Auction 38 - Automatic Electric 80 in clear plastic

Bill Cahill · November 09, 2009, 09:32:15 PM

Ah, Gee! You mean if I win a bid here I don't get my prize?

Bill Cahill

Phonesrfun · November 10, 2009, 12:34:35 AM

You get an "Atta Boy!"

AET · November 10, 2009, 03:28:53 PM

I'm Thrilled! I finally won an auction contest!!!

McHeath · November 11, 2009, 10:51:29 PM

Congrads Tom! Someone get that man his secret decoder ring so he feels like part of the club.

Phonesrfun · November 11, 2009, 10:53:50 PM

....You mean that winning at guessing an auction price isn't part of the entry exam for "the club"?

mienaichizu · November 12, 2009, 02:16:51 AM

oh my, I missed the auction, been busy for a while

I see we have a lot of new members here, welcome!

Bill Cahill · November 13, 2009, 10:36:01 AM

Hey, where's my decoder ring?

Bill Cahill

AET · November 13, 2009, 10:56:20 PM

Buy more ovaltine??!

bingster · November 28, 2009, 09:54:17 PM

After checking the phone's closing bid, I have some bad news. Dan/Panther actually won this week's contest, rather than Tom. Tom was over, unfortunately, and the winner is the one who is "closest without going over." The rough part is that Tom was only over by fifty cents, an incredibly close bid!

At any rate, a belated congratulations to Dan/Panther! And an honorable mention for Tom for only being four bits off.

Jim Stettler · December 17, 2009, 01:30:21 AM

I won this auction. This particular phone was made with some plastic samples and the previous owner was a young engineer for AE. He won the phone in a hand of pay stub poker. They assembled the phone from beige guts and used the gold dial and caps because they were they most unusual parts they had access to.

Brinybay was the closest to my guess of winning bid, A bid of $10.00 more than the winning price, would of knocked me out of the auction.

This is the 3rd Clear AE80 that I know of. and at least 1 of the others has clear caps.
http://www.telephonecollectors.org/pictures/?id=176381009

Jim S.

bellsystemproperty · December 17, 2009, 01:36:14 AM

Can you post some more pictures of your phone? Clear phones aren't common, so there's not many pictures of them. You got a great phone

Jim Stettler · December 17, 2009, 02:31:45 AM

JorgeAmely · December 17, 2009, 11:32:33 AM

Jim:

Can you post a higher resolution picture of the Bonus Card Insert from 1955? I would love to be able to read the card and see the colored phones in better detail.

Thanks in advance.

Jim Stettler · December 17, 2009, 09:40:38 PM

Jorge,
I posted a better scan in a new thread in "Collectors Corner" . It is under Soft 500 Info. The ad is there along with some other soft 500 info.
Jim S.

Dennis Markham · December 17, 2009, 09:45:30 PM

Jim, first of all welcome to our Forum! The clear telephones are very interesting. You have a great collection of them. How long of a period of time has it taken you to accumulate those phones? Very nice. Thank you for posting those links.

~Dennis

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