Wood phone, unknown make -> Strowger 11 Digit Automatic

[wds]

Saw this on Ebay.  Can't identify the maker of this one, but it sure looks like a good one.  Can anyone ID this one?  A little out of my price range.

http://tinyurl.com/72fvk7k

[Owain]

I guess 'Rower' is a mis-read for Strowger.

[wds]

Don't know how I missed that in the description.  thanks

[rdelius]

I believe this was the first type of Strowger fingerwheel .Rare telephone.Do not think the wooden bipoler receiver is origional to the set..This might be a sleeper.
Robby

[Sargeguy]

This will be interesting.

[Owain]

Sold for US$2,211.20

I hope the buyer likes it and that the seller packs it very very carefully.

[Russ Kirk]

While we always admire the colored sets or strange looking candlesticks,  the rather plain single wood boxes with an odd dial can fetch phenomenal amounts.

To a non-collector, they would not give this phone a second look. But most collectors recognize the rarity of that odd 11 hole dial. 

Frankly,  I did not think it would go that high,  but obviously a few collectors with fat wallets did.

I am just glad the seller did not think it was just junk and toss it. Who knows it may live on for many years to come, maybe in a museum.   I hope to see it at a future phone show.