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Auction 197: Manual 1959 Green 500 with 95a Dial Blank - Ended 12/06/15

Started by TelePlay, December 01, 2015, 09:08:58 PM

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TelePlay

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 about 2 days ago in a 7 day auction with no reserve and starting at $50.00 is this very nice 1959 soft plastic manual green 500. Most dates are from 1959 but the shell year looks like 1956 and it is a 95a dial blank. The seller posted limited pictures of the interior but it does show a date matching network to everything else, except maybe the shell. Thanks to a heads up from WEBellSystemChristian who in his PM message to me said "This one looks like a promising wallet-emptier." So, is he right and if so, just how much is this rare color manual worth and who will place a guess closest to that value when the auction ends. It is a nice looking phone and seems to be an all original parts matching phone as well. But what do I know, I don't have it in my hand to check that out!

There are only 5 days left in the auction so 4 days for getting your guesses in.

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

The seller listed it as an "WESTERN ELECTRIC GREEN NO DIAL COURTESY TELEPHONE BUILT 6/59 PLUG END BASE CORD", the item condition as "Used" and " - - - " and with the auction listing description saying simply "THIS IS A USED WESTERN ELECTRIC 500 GREEN NO DIAL COURTESY TELEPHONE AS PICTURED. IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING IN THE PHOTOS. THE TELEPHONE IS 100% WORKING AND CAME FROM MY COLLECTION. IT WAS BUILT JUNE 1959 AND HAS A LONG BASE CORD AND PLUG. THE CASE AND HANDSET HAVE SOME MINOR YELLOWING AND A FEW MARKS FROM 50 YEARS OF SERVICE. IT IS IN VERY GOOD  CONDITION. IT IS SUPER NICE AND CLEAN. IT CAME FROM MY COLLECTION. ADD IT TO YOUR COLLECTION OR PUT IT INTO SERVICE."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121827542083

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 !!!" ;D "

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S C O R E B O A R D

$   115.00 - Fabius  ( 14 )[/]
$   120.00 - DiaLen  ( 12 )
$   145.00 - compubit  ( 16 )  -> WINNER - Final Selling Price $152.50
$   175.00 - tallguy58  ( 1 )
$   180.00 - andre_janew  ( 8 )
$   200.00 - Daniël Oosterhuis  ( 3 )
$   210.00 - Sargeguy  ( 15 )
$   220.00 - david@london  ( 5 )
$   230.00 - 19and41  ( 7 )
$   235.00 - Autonut  ( 6 )
$   240.00 - WEBellSystemChristian  ( 2 )
$   250.00 - Russ Kirk  ( 13 )
$   260.00 - wds  ( 10 )
$   280.00 - TelePlay  ( 18 )
$   300.00 - kleinkaliber  ( 17 )
$   330.00 - Dennis Markham  ( 4 )
$   355.00 - Buzby  ( 9 )
$   450.00 - HarrySmith  ( 11 )


Early Morning Auction Status

11-29-15     Listed      $    50.00
11-30-15     1 bids      $    55.00
12-01-15     1 bids      $    55.00
12-02-15     5 bids      $    78.00
12-03-15     5 bids      $    78.00
12-04-15     5 bids      $    78.00
12-05-15     5 bids      $    78.00
12-06-15     5 bids      $    78.00
12-06-15     5 bidders, 7 bids  $152.50  Ended at 17:30:11 PST



unbeldi

When I saw this auction, I was rather surprised by the apparatus blank.  I thought a 95A was obsolete around 1955.  I am still suspicious, it could have been added by someone as has been the four-prong plug.
I am pretty certain that by 1959, the 95B had already been out for some time.

paul-f

I agree.  The 95B came out in 1954.

The housing seems to be from 1956.

Still, it does look nice.
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tallguy58

Cheers........Bill

WEBellSystemChristian

I have actually never seen another color that this blank came in (other than Jester's beautiful Oxford Gray example), so this should get interesting, date-matching or not.

I'll guess $240.
Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford


Dennis Markham


unbeldi

Quote from: paul-f on December 01, 2015, 10:10:05 PM
I agree.  The 95B came out in 1954.

The housing seems to be from 1956.

Still, it does look nice.
Certainly does, the old style blank is rather stylish IMHO.  In green, it's probably worth a few bucks just by itself.  These are rarely seen in color.


19and41

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Buzby



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