggy box - cool name, now appropriated for art |
| La Radiotechnique | Sergio Coelho | French; great semiotic content - Derrida and Foucault would approve |
| Majestic | David Pearrell | Mighty Monarch of the Air! |
| Mullard | David Pearrell | (The Master Valve; good psycho colors) |
| Philco #1 | David Pearrell | Blue |
| Philco #2 | Unknown | Yellow & black |
| Philips audio | John Kaesehagen | way cool art deco - monochrome |
| Philips audio | John Kaesehagen | larger, glorious color, 105K |
| Philips Miniwatt #1 | John Kaesehagen | Nifty sine wave logo |
| Philips Miniwatt #2 | John Kaesehagen | Really classic design |
| Pope | Trevor Levick | Really fun design |
| RCA UX-201 | Unknown | Very old - 1920s? |
| RCA/GE UV-199 | Unknown | Same vintage |
| RCA/GE UV-199 | Unknown | Instruction sheet to above |
| RCA Cunningham | Personal collection | Box is for a 1B5 shoulder tube, alternating RCA and Cunningham faces. This style box had no flaps, using stapled flanges to hold Mister Valve in. |
| Detail of RCA Cunningham #1 | Personal collection |
 Extreme close shot of staple, showing stamped-in "RCA" for security. |
| Detail of RCA Cunningham #2 | Personal collection |
 Top of box, showing Mr. Valve nestled safely within. The bottom flap could be folded back to test the tube while still in the box. |
| RCA Victor | Personal collection | Same construction and approximate vintage (20s/30s) as the Cunningham above, but with the famous Nipper dog. Tube is a 12SF5. |
| RCA Radiotron #1 | Sergio Coelho | Classic Red and Black box - held a VT-46A, apparently for US Army Signal Corps |
| RCA Radiotron #2 | Personal collection | Another classic, this one for a 1943 US Navy 1625. A different sort of boat anchor is stamped on the upper left. |
| RCA Performance Series | Sergio Coelho | Awesome blue box for high-end RF tubes |
| RCA | Unknown | looks like 60s, nice repro |
| Large RCA | Brian Carling | Held several miniatures |
| Rogers Radio Tubes | Gordon Symonds | Canadian; that's Ted Rogers on the box! |
| Rodan NEW | Alan "A.J." Franzman | Japanese box for the Monster Nixie Tube |
| Sovtek | Robert J. Cleeland | Old USSR, with typical Russian spot color printing |
| Sylvania #1 NEW | Alan J. Parrish | Old - very cool design |
| Sylvania #2 | Brian M. Phelps | Newer - neat thunderbolt |
| Sylvania #2 | Brian M. Phelps | Other side of box #2 |
| Sylvania #3 | Brian M. Phelps | Newer than #1 and #2 - probably mid/late 60s |
| Sylvania ECG NEW | Personal collection | Sylvania/Philips ECG transmitting tube |
| Taylor Tubes T-55 | Brian Carling | Great collector's tube and its box |
| Telefunken #1 | Robert J. Cleeland | "Sparks at a distance!" - tube looks like a bomb! |
| Telefunken #2 | Trevor Levick | Blue, with portrait on box |
| Tesla | Brian Carling | Cool Czech logo box |
| US Government #1 | Brian M. Phelps | Those plain brown wrappers for "ONE ELECTRON TUBE" so familiar to the surplus buyer. |
| US Government #2 | Personal Collection | Larger JAN (Joint Army/Navy). '52 was apparently a big year for tubes. |
| Vakuumtechnik GmbH., Erlangen (VTE) | John Kaesehagen | Nice design on a German box |
