1950 500 project

[phonium]

There are a LOT of pictures. I will make a few posts with the pictures though.

[phonium]

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even more

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[david@london]

Thanks. The early sets are great, with the back painted number rings.

You probably saw this auction?
I think there was a forum discussion about it...(apologies if I'm duplicating info)

[phonium]

Yes, I saw that auction. I was expecting it to go WAY higher, as not only is it 1/50, it it also in super mint condition.

[david@london]

This one did go alot higher.....has different month of 1950 dates on base, shell, network & dial:

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=13046.0

[phonium]

Yeah, that seems like way to much to me.

[Jim Stettler]

Phonium,
A plunger question on these early sets is:
Were the tops of the first clear plungers  flat or rounded ?
If the earliest were flat top, when did they change to rounded ?

This question first came up in the thread regarding D/P's set.
The link is for the start of the thread. There is a section in the topic regarding plungers.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=2394.msg31962#msg31962

[phonium]

After a small amount of research, it seems that on these early sets the plungers were clear and rounded.

[david@london]

Additional photos of this 1949/50 set (see above) showing date of shell and clear plungers...

link to sale  ( dead link 6/20/23 )

[Jim Stettler]

Thanks for the plunger reply.
I think there was a reference found regarding rounded plungers helped keep the plunger holes clear from gathering  crap. and getting stuck.
Jim

[phonium]

Still looking...

[phonium]

A bit of an observation with the 1949 bases. 4/49 is older than 7/49, yet the July base has the yellow style base stamp. I wonder why they changed it back to the simplified stamping...