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Auction 336: WE 6-58 Clear 500 C/D (stamped -53115) - Ended 6-30-18

Started by TelePlay, June 23, 2018, 12:05:10 PM

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TelePlay

All forum members are welcome and encouraged to guess.There are no wrong guesses, just one lucky guess. No one knows the winning guess on any auction until it ends.

Date Listed:  23 Jun 2018
Auction Duration:  7 Days
List Price:  $39.99
Current Bidders:  2
Current Price:  $43.00
Watchers:  6
Contest Tip from:  Haf & RotarDad

eBay Link:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/113094111477


GAP RULE:  At least $5 between guesses to prevent crowding.


Seller Listing Title:  "VTG Western Electric Rotary Dial Telephone clear see through rare"
Condition:  "Used"
Condition Qualifier:  " - - - "

Listing Description:  "I think it's 1958 phone in very good shape hard to find;" On Jun-23-18 at 08:06:55 PDT, seller added the following information:  "Phone has no chips or cracks I bought it from a lady that worked for bell in the 1950,s she said it was called a princess phone"


Another chance to move up or to get onto the CRPF Contest Standings List

Past Contest Phones:  http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=17437.msg180238#msg180238



Guess Deadline:   All guesses and a single allowed revised guess, if needed,
                      MUST be submitted at least 24 hours BEFORE the auction ENDS
.



S C O R E B O A R D   ( Starting with Contest 328, this contest's topic will be locked with 24 hours left to go )     Players: 17 

$    522.00 - skyrider  ( 11 )
$    531.15 - compubit  ( 3 )
$    665.00 - HarrySmith  ( 2 )
$    715.00 - Jim S.  ( 5 )
$    745.00 - Gary Millam  ( 4 )
$    751.00 - Fabius  ( 9 )
$    803.50 - TelePlay  ( 17 )
$    856.00 - kleenax  ( 1 )
$    910.00 - HarrySmith  ( 13 ) **
$    975.00 - tallguy58  ( 12 )
$ 1,000.00 - 19and41  ( 14 )
$ 1,020.00 - Haf  ( 6 )
$ 1,100.00 - compubit  ( 16 )
$ 1,200.00 - wds  ( 15 )
$ 1,250.00 - AL_as_needed  ( 10 )
$ 1,555.00 - FabPhones  ( 8 )  -> WINNER - Final Selling Price $1,644.00
$ 1,799.00 - Duffy  ( 7 )


Early Morning Auction Status

06-23-18      Listed     $     39.99
06-24-18    72 bids     $   335.00   ( 6 bidders & 33 - #3 )
06-25-18    90 bids     $   510.00   ( 7 bidders & 40 - #1 )
06-26-18    90 bids     $   510.00   ( 7 bidders & 70 - #1 )
06-27-18    91 bids     $   520.00   ( 8 bidders & 80 - #1 )
06-28-18    91 bids     $   520.00   ( 8 bidders & 79 - #1 )
06-29-18    91 bids     $   520.00   ( 8 bidders & 83 - #1 )
06-30-18    93 bids     $   720.00   ( 9 bidders & 85 - #1 )
06-30-18    12 bidders, 95 bids  Ended at 7:03:32AM PDT

kleenax

Ray Kotke
Recumbent Casting, LLC

HarrySmith

Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

"There is no try,
there is only
do or do not"

compubit

A phone phanatic since I was less than 2 (thanks to Fisher Price); collector since a teenager; now able to afford to play!
Favorite Phone: Western Electric Trimline - it just feels right holding it up to my face!


Jim Stettler

You live, You learn,
You die, you forget it all.

Haf

Telephone:
0049-030-55474418
1-415-449-4743
1-604-757-7474

.....

This phone has already gone way above what I paid for mine, with 6 days left in the auction my guess will be: $1799.00

I'm going to be watching this auction with interest.  ;)

At time of this posting, auction was at $335.00.

FABphones

A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
***********
Vintage Phones - 10% man made, 90% Tribble
*************

Fabius

Tom Vaughn
La Porte, Indiana
ATCA Past President
ATCA #765
C*NET 1+ 821-9905

AL_as_needed

TWinbrook7


tallguy58

Cheers........Bill

HarrySmith

Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

"There is no try,
there is only
do or do not"

19and41

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke