Later Monophone win on ebay.. Some have it easy.....

[Bill Cahill]

I won this little jewel on evil bay last night. 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=380080765357

What you guys think??
Bill Cahill 

[bingster]

A 99 cent phone is always a good thing!

[Dan/Panther]

Bill;
A little pricey isn't it. You are starting to climb out of my league my friend.

D/P

[McHeath]

I'm not going to talk to you anymore!!!!  Clearly you are in league with the Dark Side of the Force, how else do you explain this???   

[Dan]

I love the AE "silent dial sound". My garage phone, an AE90, has that sound. I wish there was a way to date the AE's. I don't have a desk one like this, but if you open it up, are there any dates?

[Bill Cahill]

I'm not going to talk to you anymore!!!!  Clearly you are in league with the Dark Side of the Force, how else do you explain this???   

Bwwaaahhaaahhhaaa!!! 

[mienaichizu]

I love the AE "silent dial sound". My garage phone, an AE90, has that sound. I wish there was a way to date the AE's. I don't have a desk one like this, but if you open it up, are there any dates?

Hi there Dan,

I have opened AE's before but I didn't find dates on them, maybe because AE's here in the Philippines are locally manufactured.

[HobieSport]

I don't think any AEs have dates on them but of course I could be mistaken.
I asked Old Phone Works and they said they'd never seen a dated AE.  See this thread:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=244.0

[TIPandRING]

Bill,

I think you've got yourself a party-line phone. I have one just like this. Notice there is no loudness adjust on the bottom, just a slot to adjust what "number" this phone is... I may have to examine mine a little more carefully. I just bought it for parts but thought that was a bit odd.

[Bill Cahill]

Nope. Not a party line. It has the regular bell volume control.
Bill Cahill

[HobieSport]

I really like the older AE80s.  They make nice companions/comparisons to WE 500s.