Where can you get real VT52s nowadays?  I haven't
 seen one on Ebay for at
  least three years. 
   I have never
seen one on eBay - and I have looked
often. Found a lot of other things that are named VT52
though... 
 
I have several VT52s, alive and semi-alive.  I have
been clearing out some space in my shop and would be
willing to part with one of the semi-alive ones for
a small fee.
If anyone is interested, contact me off-list at
wacarder at 
usit.net.  If you're not into component-level
debugging, I can dig up the name of a place in the
northeastern U.S. that would repair them for $125
a couple of years ago.
Ashley Carder
http://www.woffordwitch.com