Auction 250: Swedish-American Nickle Plated Candlestick - Ended 01-04-17

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New forum members are very welcome and encouraged to take a guess. After all, there are no wrong guesses, just one lucky one. No one knows the winning bid on any auction until it ends. However, it is important to get your guess in before someone else grabs your guess.

Listed a bit less than 5 days ago in a 7 day auction with no reserve ( thanks to a heads up from Fabius) and starting at $39.99 is a very nice Swedish-American nickle plated candlestick. It appears to be in very good condition. The seller provided a good array of external images. Since being listed, the auction has attracted 9 buyers placing 11 bids moving the phone up to $130 and is currently the #1 most watched telephone on eBay. There is an upside. But how much is the question so once again, who best knows what these will sell for when the auction ends?

IMPORTANT NOTE: A very short auction contest so get your guesses in right away.

Since the auction ends early morning on Wednesday, about 6 AM,

GUESSES WILL BE ALLOWED UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST ON
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3RD,  ( 6 HOURS BEFORE THE AUCTION ENDS )

NOTE:We will use a $5 gap rule between guesses to prevent crowding. As such, keep your guess at least $5 away from prior guesses for this contest.

The seller listed it as an "Antique Swedish-American Telephone Co. Candlestick Phone, Nickel Plated" with the item condition as "Used" and " - - - " and with the auction listing description saying very simply and to the point,  "Highly desirable and rare nickel-plated candlestick telephone made by the Swedish-American Telephone Company, very early in the 1900s.  Patents on the phone are dated 1899 and 1901.  Phone is in excellent condition, as shown in the photos."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/302179391854

It's another chance to move up a rung or to get onto the CRPF -> Contest Standings <- list,

     . . . for as twocvbloke said,   ---> "You gotta be in it to win it !!!" "

If you want to see the phones of past Auction Contests, click -> HERE <-


S C O R E B O A R D

$     400.00 - andre_janew  ( 6 )
$     475.00 - wds  ( 10 )
$     650.00 - Autonut  ( 3 )
$     890.00 - Fabius  ( 4 )  -> WINNER - Final Selling Price $855.00
$     915.00 - Pourme  ( 8 )
$     925.00 - 19and41  ( 9 )
$  1,000.00 - compubit  ( 5 )
$  1,100.00 - TelePlay  ( 12 )
$  1,200.00 - Russ Kirk  ( 7 )
$  1,250.00 - HarrySmith  ( 11 )
$  1,300.00 - Jim S.  ( 1 )
$  1,500.00 - tallguy58  ( 2 )

Early Morning Auction Status

12-28-16      Listed        $      39.99
12-29-16     6 bids         $    110.00    ( 5 bidders )
12-30-16     7 bids         $    116.00    ( 6 bidders )
12-31-16     7 bids         $    116.00
01-01-17     9 bids         $    121.00    (   7 bidders )
01-02-17   20 bids         $    213.50    (   9 bidders & 61 - #2 most watched on eBay )
01-03-17   24 bids         $    271.00    (   9 bidders & 61 - #2 most watched on eBay )
01-04-17   26 bids         $    305.00    ( 11 bidders & 61 - #2 most watched on eBay )
01-04-17   15 bidders,  32 bids  $855.00  Ended at 06:48:20 PST

[Jim Stettler]

$1300.

[tallguy58]

$1500

[.....]

$650.00

[Fabius]

$890

[compubit]

Even $1000

Jim

[andre_janew]

$400

[Russ Kirk]

$1200

[Pourme]

$915

[19and41]

$925.00 Please.

[wds]

$475

[HarrySmith]

$1,250.00

[TelePlay]

$1,100.00

Still about 3 hours until midnight PST so any guesses placed after this but still have a forum date posted 1/3/16 PST will be added to the contest.

Any guesses dated 1/4/16 PST won't be included, sorry.

The auction ends just before 7 AM PST, so that's 8 RST in Denver, 9 CST in Chicago and 10 EST east of Lake Michigan in their respective time zones.

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And the winner of Auction Contest #250 is Fabius, who with the 4th entry into the contest offered the winning guess of $890.00 giving him his 10th auction contest win. So, our congratulations go out once again to Fabius for another win in the CRPF Auction Contests and for moving up one rung in the Contest Standings.

This phone started off at $39.99 and moved up steadily to $305 over the first 6 days of the auction. Within the last 6 seconds of the auction, 4 snipes were placed and when the auction ended, it as 2***7 ( 571 ) who took the phone home for $855 with his first and only bid. The phone attracted 15 bidders placing 32 bids.

Check out the updated Contest Standings to see who's who through 250 contests and the latest additions to the CRPF Hall of Fame

Thanks again to all who played. As always, there is only one way to get on the winner's board or move up a rung - you have to play to win.