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Brown SC 1543

Started by Doug Rose, July 28, 2014, 07:33:34 AM

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Doug Rose

Anyone watch Ray's auction? I was surprised it went so high. Great looking phone. ...Doug

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231290863828?
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#1
Very nice looking phone.

Ended: Jul 27, 2014 16:39:07 PDT
Winning bid: $355.00 [ 24 bids ]
Shipping: $10.20

unbeldi


Doug Rose

Was this a standard issue, basically a black phone with a dark brown shell?

Yours is very nice Karl...thanks...Doug
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rdelius

I beleive this was standard .have an ad showing 2 tone sets. Also all one color was available.Colors were similar to earlier WE 500 sets

unbeldi

Indeed it seems that SC (Kellogg too?) copied WECo's two-tone idea to compete with color, when they weren't really ready to produce all parts in the same color.
I have seen other two-tone combinations by SC, and they always seem to be based on the early versions of the 1543.

unbeldi

#6
Here is a recent sale on eBay for a red version:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161336759748

It was a 1543M and went for less than $88 (best offer accepted).
It has the even older style dial/finger wheel, a carry-over from the 1400-series.

Doug Rose

Here is another with the matching handset. I like this combo...Doug


http://www.ebay.com/itm/141368373222
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