Auction 94: 1955 Western Electric 352 / 354 Ivory Wall Phone

[TelePlay]

It's been over 4 years since one of these showed up in what was Auction Contest 18. The photos of this listing are a bit fuzzy but a full array are provided. Will be interesting to see what the winning bid will be four years later. The selling price of that Ivory WE 354 four years ago was $271.00.

Seller listed it at $49.99 plus $14.90 shipping in a 7 day no reserve auction as a "Vintage 1955 WESTERN ELECTRIC BELL System 352 / 354 Ivory Wall Rotary Telephone"

Seller describes it as: "Here is a cool vintage Bell System wall telephone in Ivory. Dated February 1955. Phone is in good used condition, could use a good clean up. As found condition, untested, but all the mechanics work well. Cool cloth cord. F1 handset has a couple of stress cracks, but they don't seem to go all the way through, have noticed them on most all of these phones. Ready for your collection or a great gift."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290946393310


S C O R E B O A R D

$100.00 - poplar1  ( 11 )
$129.00 - Doug Rose  ( 8 )
$145.00 - AE_Collector  ( 3 )
$169.45 - Dan  ( 9 )  -> WINNER - Final Selling Price $169.16
$178.00 - New England Tel.  ( 10 )
$194.00 - TelePlay  ( 15 )
$210.00 - wds  ( 4 )
$247.00 - Tom B ( 12 )
$263.50 - 1954NE500  ( 16 )
$280.00 - Gilas  ( 5 )
$301.00 - baldopeacock  ( 13 )
$350.01 - HarrySmith  ( 1 )
$379.55 - MagicMo  ( 14 )
$425.00 - Russ Kirk  ( 2 )
$500.00 - WesternElectricBen  ( 6 )
$600.00 - kleinkaliber  ( 7 )





Early Morning Auction Status Changes

7-14-13  Listed $49.99
7-16-13  3 bids $58.00
7-17-13  4 bids $82.00
7-20-13  4 bids $60.00 (A $126.66 bid was retracted on 7-19)
7-21-13  5 bidders, 10 bids $169.16  Ended 19:52:50 PDT

[HarrySmith]

$350.01

[Russ Kirk]

$425.00

[AE_Collector]

$145.00

Terry

[wds]

$210

[Gilas]

$280

[WesternElectricBen]

500 Dollars.

[kleinkaliber]

$600.00

[Doug Rose]

$129

[Dan]

I'll go $169.45

[New England Tel.]

$178.00

[poplar1]

$100

[Tom B]

$247:)

[baldopeacock]

$301.00

[MagicMo]

$379.55