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Auction 178: WE 1957 "Demitasse" F-52578 Dial Deskset - Ended 6/15/15

Started by TelePlay, June 09, 2015, 08:15:43 PM

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TelePlay

New forum members are very welcome and encouraged to take a guess. After all, there are no wrong guesses, just one lucky one. No one knows the winning bid on any auction until it ends. However, it is important to get your guess in before someone else grabs your guess.

Listed just a bit more than a day ago in a 7 day auction with no reserve starting at $9.99 is what seems to be a variant of the phone we just saw in Auction Contest #175.  This phone was flagged in a post by zapper with a reply from jsowers directing interested members to paul-f's site for more information on this phone.

With that said, the phone has attracted 5 bidders placing 5 bids in 24 hours driving the price up to $81.00 I'm sure that's not going to be the final selling price but I don't have a clue of how high this listing will go when the bidding ends. Anyone think they know what that final number will be when the dust settles?

NOTE: we will use a 3% gap rule between guesses to prevent crowding. As such, guess gaps of 6+% can be split. I'll help with these as the auction goes forward and guesses are entered.

So, once again, who best knows what this phone will sell for when the actions ends? This should be an interesting contest.

The seller listed it as an "Vintage c. 1957 Bell Systems Western Electric G3 Rotary Telephone" with the item condition as "Used" and " - - - " with the auction listing description simply saying "Up for auction Western Electric G3 Rotary Telephone. Bottom is stamped Bell System F-52578, 8-57. Unique phone haven't seen any on ebay. Please see all pictures before bidding. Thanks for your interest."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191597829797

It's another chance to move up a rung or to get onto the CRPF -> Contest Standings <- list,

     . . . for as twocvbloke said,   ---> "You gotta be in it to win it !!!" ;D "

If you want to see the phones of past Auction Contests, click -> HERE <-   ( up to date as of 6/10/15, last completed contest #177 )


S C O R E B O A R D

$     599.00 - Autonut  ( 14 )
$     750.00 - cloyd  ( 16 )
$     825.00 - paul-f  ( 8 )
$     950.00 - andre_janew  ( 6 )
$     989.00 - JimH  ( 4 )
$  1,100.00 - Sargeguy  ( 3 )  -> WINNER - Final Selling Price $1,136.11
$  1,200.00 - wds  ( 11 )
$  1,300.00 - 19and41  ( 15 )
$  1,350.00 - tallguy58  ( 17 )
$  1,431.00 - zapper  ( 1 )
$  1,516.50 - TelePlay  ( 20 )
$  1,602.00 - WesternElectricBen  ( 13 )
$  1,701.00 - twocvbloke  ( 19 )
$  1,849.00 - Russ Kirk  ( 7 )
$  2,000.00 - kleinkaliber  ( 5 )
$  2,100.00 - Fabius  ( 9 )
$  2,500.00 - HarrySmith  ( 2 )
$  2,650.00 - baldopeacock  ( 18)
$  2,750.00 - Mr. Bones  ( 10 )
$  3,700.00 - WEBellSystemChristian  ( 12 )


Early Morning Auction Status

06-08-15     Listed      $       9.00
06-09-15     5 bids      $     81.00
06-10-15     7 bids      $   100.00
05-11-15     7 bids      $   100.00
06-12-15     7 bids      $   100.00
06-13-15   10 bids      $   210.27
06-14-15   10 bids      $   210.27
06-15-15   19 bids      $   455.00
06-15-15   14 bidders, 24 bids, $1,136.11  Ended at 14:36:08 PDT


HarrySmith

Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

"There is no try,
there is only
do or do not"

Sargeguy

Greg Sargeant
Providence, RI
TCI /ATCA #4409

JimH

Jim H.



Russ Kirk

- Russ Kirk
ATCA & TCI


Fabius

Tom Vaughn
La Porte, Indiana
ATCA Past President
ATCA #765
C*NET 1+ 821-9905

Mr. Bones

Sláinte!
   Mr. Bones
      Rubricollis Ferus


WEBellSystemChristian

Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford