These have been listed on the forum over the years but they are all over the place. This topic will be a place to note those "barn fresh" phones either purchased or spotted for sale anywhere. Doesn't take much to describe what qualifies, just look at the first phone listed. This should become a slowly growing repository of very sad phones.
Post them as you find them here, when and wherever you find them, and if anyone actually buys one of them, before and after photos for the Notable Refurbs (Back from the Dead) (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=11814.0) topic are required.
I'll start the topic off with this two piece wall phone currently on eBay at $15.50 by way of 5 bids which only "needs some TLC!"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-HALF-Candlestick-Phone-Ringer-BARN-FRESH-NEED-SOME-TLC-/371508126502
the AE 21 needs serious work.... its missing too many parts. the other phone is too expensive.
Just ran across this one which was posted by Phonesrfun about 5 years ago. Not only barn fresh but also barn damaged as well.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3363.0
Here's another one of these "barn fresh" phones posted by DavePEI in March of 2013, An AE34 in sad shape.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=9000.0
Quote from: TelePlay on December 20, 2015, 04:03:04 PM
I'll start the topic off with this two piece wall phone currently on eBay at $15.50 by way of 5 bids which only "needs some TLC!"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-HALF-Candlestick-Phone-Ringer-BARN-FRESH-NEED-SOME-TLC-/371508126502
I've seen phones with a "Mother-in-Law Receiver" but that first one seems to have a "Mother-in-Law Transmitter"!
Terry
Had I been able to fins a AE34 in that condition and at a good price, it sure wouldn't look like that by the time I was done with it....
Timely topic.
This morning I got into work and there was a new barn-fresh AE 50 on my desk! The boss's boss is in the process of getting his father in law into assisted living and was clearing out the old guy's garage. The boss remembered I collect phones.
When I called him to thank him he asked me if it was any good or should he have just thrown it away. It is in great shape. The handset is a little worn and dull, but no cracks or chips. I think it will clean up nicely.
Quote from: Babybearjs on December 21, 2015, 10:08:25 PM
Had I been able to fins a AE34 in that condition and at a good price, it sure wouldn't look like that by the time I was done with it....
Two days after it arrived, it didn't look like that any more....
Dave:
I am trying to remember, was the AE 34 from the guy in Oregon that got the load of AE phones from the Electronic Recycling Centre (Center for those south of the 49th) :)
Bill:
Does your handset have metal bands or grooved Bakelite "bands"? An earlier version of the AE 50 if the handset is original to it.
Terry
Quote from: AE_Collector on December 22, 2015, 06:52:54 PM
Dave:
I am trying to remember, was the AE 34 from the guy in Oregon that got the load of AE phones from the Electronic Recycling Centre (Center for those south of the 49th) :)
He worked for the Centre. Yes. It was the worst of the ones he had.... I got it for a good price, and with a brand new extensicord.... Cleaned up nicely.
Phonesrfun post another "barn fresh" phone in December of 2010 that is dirty enough to qualify for this topic.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3886.msg51386#msg51386
And then there was this sad phone posted by HarrySmith about 5 years ago
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3886.msg52720#msg52720
And this one posted by Doug Rose about 4 years ago is indeed "barn fresh."
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3886.msg53733#msg53733
This winner was posted by unbeldi about 2 1/2 years ago
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=3886.msg96393#msg96393
And this "barn fresh" gem was found by Dennis Markham in March of 2013 and is well photographed, along with his restoration of the phone, in his Picasa Album (https://picasaweb.google.com/vintagerotaryphones/KelloggModelDK500). This phone is listed in the Notable Topic (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=11814.msg125687#msg125687).
Here is my Barn Fresh Find 1946 NE Metal 302 when I got it in sad shape back in July 2015.
Some before and after shots. Refurb by fellow member Jeff Lamb.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=14673.0 (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=14673.0)
Doug
Here was a soft Red 500 I found awhile back. It was the first phone I have ever found where the mold was actually etched into the plastic! I think it was only growing on the receiver cap because of skin oils left over when it was put into storage. Wherever it was stored, it wasn't exactly kept dry...
A little Clorox and polish later, it didn't turn out too badly...
I think that this would fall into this category. comes with It's very own spider house. On Ebay under antique telephone.
Pic 2
What can one say? ( head shake ) Rare white with corner crack . . . okay . . .
The seller said " TRUE VINTAGE - WESTERN ELECTRIC SOLID METAL - HEAVY TELEPHONE - WHITE BASE WITH BLACK RECEIVER - MISSING THE MOUTH COVER - CRACK IN THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER - UNTESTED - SHIPS QUICKLY & CAREFULLY FROM USA"
Certainly barn fresh, with issues . . .
First time I have seen a "metal" phone with a corner crack!
....and they wanted how much??? in that condition, I wouldn't even offer $25.00!
I know aluminum can be welded. I'm not sure about zinc . . .
heres the one sargeguy sold me.... it now works....
Quote from: TelePlay on January 26, 2016, 12:03:46 AM
What can one say? ( head shake ) Rare white with corner crack . . . okay . . .
The seller said " TRUE VINTAGE - WESTERN ELECTRIC SOLID METAL - HEAVY TELEPHONE - WHITE BASE WITH BLACK RECEIVER - MISSING THE MOUTH COVER - CRACK IN THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER - UNTESTED - SHIPS QUICKLY & CAREFULLY FROM USA"
The seller has marked it down to $133.49
http://www.ebay.com/itm/361476824300
with $14.95 shipping.
I made the seller a very generous offer of $5.05 to make it a total of $20 to my doorstep. The offer was rejected. It's still listed but the sale price will expire in a bit more than a day so the price will go back up to it's original $149.99. Oh, well . . .
(http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=15387.0;attach=135979;image)
Got myself this Kellogg red bar.
It was literally in a barn. I picked it up myself.
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EDIT: Since this phone generated a long discussion, was taking on a life of its own, the discussion posts were split off and posted in General Discussion at this link:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=15864.0
The phones in this box are all dirty but look at that one in the lower right. That's not paint, it fungus or bird crap or other nasty stuff. I always pick up a 302 to see if there's anything interesting about it but not this time.
Quote from: Fabius on April 07, 2016, 12:57:32 PM
The phones in this box are all dirty but look at that one in the lower right. That's not paint, it fungus or bird crap or other nasty stuff. I always pick up a 302 to see if there's anything interesting about it but not this time.
That happens when you keep your phone next to your anthrax work bench.
:o
Its mold...happens to some phones stored in a damp area, others are fine. Like the box with a couple with mold, I had a box of 302s stored and when I opened them, black and white like these,. Are they for sale?.....Doug
It is the soft plastic sets that mold. Once AE went to hard plastic they continued to use soft plastic for the dial number ring and some sets will be okay in storage except the number ring is white with mold!
Terry
Quote from: AE_Collector on April 07, 2016, 09:53:13 PM
It is the soft plastic sets that mold. Once AE went to hard plastic they continued to use soft plastic for the dial number ring and some sets will be okay in storage except the number ring is white with mold!
Terry
Like this dear friend...
barn-fresh?
More like sewer-fresh
careful, you might catch something.
Quote from: Doug Rose on April 07, 2016, 06:05:46 PM
Are they for sale?.....Doug
They were a few days ago. The owners name is on a white piece of paper on the box. His first name is David, can't make out the last name but I didn't try too hard.
Quote from: Fabius on April 07, 2016, 11:56:54 PM
Quote from: Doug Rose on April 07, 2016, 06:05:46 PM
Are they for sale?.....Doug
They were a few days ago. The owners name is on a white piece of paper on the box. His first name is David, can't make out the last name but I didn't try too hard.
Very easy to put name together. It is on inside of the box at the top of the picture beside the logo and on the outside of the box at the bottom.
Missed this image initially but seeing it tonight, felt is was a good addition to this topic.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=17953.0
Babybearjs wrote this about it the key phone: " this is one of the phones that got scrapped. I won it on Ebay cheap hoping it was usable.... but as the photo shows, it was a mess... the water had done so much damage that not even the keyset was salvageable. what a shame.... if I remember correctly.... I did save the ringer, capacitor and some other parts.... "
Quote from: TelePlay on May 16, 2017, 01:18:05 AM
Missed this image initially but seeing it tonight, felt is was a good addition to this topic.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=17953.0
Babybearjs wrote this about it the key phone: " this is one of the phones that got scrapped. I won it on Ebay cheap hoping it was usable.... but as the photo shows, it was a mess... the water had done so much damage that not even the keyset was salvageable. what a shame.... if I remember correctly.... I did save the ringer, capacitor and some other parts.... "
from the chicken coop?
W.E. Apartment Phone.
Complete with Wasp Nest.
Restoration thread here:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=23038
A bunch of Western Electric 302s I got a few months ago. Most are metal, got them for $25. They were in the mud when I got them!
Amazing find...less than $2 apiece. And looks like small plungers on a few of them.
Good job!
Ken
Several were 1939, a few 1938, only one very late 1937
Am curious if any had the vents under the cradle, and if so, if there were 6 or 7 vents. The 7 vents are more scarce.
None were vented