Auction 179: WE 1953 Soft Plastic Rose Beige 500 with Grey Cords - Ended 6/25/15

[Dennis Markham]

Andrew, actually the ebay handle may or may not start and end with the letter H and M.  For instance, my own eBay handle (vintagerotaryphones) is shown as r***h.  No rhyme nor reason.

~Dennis

I've always thought that the "*" represented one or more missing letters.  Thus two bidders with the h***m handle only means that they both start with h and end with an m.  The letters in between could be completely different.

[TelePlay]

Another Rose Beige with straight grey cords? This one seems to be a date matching 5-55 in good condition but not so good listing photos. Color makes it look more like a light grey. What do you think? It does have white numbers on the dial plate. Might be the lighting.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-WORKING-WESTERN-ELECTRIC-ROSE-BEIGE-1955-DIAL-TELEPHONE-500-series-/121694390038

It's a 10 day auction with a reserve so no contest for this one. Posting this here for posterity.

[19and41]

3 of the pics show as rose beige, the rest look dark khaki.