2 Great Phones found in Antique Store

[persido]

Was in the Antique store today, I saw 2 telephones from across the room, got excited when I saw a metal 302 with an E1 handset, could it be a 1937.......picked it up and no vents, oh well it is in great shape, very little paint lost, and only $30. Sitting next to it was a yellow 10 button 1500 in great shape and only $5.
After getting them home and looking at the dates the 302 is from 1938 and the 1500 is from 1967.

Scot

[DavePEI]

Great finds! Congratulations!

Dave

[HarrySmith]

NICE

[Dennis Markham]

Wow!  Those are good prices for a flea market, let alone an antique store.  Congratulations!  Great finds.  I sold a 10 button in yellow some time ago and it went for over $100. 

[Phonesrfun]

I'm jealous.

[Contempra]

very nice and cleaned phones Persido , thanks to share.

[WEBellSystemChristian]

Those are REALLY nice phones!!! Very jealous. Check inside the dial card retainer on that 302, there might be an original dial card underneath the exposed one.

[Matilo Telephones]

Great finds! Congratulations!

[LarryInMichigan]

The 1500 would almost certainly get more than $100 on ebay.  I sold a green one for around $180, and yellow is probably a less common color.  The 302 with the E1 handset is also worth much more than the sale price.  You had a great shopping experience!

Larry

[WesternElectricBen]

Those are some excellent finds, I wish I had your luck.

Ben

[kleinkaliber]

You've achieved one of my goals, to find a ten button for a cheap twelve button price. Very cool!

[Just4Phones]

A ten button for $5?  This should qualify for find of the month.  Congrats on a great deal. 

[AE_Collector]

I will nominate that. Good deal on the E1 302 as well but a nice yellow 1500 for $5 seems like the biggest bargain to me!

Terry

[persido]

Thanks everyone, I did check under the number card on the 302, there was nothing there.  I am surprised about the 1500.  Push button telephones are usually  off my radar, When I saw the price of $5 I didn't think it was unusual because I have found many newer phones (push buttons) for that price or a few dollars more.  I think a lot of dealers/sellers that don't know to much about telephones price push buttons at cheap prices thinking they are not old enough to get antique prices.

Scot

[Doug Rose]

Hey Scot...great 38 302.  How many 302s do you have now? I have seen some great pictures of your refurbs. Still my favorite phone, I just love the lines of a 302. How about a group shot of them?....Doug