A Couple of Colored AE Phones

[LarryInMichigan]

Last week, I saw a listing for a red AE40 and ivory AE50 on FB Marketplace.  The seller said that the phones had come from his father-in-law who had worked for the phone company in Chicago.  He agreed to ship the phones to me for a total of $100.  He packed the phones well, and they arrived today.  I haven't had much time to look at them yet, but they are obviously not entirely original.  The AE 40 is missing the ringer and two of the screws that hold the dial, and the cords are wrong.  I haven't looked inside the AE 50, but the plastic has plenty of discoloration.  I think that overall though, they are worth more than the $100 I paid.

[Gary Z]

Those are a pretty good score in my book!! Well done.

[FABphones]

Well found! Both are very nice additions to your collection Larry.

Enter one of them into Find of the Month. But which to choose...

 

[RDPipes]

Beautiful phones sir, what dreams are made of..........well at least mine.

[HarrySmith]

Awesome! You did very well. IIRC the last color AE 50 on eBay went for like 3K! Great deal. Congrats!

[JorgeAmely]

Larry:

Nice find. I am still looking for my $25 red AE40. I guess I need to change my price due to inflation now.

Enjoy it.

Jorge

[Doug Rose]

Last week, I saw a listing for a red AE40 and ivory AE50 on FB Marketplace.  The seller said that the phones had come from his father-in-law who had worked for the phone company in Chicago.  He agreed to ship the phones to me for a total of $100.

Larry....what did you pay for the phones? Were they together in an ad? Tremendous find....Doug

[LarryInMichigan]

The seller was asking $50 obo for each or $75 for the pair. He was expecting to sell to a local buyer.  When I asked him about shipping, he offered to ship the phones if I paid $100 to include shipping.  I couldn't refuse the offer.  Why nobody else bought the phones, I have no idea.  If the seller were in a major metropolitan area, I expect that the phones would have sold very quickly.

Larry

[Doug Rose]

homerun!

[Witty]

All I can say is.....WOW!
These phone are beautiful.
What a deal.

[HarrySmith]

If you need one I believe a have a NOS Extensicord for it.

[LarryInMichigan]

I may have a slightly tattered Extensicord around here somewhere in my mess.  I will let you know if I need one.  I still have some cleaning, sanding, and polishing to do.  So far, I managed to largely sand out the rough wear spot on the red handset.  The splotchyness on the ivory phone was mostly dirt, but it does need some bleaching.  The plastic is tenite.

Thank You

Larry

[stub]

LarryInMichigan,
                 Great find !!!!!!!!!stub

[oldguy]

Super find Larry, beautiful phones.

[LarryInMichigan]

I cleaned up and reassembled the red AE40.  I found a spare ringer and reasonably decent handset cord in my collection of stuff.  The phone is on my desk now.  The volume from the transmitter seems to be too loud.  I didn't carefully check the wiring, so something might be connected incorrectly.

Larry