What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « on: March 11, 2024, 05:53:43 PM » Author: Philips tigkas
What is the rarest lamp in your collection??
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #1 on: March 11, 2024, 08:20:13 PM » Author: Mandolin Girl
Our Bumix lamp has got to be right up there.
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #2 on: March 11, 2024, 09:04:35 PM » Author: axel_chai
Probably my Maspion table lamp, I don't have rare bulbs but I have rare fixture. You can find it in my gallery https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=8142&pos=0&pid=237750.
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #3 on: March 12, 2024, 06:25:36 AM » Author: LightsAreBright27
What do you mean by rare? I have two F10T12/BLs which is a size rarely found but it is made just 3 years ago and it is still possible to buy it online or offline with the official website (lamp is still made). I also have some colored F40T12s that I have found no info on and some weird shaped colour incandescents ( one & two ) . Additionally, I have some rare branded HIDs ( Mysore 160w SBMV ). Update- do these non-standard size and unknown wattage T4s (white, pink & blue)   count too?
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #4 on: March 12, 2024, 09:33:59 AM » Author: Philips tigkas
Quote from: axel_chai on March 11, 2024, 09:04:35 PM Probably my Maspion table lamp, I don't have rare bulbs but I have rare fixture. You can find it in my gallery https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=8142&pos=0&pid=237750. Cool! Admin edit - broken quote fixed.
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #5 on: March 12, 2024, 09:37:04 AM » Author: Philips tigkas
Quote from: LightsAreBright27 on March 12, 2024, 06:25:36 AM What do you mean by rare? I have a F10T12/BL which is a size rarely found but it is made just 3 years ago and it is still possible to buy it online or offline with the official website (lamp is still made). I also have some colored F40T12s that I have found no info on and some weird shaped colour incandescents ( one & two ) . Additionally, I have some rare branded HIDs ( Mysore 160w SBMV ). Pretty! Especially the  weird shaped colour incandescents are very unique!
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #6 on: March 12, 2024, 09:38:53 AM » Author: Philips tigkas
Quote from: Mandolin Girl on March 11, 2024, 08:20:13 PM Our Bumix lamp has got to be right up there.  Yea indeed!    Pretty cool find
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #7 on: March 12, 2024, 11:02:42 AM » Author: Rommie
An [insert expletive of choice] expensive find as well
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #8 on: March 12, 2024, 11:43:31 AM » Author: vytautas_lamps
My absolutely favorite and the most rare lamp in my collection is my soviet MELZ BS40 40 watt T12 fluorescent tube, NOS, made in 1960. The fact that is a four foot fluorescent tube, already 60 years old, still existing and NOS, found its way into my collection, was nothing short of an absolute miracle    https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=68&pid=184575
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #9 on: March 12, 2024, 12:26:10 PM » Author: Philips tigkas
Nice lamp!
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #11 on: March 12, 2024, 03:14:13 PM » Author: Philips tigkas
Cool
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #12 on: March 12, 2024, 05:21:27 PM » Author: AngryHorse
Probably this?, they don’t come any rarer than an 18 watt SO/H!
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #13 on: March 12, 2024, 07:00:45 PM » Author: Rommie
Now you're just being 'illy
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	Re: What is the rarest lamp in your collection?? « Reply #14 on: March 13, 2024, 02:22:30 AM » Author: AngryHorse
Does this not count then?  , it is rare, I can pretty much guarantee its the only one of it’s kind in the world?
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