Auction 34 - WE 302 in clear plastic

[McHeath]

Another fine prize:

http://tinyurl.com/nwybl7

S C O R E B O A R D
$650.00 - bingster
$745.56 - Brinybay
$788.00 - Foots
$850.00 - HobieSport
$999.99 - Dan
$1050.00 - Dan/Panther
$1121.88 - Dennis Markham
$1325.17 - Jorge Amely
$1555.00 - jsowers
$1575.69 - Bill Cahill
$2000.00 - McHeath
Sold for $2,738.00
$2750.00 - Jester (Winner!)

[Greg G.]

So is this another contest?  $745.56

[bingster]

Why not.  We've done a few clear phones, but not a 302. 

I'm in for $650.

[JorgeAmely]

Bingster:

Put me down for $1325.17   

[bingster]

Holy cow.  Okay. 

[Dennis Markham]

I'll go with $1,121.88

[HobieSport]

What a neat phone. I'll try $850.

[Dan]

999.99. Another penny, and you overpay for this gem!

[Jester]

I'll bite--$2750.00

[foots]

I'm in, I say $788 takes it.

[McHeath]

A clear $2000 bucks. 

[jsowers]

I'm guessing $1,555.00.

And that's a really nice example too. No crazing that I can tell. When I see one of these, I think of the picture with Lucille Ball talking on a clear 302, from what I believe is the 1940 NY World's Fair. That was also the year she married Desi Arnaz. She's very young in this picture. Another bit of Lucy trivia is her father Henry Ball was a lineman for Bell Telephone and he died when she was a child. Here's that picture...

[Dan/Panther]

WOW!!! Lucy actually using a LUCY phone how rare....
Great photo, I need to capture that and put it in my phone photo collection.
I also have a photo of Her using a Peking Red 302.

I'll guess $1050.00

D/P 

[Dennis Markham]

Great picture and biographical information on Lucy, Jonathan.  Dan, that handset sure looks like a G-series to me.

[Dan/Panther]

Dennis;
You are right, it was with photos of a 302. I didn't look close enough. I thought it looked small for an "F" series.
D/P