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Telephone Talk => Auction Talk => Topic started by: Doug Rose on May 17, 2015, 08:15:27 AM

Title: What am I Missing
Post by: Doug Rose on May 17, 2015, 08:15:27 AM
Almost $200...what am I missing?....Doug


http://www.ebay.com/itm/221765647372
Title: Re: What am I Missing
Post by: rdelius on May 17, 2015, 08:53:23 AM
That was a COT telephone, before we got the brass bands to fit the SC handset.
Title: Re: What am I Missing
Post by: wds on May 17, 2015, 08:59:16 AM
I was watching that one also.  The phone is painted, but the handset appears to be solid white.  I'm guessing all the value is in the handset?  Or maybe they just painted over the chip in the handset and it just looks like it's solid white.  Hard to tell.
Title: Re: What am I Missing
Post by: dsk on May 17, 2015, 09:14:19 AM
What am I Missing (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=14388.msg149908#msg149908)?   What about $150?  ;D Quite a job to get this one nice?


dsk
Title: Re: What am I Missing
Post by: rdelius on May 17, 2015, 08:12:35 PM
It is all painted.The AE handset is what we used back in the 80s. All COT sets with the smaller design on the AE number card have the same flaw at the 11 o'clock position . This was never corrected in the master copy.This is a SC 1243 by the way
Title: Re: What am I Missing
Post by: Partyline4 on May 18, 2015, 02:39:41 AM
So what's the big deal about COT phones?

Title: Re: What am I Missing
Post by: rdelius on May 18, 2015, 12:57:11 PM
No big deal about COT telephones  just that they are refurbished telephones,not always as built.
Title: Re: What am I Missing
Post by: Partyline4 on May 18, 2015, 01:16:30 PM
Oh, OK.

I was thinking they had some magical power or something...

Title: Re: What am I Missing
Post by: Doug Rose on May 18, 2015, 05:55:11 PM
COT was Chicago Old Telephones where Robbie worked for many years. They did quality work. Their Ivory painted phones were top notch, I am lucky to own a few of them....Doug