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Started by Doug Rose, October 12, 2020, 09:00:16 PM

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phonium

#1
October 12, 2020, 09:35:39 PM
This was on shopgoodwill a month ago, sold there for $408
https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/102259927
George Amores
ATCA#4857

Key2871

#2
October 12, 2020, 11:10:37 PM
As cool as it sounds.. Doesnt look right to me how can this be authenticated?
If it indeed is a very same phone, and where did this guy get it from??
I dont want to be a nay sayer, but it just doesnt ring right. 
KEN

phonium

#3
October 12, 2020, 11:33:21 PM
As I said, he got it from shopgoodwill.com
George Amores
ATCA#4857

Jack Ryan

#4
October 12, 2020, 11:50:12 PM
Quote from: Key2871 on October 12, 2020, 11:10:37 PM
I dont want to be a nay sayer, but it just doesnt ring right. 

It would need a subset for that.

Transmitter No 311 - is that an intercom transmitter?

Jack

FABphones

#5
October 13, 2020, 03:24:38 AM
Screenshots - Goodwill auction, eBay listing:
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
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Vintage Phones - 10% man made, 90% Tribble
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Desert Phone Guy

#6
October 13, 2020, 05:00:55 PM
That's a whole lotta money for a brass plate attached to a Manual Desk Stand.....

JMHO

Steve

rdelius

#8
October 14, 2020, 12:24:22 PM
It is possible this came from a telco museum. After the Bell break-up some might have closed

19and41

#9
October 14, 2020, 05:30:37 PM
Wonder if the caller was any relation to Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs)?
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke

Whitcrane76

#10
October 14, 2020, 09:17:03 PM
It would have to include some serious documentation for that price.

poplar1

#11
October 28, 2020, 01:01:41 PM
Quote from: Jack Ryan on October 12, 2020, 11:50:12 PM
It would need a subset for that.

Transmitter No 311 - is that an intercom transmitter?

Jack
311W transmitter is listed on page 290 in the WE Catalog Number 3 (1916?). Similar to the 329 except without the clamping bolt.
"C'est pas une restauration, c'est une rénovation."--François Martin.

Jack Ryan

#12
October 28, 2020, 08:12:30 PM
Quote from: poplar1 on October 28, 2020, 01:01:41 PM
311W transmitter is listed on page 290 in the WE Catalog Number 3 (1916?). Similar to the 329 except without the clamping bolt.

Thanks for that - it satisfies my curiosity but does not redeem this telephone. Not the original transmitter and the phone (including the receiver) has been painted. Not the way to treat an historical artefact and I've had a quick look but I can't find the event documented anywhere.

Jack

FABphones

#13
December 01, 2020, 03:05:18 AM
Listed again with a 2k price drop.
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
***********
Vintage Phones - 10% man made, 90% Tribble
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MMikeJBenN27

#14
December 05, 2020, 10:12:29 PM
A manual phone in that institute in 1927 in DC?  I have a feeling this is fake.
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