Where to get a Vax or microvax

[devin davison]

I have had an interest in the DEC VAX line of computers for some time now
and am trying to find a good place to get a system to start out with. The
main pourpose being to have a machine to use VMS on. I have been running
VMS on emulated hardware via SIMH, however i would like to move to running
on real hardware. What would be the best machine for a beginner to VAX
Hardware to start out with?

My main place for looking for hardware has been ebay, although most of what
im seeing is untested and expensive. Is there a better place to find older
machines like this?