Ivory 302 Looks legit but for 599.99

[Western Electric]

saw this on EPay
what do you think
looks real

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291064285452

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Re-listed for 7 days at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/291069476375 ( dead link 04-13-21 )
asking a starting bid of $599.00 plus $15 shipping.

[Andre91]

The grooveless (looks to be plastic as well) handset is a good sign, did they even make those in black? Through the ringer vents I can kind of see that the inside of the housing is also ivory. The dial is correct for a colored set. Looks real to me, but the price is a little high, I think ivory was the most common of the color sets and others seem to sell around $250?

[tallguy58]

Not as bad as this red one for over $800.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Western-Electric-telephone-Model-302-RED-Restored-Working-Beauty-/201028629416

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Listed with a BIN price of $849 plus $19.70 shipping

[baldopeacock]

The grooveless (looks to be plastic as well) handset is a good sign, did they even make those in black? Through the ringer vents I can kind of see that the inside of the housing is also ivory. The dial is correct for a colored set. Looks real to me, but the price is a little high, I think ivory was the most common of the color sets and others seem to sell around $250?

The seller suggests that it may be new old stock, never installed.   That's worth something, but pretty hard to prove without documentation.

[WEBellSystemChristian]

I'll take them both for $.99 BiN .