SHMOO! On eBay

[baldopeacock]

It was stamped non-working.   May have affected the value?

[Partyline4]

I know people think I'm nuts, but I KNOW I saw one go for $1200 a few months ago.

The auction is now hidden on eBay it would seem......


The non working stamp was something I didn't catch.

So I guess 500 would be a fair swing.

[TelePlay]

It was stamped non-working.   May have affected the value?

Yes, that was pointed out by JimH in the Auction Contest we ran on the Shmoo. And no inside pictures kind of confirmed that hunch, I guess.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=12909.msg135844#msg135844

[Partyline4]

It was stamped non-working.   May have affected the value?

Yes, that was pointed out by JimH in the Auction Contest we ran on the Shmoo. And no inside pictures kind of confirmed that hunch, I guess.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=12909.msg135844#msg135844

The ebay auction I posted DOES show innards photos.

There seems to be a network and everything.

They could be mocks I guess....

[TelePlay]

The ebay auction I posted DOES show innards photos.

There seems to be a network and everything.

They could be mocks I guess....

And so it does. Interesting. Those photos were not posted by the seller when I started the auction contest. The photos posted at the contest are all that were available from the original listing when the contest started. I did not check back for added photos over the course of the auction so missed that. I will add those two photos to the first auction contest topic for posterity.

Still, stamped non-working may be what you said, mock up parts.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=12909.msg135712#msg135712

[Fabius]

If they normally go for over $1k, then I wonder why the one Fabias talked about would not sell at the asking price of $800 and now this one did sell for $510.  shows how fickle ebay and collectible phones can be.

I did not look at Shmoo that was at the ATCA show closely. It may or may not have been one with guts.

[Fabius]

There was one at the Fall ATCA show and it didn't sell. I believe the selling price was around $800.

http://tinyurl.com/m8juoc7

Looks like I found out who sold it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-rare-Vintage-Western-Electric-Schmoo-Telephone-/321560303329

The owner of the one I saw at the ATCA show was a long time collector in Texas.

[JimHyak]

Don't discount the time the auction ended. I would have bid higher, but was unable to when I lost my wifi connection as the plane I was on dropped below 10k feet. I often miss auctions that end during the day. I recall bidding on a "shmoo" earlier this year which sold for over $1k.

[Fabius]

Don't discount the time the auction ended. I would have bid higher, but was unable to when I lost my wifi connection as the plane I was on dropped below 10k feet. I often miss auctions that end during the day. I recall bidding on a "shmoo" earlier this year which sold for over $1k.

Where was Esnipe when you needed it?

[Partyline4]

They seem to pop up one at a time....

People need money every now and then.