Shiny AE A1

[rdelius]

We had that cord made locally. Sent 100 foot spools to cotton mills that made shoe laces and covered it. It made putting modular connectors on it easy and quick. The other  coradge that was being sold was loosely woven braided imported stuff that could not be gaurenteed by us to hold up. Some batches were stiffer than others.House of Telephones was not making cordage  yet and Runzel might have been out of business

[Pourme]

That was probably a good way to provide cordage at a very good price.

Do you know what these sold for?

[oldguy]

Wow that handset polished up nicely, you could shave in the reflection

[Pourme]

She's a real looker, Gary.....Can't wait to see her with her new cords!

[Pourme]

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My cords came in today and I also took some pictures of the inside.

rdelius,  There are two hand written notations on stickers on the inside. Perhaps you recognize the initials? (one fell loose)

It appears the phone was assembled in 1988 and a adjustment was made in '90.

The braided ivory cord does the trick!

Benny

[HarrySmith]

Cool! That cord finishes it off nicely.

[Pourme]

Cool! That cord finishes it off nicely.

Thanks Harry, it is a nice upgrade!

[oldguy]

I just saw this one on eBay Benny
https://www.ebay.com/itm/GREAT-DECO-ROTARY-DESK-TELEPHONE/173396908077?

[rdelius]

One of our earlier ones.Norway painted handset and NOS AE  dial  with no chrome ring..Could not have had it 45 years.25                                                   to30 years  possssible.  No WE parts except repro base.                                                     

[Pourme]

These are really nice phones. I really love mine. The paint job on the handset is flawless. Beautiful appearance and they work perfectly.

I must say after seeing a couple more of them, I really got a good buy!

Y'all did a good job, rdelius!

[rdelius]

You got a better deal.Those norwegian handsets are light weight plastic.I doubt any of them were sold at that kind of price unless a custom job with gold plating.

[oldguy]

This looks like a similar phone on eBay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTOMATIC-ELECTRIC-MONOPHONE-TELEPHONE-BRASS-TRIM-CLOTH-CORDS-WORKS/253797487608?

[rdelius]

Definatly Chicago Old Telephone co .This one most likely has a buzzer  it.

[oldguy]

If the price doesn't go too high, I think I will buy it.

[Pourme]

If the price doesn't go too high, I think I will buy it.

Good luck!....