Western Electric Blue 10 Button 1500D

[Doug Rose]

This is in really great shape. No fading and all dates are 5 66.

This is new territory for me but I do love the color.

No rusting on the bottom which I usually see with gases from the feet.

Any opinions or info is greatly appreciated......Doug

[Key2871]

Nice phone, it is hard to find those in any condition.
You did very well ideed

[Doug Rose]

thanks Ken...Doug

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Nice Find Doug, I have one of those in green. But mine is a Northern Electric.

[Doug Rose]

Nice Doug


Oh no...touch tone....Not sure, but I might be losing what little mind I have left....other Doug

[Key2871]

A true phone collector.. Collects phone's.
They don't discriminate, Rotary or Tone.
But they get what appeals to them, that's a collector.

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Nice Doug


Oh no...touch tone....Not sure, but I might be losing what little mind I have left....other Doug

Well if you don't want it in your collection........ It would look good along side my green touch tone in my collection! 

[Jim Stettler]

ome info on 1500/2500 sets
some of the early 1500/2500 sets are polarity sensitive for dialing. just swap L1 and L2

Early 1500/2500 sets had back painted faceplates. Either dark gray or color matching. these have lines on them, I prefer the look of the early faceplates.
Later ones had a matching texture faceplate.
some backpainted faceplates were front painted with texture and got recycled onto refurbished sets.
here are probably other variations on the faceplates.

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Pink one on eBay.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Pink-10-Button-Bell-System-Telephone/233735961303

[Doug Rose]

A true phone collector.. Collects phone's.
They don't discriminate, Rotary or Tone.
But they get what appeals to them, that's a collector.

I was only lamenting that with no room to display any new phones I have branched out into TT phones.

No disrespect intended to "true phone collectors" ...Doug

[oldguy]

All you have to do is put an addition on the house so you can start collecting 1500s & 2500s Doug. Or you could sell it to me😀

[SUnset2]

Here is its older brother. 11-64.  Has some yellowing, though.

[Doug Rose]

All you have to do is put an addition on the house so you can start collecting 1500s & 2500s Doug. Or you could sell it to me😀

Gary...Janet is more than understanding. That understanding would end quickly if I tried to branch out of my room.

as Clint said "Man has to know his..... limitations"

[tubaman]

Gary...Janet is more than understanding. That understanding would end quickly if I tried to branch out of my room.

as Clint said "Man has to know his..... limitations"

Doug, I sympathise - our 'spare room' has become my man-cave/telephone room, and Top Management (AKA The Wife) has made it pretty clear that my 'stuff' should not be branching out of that space. I fully understand this, as left to my own devices the whole house would soon be swamped (I'm weak that way ).

[Doug Rose]

Tubaman...happy wife....happy life.

I am more than happy with my Phone Room with a few sprinkled throughout the house with her blessing....Doug