Another nice sales job by Mr. Finlover. The rookies drove this 1973 Aqua 500 up over $200 before a veteran ended it at $219.50.
http://tinyurl.com/c3c37x
Definately a jim dandy of an aqua phone!
Hmm. Awfully blue ain't it? Like Rudolph's nose you could almost say it glows.
The pics sold this phone. If the pics were poor, and his name not known. He would have pulled low to mid two digits out of it.
The color's gorgeous, but $200 for a '73??? Maybe I'm being silly, but I can't see spending that much on a gold-bottom phone, no matter what the color.
You got that right Bingster. No Gold Bottom phone worth that kind of money.
Isn't it mainy the soft plastic phones that lose color. I thought the hard plastic ones maintained color fairly well. All of my hard plastic phone have excellent color.
D/P
it glows it glows! :D
Dan, the hard plastic phones discolor as much as soft. The Princess, Trimlines and 500's all are effected by UV exposure.
Yeah my hard plastic color phones all show some yellowing.
WOW!! That is one great looking phone! Why are gold bottom phones worth less if I may ask? Oh he also has a nice white one too for sale.
There is a guy that has this kind of luck selling vintage radios, he claims they are original finish, yet they look showroom new.
He gets upwards of $500-600 for radios, everyone else has trouble getting $100.00 for.
What is it with these people ? I read the ads looking for hints, it must be subliminal ?
I have a302 that I want to put up for auction, but I've put it off because I fear I won't get what I think it's worth.
D/P
Quote from: Tonyrotary on April 13, 2009, 02:59:59 PM
WOW!! That is one great looking phone! Why are gold bottom phones worth less if I may ask? Oh he also has a nice white one too for sale.
It's not so much that the color of the bottom affects the price, but rather the gold bottoms indicate a newer age range that's generally not worth as much money as the older, black bottom phones.
Thanks bingster.
I have my doubts about these phones, they seem too blue, even the background and inside parts seem blueish, I dunno. But then look at his feedback, 100% love him, if I had the money burning a hole in my pocket I'd buy one of his phones to see what gives.
Every time I see these auctions, I wonder if hes using the "vivid" color setting on his camera, or a blacklight along with regular lights to photograph them.
Too rich for my tastes.
Bill Cahill :(
The German Finlover:
http://tiny.cc/0T47m
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The German Finlover:
http://tiny.cc/0T47m
Nice photos! More than nice. Wish I could read German. Those of us who want to sell some on Ebay have a lot to learn from these folks who present and sell so well. I do anyway. :)
QuoteThe German Finlover:
http://tiny.cc/0T47m
Holee das Unholee Krappen Batmayhn, das der phoner ist ich uber shiny'en und das blind'en me eyes'en like'en der look'en ut das der sun'en en'en das sky'en!