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Date Listed: 10 Feb 2019
Auction Duration: 7 Days
List Price: $124.95
Current Bidders: 1
Current Price: $124.95
Watchers: 25
eBay Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/372592162444
GAP RULE: At least $5 between guesses to prevent crowding.
Seller Listing Title: "RED RARE AE-40 MONOPHONE TELEPHONE"
Condition: "Used"
Condition Qualifier: "Beautiful example of an early AE-40 telephone."
Listing Description: "RED RARE AE-40 MONOPHONE TELEPHONE -- Free from cracks with minor marks. -- Please see pictures as they are of the actual telephone you will receive. Thank you"
Last chance to move up or to get onto the CRPF Contest Standings List (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=4198.msg51445#msg51445)
Past Contest Phones: http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=17437.msg180238#msg180238
Guess Deadline: All guesses and a single allowed revised guess, if needed,
MUST be submitted at least 24 hours BEFORE the auction ENDS.
S C O R E B O A R D ( Starting with Contest 328, this contest's topic will be locked with 24 hours left to go ) Players: 19
$ 600.00 - Bob S ( 19 ) -
$ 875.00 - Duffy ( 10 ) -> WINNER - Final Selling Price $781.98
$ 920.00 - andre_janew ( 8 )
$ 925.00 - Roody ( 4 )
$ 995.00 - Key2871 (12 )
$ 1,029.00 - Scott ( 15 ) -
$ 1,375.00 - tallguy58 ( 16 ) -
$ 1,177.00 - Dan/Panther ( 5 )
$ 1,235.00 - stub ( 2 )
$ 1,250.00 - tubaman ( 18 ) -
$ 1,267.00 - Russ Kirk ( 17 ) -
$ 1,357.00 - AE_Collector ( 3 )
$ 1,495.00 - compubit ( 13 )
$ 1,689.00 - 19and41 ( 7 )
$ 1,765.00 - SunriseEarth ( 11 )
$ 1,895.00 - Pourme ( 14 )
$ 1,900.00 - Russ Kirk ( 9 )
$ 2,195.00 - HarrySmith ( 1 )
$ 2,250.00 - Jim Stettler ( 6 )
Early Morning Auction Status (Key: # Bidders & # Watchers - # Watched Rank with #1 as Most Watched )
02-10-19 Listed $ 124.95
02-11-19 1 bids $ 124.95 ( 1 bidders & 26 - #15 )
02-12-19 5 bids $ 145.50 ( 2 bidders & 25 - #12 )
02-13-19 6 bids $ 148.00 ( 3 bidders & 31 - #11 )
02-14-19 8 bids $ 160.50 ( 4 bidders & 32 - #5 )
02-15-19 11 bids $ 282.77 ( 5 bidders & 34 - #5 )
02-16-19 11 bids $ 282.77 ( 5 bidders & 38 - #4 )
02-17-19 15 bids $ 405.00 ( 5 bidders & 41 - #4 )
02-17-19 8 bidders, 19 bids Ended at 5:05:28 PM PST
Very Pretty! $2195.00
SWEET !!!! $1235. stub
That one is in nice condition! Can't see any signs of shrinking except.... why did they leave the Receiver capsule in the Receiver cap in that open handset picture? Because it doesn't want to come out.
$1357
$925
Quote from: AE_Collector on February 05, 2019, 11:48:55 AM
That one is in nice condition! Can’t see any signs of shrinking except.... why did they leave the Receiver capsule in the Receiver cap in that open handset picture? Because it doesn’t want to come out.
$1357
Even the gasket appears to be in good condition, they normally fall apart first.
$1177.00.
D/P
$2250.00
$1689.00 Please.
$920
$1900
$875.00
That's a beaut!
$1,765.00
$995.00
Ken
$1495
Jim
$1,895.00
The phone has been re-listed. The cancelled contest has been moved back to active status and updated with the new eBay listing information.
Existing guesses have been left in place. Anyone who has already guessed can change that guess if done so by the end of the day on February 12th and it must be changed by posting a new reply.
After that, any and all players will still have their one allowed revision available if placed at least 24 ours before the auction ends.
REVISED GUESSES MUST BE MADE BY CREATING A NEW REPLY, I DO NOT LOOK FOR REVISIONS IN PRIOR GUESS REPLIES.
$1029.00 please.
Scott K.
$1375
$1267
$1250 please
$600.00 Please
Contest Winner: Duffy
Guessed Price: $875.00
Total Wins: 3
Auction Winner: a***c ( 266 )
Winning Price: $781.98
Bidders: 8
Bids: 19
Contest Standings: http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=4198.msg51445#msg51445
CRPF Hall of Fame: http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=138.msg976#msg976]
Thanks to all who played along in this contest, and, as some may have noticed, this has been a milestone event in the Auction Contests being or marking one full year of contests, 365.
In honor of this milestone contest, the winner not only moves up one step in the contest standings but also receives the first ever high flying CRPF Auction Contests "Galloping Ghost" (Red Grange, 3 time All-American football star halfback for the University of Illinois) Milestone Trophy - display it proudly.
Thank you very much, I will take a bow now. Nice trophy!