I came across this interesting pages from Apex.

If you're in LA and love tech-scrap, Apex Electronics in Sun Valley is paradise. They sell LOTS of electronic parts, surplus, used and NOS, organized into bins that reach the wharehouse sealing. Lot's of cool retro panels, bakelite knobs and old scopes, computers, tools, Vacuum Tubes, Magnet Wire, Capacitors, Transformers ...

Just check it out :

http://www.apexelectronic.com/

http://eecue.com/images_archive/eecue-albu...Dorkbot_LA.html