A really nice TYPE 85 fiddleback with a bevelled 7-digit, but $760!!! WOot!!!
Here is a nice one I bought for $300 last month. I also paid $227 for a bevelled 7-digit transmitter last week, but it had a TYPE 288A attached to it.
The one in the auction has a steer horn hook, but it was not an older type, just a normal TYPE 85 with some nice parts (An older one would have holes for a small celluloid L&LD bell on the left side right above the writing shelf).
I just noticed that the top has been shortened by about five inches, probably an expedient means of removing the three binding posts/terminals. That is why you cannot see the usual holes for the original 242 arm, the top one is missing and the other one is covered by the #10 arm, which is placed lower than usual. Normally they would just screw the new arm on using the holes left by the original.:o
I was watching that one also. the wiring diagram says its a model 291 - also the mounting brackets for the shelf look pretty new. It seemed to be a nice parts phone that sold way too high.
I did not notice the tag, so it is a CA Electrical Works 291, which explaind the bidding war. How did you get that picture? I can't view the closed auction photos.
I can still see all the pictures. Do you want me to post the pictures here?
Sure!
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Looks like a chopped down WE TYPE 85, doesn't have the original flat condenser and the back has been routered. The back does look a little different from a dtandard modified TYPE 85. So maybe the TYPE 291 just replaced the backboard on a TYPE 85??? Also, look at the binding posts that the receiver cord attaches too-they are (moved?) inside the phone and are not the usual type used on a TYPE 85.