Look what I found at 3rd Sunday Market! - A WE #1 dial mounted on a B1

[waynet7]

A Western Electric #1 dial mounted on a B1.

[paul-f]

WAHOO!   

Amazing find.

Congratulations.

[waynet7]

Thank you. It cost me $125.00. I was happy to pay it. Will post more pictures if there is interest. I looked to see if it was actually wired into this phone and was not surprised to find it was not.

[Kenton K]

Awesome!

[Doug Rose]

Find of the century!!!! Congrats.......Doug

[WesternElectricBen]

What a fantastic find!

Ben

[TelePlay]

And the condition looks NOS. Did you buy it that way or did you clean it up a bit before taking the pictures? Either way, acquiring that find has a lot of members on the forum very jealous right now.

[unbeldi]

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[Doug Rose]

I would love to you you put it on eBay and watch your retirement monies roll in. You just do not see #1 dials, especially in that condition....WOW!!  What state are you in?....Doug

[Dennis Markham]

Wow!  What a find.  Congratulations!

[unbeldi]

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[mentalstampede]

Wow! That's find of the month material there!

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=12556.msg133260#msg133260

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EDIT: link added

[waynet7]

Thank you all. I live in Central Illinois, I saw it at last month's 3rd Sunday, but did not buy it for not knowing what it was. Suffice to say, I found out after the fact and PRAYED it would be there this month. MIRACLES DO HAPPEN! As for it being on a B1, I wondered that myself, but if it had been on a 50AL it would probably be someone else's right now. I got it off of the mount and will post some pictures of the bottom tomorrow, as I am at work now.

[unbeldi]

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[waynet7]

For anyone who is interested, the center 'card' is not a card at all. It is painted directly on the solid center piece, which I have no idea how to remove because it is not like a #2.