Resale Store Find- Leather Contempra

[c64man]

Just got back from town with a Leather Contempra,  Paid a whopping 10 dollars for it.  Its clean and works great. 

So ive got the Cobalt Blue, Orange, Brown and Leather in Contempra.   My girlfriend loves them ,  she plans on putting this one in the living room. 

[LarryInMichigan]

I always considered leather phones to be a bit creepy.  When I do see one in an antiques shop, they are priced $50 or more, so I am happy to leave them where they are.

Larry

[twocvbloke]

The leather clad phones do look a bit unsavoury to my tastes, but they are liked by some, there was also a model of Trimphone that was leather-clad, known as the Deltaphone (Rotary) and Deltaphone Deluxe (LD Button):

http://www.britishtelephones.com/tsr1006.htm

[paul-f]

We had some spirited discussion on leather covered phones here:
  http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3105.0

It's amazing how many turned up in a relatively short period.

Unfortunately, since the site upgrade many of the photos don't display, but can stil be seen if you click on the links below the missing photos.

[WesternElectricBen]

I have a leather Contempra, although it has modular jacks.

Ben

[paul-f]

I think it's a stunning phone and a fantastic decorating accent in the right setting.

Based on photos on my site, an owner of a riding stable contacted me looking for about a dozen of them to scatter around the estate (home, guest houses, stable, arena and other outbuildings).  Some were wall mounted.  I wish they'd invited me to install them personally.

In the US, they were marketed as the "Talia" and were available in three leather shades.
  http://www.paul-f.com/Imagination.html#Talia