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Started by Stephen Furley, August 04, 2009, 05:42:30 PM

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andre_janew

That last one has something called a mock rotary dial.  It is a push button phone, but the buttons are round and arranged in a circular fashion to make it look somewhat like a rotary dial.  They will even include a finger stop to further enhance the illusion.

Greg G.

Quote from: andre_janew on February 14, 2015, 12:56:10 PM
That last one has something called a mock rotary dial.  It is a push button phone, but the buttons are round and arranged in a circular fashion to make it look somewhat like a rotary dial.  They will even include a finger stop to further enhance the illusion.

Yeah, those push-button "retro-style" phones make me nauseous. 
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Just listed, this one hurts my eyes. To each his own, I guess. Good thing only one photo was posted, (lessens the hurt).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hand-Painted-Telephone-Western-Electric-/131429917483

andre_janew

According to the seller, this phone works.  It isn't just a work of art like that 302 we saw earlier.

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If it rang, could you find it? To me, it seems like a well done camouflage job . . . , but not worth the $150 BIN plus $12 shipping, maybe?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Retro-hand-decorated-decoupaged-rotary-phone-art-deco-/221702905633

The seller has at least 7 of these for sale, each at $150, and from the lack of cords, none of them working (handset holes are covered up, anyway).

NorthernElectric

Well, I sort of like this 302 with a groovy paint job, but thought others might not.

My apologies if anyone else spotted this and posted it already, but 29 pages of posts in this thread is too much to read for this newbie.   :)
Cliff

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This following link has also been posted at the top of the first post of this topic for easy finding, as the pages of this topic grow.


paul-f

From the TCI Listserv.  From the thumbnail on ebay, I thought it might have been a variant of the Patio Phone set.

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/400773122591
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baldopeacock

That's an uncommon microwave antenna.

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Seller claims this frankenphone is not a reproduction and wants a BIN $460 plus shipping. Looks like the dial and the receiver came from the same repro stick.

"Antique Wall Phone with Hand Crank - Definitely Not A Reproduction"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Wall-Phone-with-Hand-Crank-Definitely-Not-A-Reproduction-/251931013054

WEBellSystemChristian

That same transmitter is on Doug's GEC stick, or the triangle on it is, at least.
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rdelius

That connector is an English one.I suspect the fingerwheel is a Indian one on a later plastic version of a #12 dial.rec looks like indian fake to me also.Union Telephone transmitter, parts from everywhere

Rokumoncat

This makes me either want to laugh or hurl... not sure which.

WEBellSystemChristian

Quote from: Rokumoncat on April 28, 2015, 12:01:43 PM
This makes me either want to laugh or hurl... not sure which.
Is there a way to do both? :P
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