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Find of the Month November 2022

Started by FABphones, November 01, 2022, 01:38:30 AM

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Find of the Month November 2022  *** Vote for one ***

SUnset2's Oxidized Silver 302 G-8, eBay, $89.25 inc shipping
10 (71.4%)
compubit's ITT Trimphone, eBay, $53.90 inc shipping
4 (28.6%)

Total Members Voted: 14

Voting closed: December 06, 2022, 03:18:44 AM

FABphones


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Please review the overview for FOTM before nominating a phone
This helps keep the contest fair and consistent for everyone
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Post your "Find of the Month" here.

A "Find of the Month" is a telephone or a related item that you acquired during the month that you are particularly excited about either because of its rarity, the difficulty you had in trying to find it for your collection or the exceptional "deal" that you got on it. Other than that, any discussion of or comments about the nominated phone are not allowed, FOTM nominations only. As stated below, "Ideally your item would be (first) posted in its own thread elsewhere on the forum" and if so, "the forum link if discussed in another topic" is to be included in the nomination reply.

If a significant discussion of a nominated phone starts in a FOTM topic, it will be moved to a new "discussion" topic in the appropriate board and if not, then simply removed.

The "Find of the Month" contest is focused on the collection of telephones rather than on their sale for a profit. To be eligible for the "Find of the Month" contest:

- The finder must have personally acquired and actually own the item.
- The item can be acquired for free but it can not be a gift or present from anyone.
- The item (or any of its components) cannot be put up for sale during the contest period.
- Only one "Find" per owner can be in a "Find of the Month" contest.


A Nomination Shall Include:

1) where and/or how the item was found.
2) the price & shipping cost.
3) the forum link to the topic discussing the find.
4) the eBay link if won there.
5) other information of importance about the find (why the item is very important to you for any reason).
6) and one or two pictures of the item.


Ideally your item would be posted in its own thread elsewhere on the forum such as "Auction Talk", "Flea Market/Yard Sale Finds" or "Collectors Corner" Board. Then you or anyone else can nominate your "Find" to the Current "Find of the Month" thread by posting at least one picture and other details including the price paid, any shipping costs and a link to the original discussion on the forum. It is not a requirement that your find be posted elsewhere on the forum but the more details the better.

Nominations of phones listed in other forum discussion topics, by members that do not own the item but realize it is indeed a "find" worthy of being nominated as a "Find of the Month" candidate, are always welcome.

Please pick your best "Find" to submit for the month limiting your entry to one phone or one "Find" that might include limited multiple items. If you have already entered for the month and come up with something even better either submit your new find indicating that it replaces your previous entry OR you can enter your new Find in next months contest.

To check out a list of all past winners including the Find of the YEAR winners, click here:

          --> Winner's List <--

TelePlay has grabbed pictures of all of the "Find of the Month" winners since we started this back in 2010 and he has put them into albums on forum. Thanks John. To check them out, click here:

          --> Photo Album <--

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

...just one week left to nominate entries for November Find of the Month!
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
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Vintage Phones - 10% man made, 90% Tribble
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SUnset2

FOTM has been really slow this month, so I thought I'd post my 302 G-8 Oxidized Silver with discolored handset.

Post your finds everyone!  Let's get some competition going!

302 G-8 Oxidized Silver with discolored handset
Discussion: http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=26789.0
Buy-It-Now on Ebay for $57, but the shipping was high at $32.25.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/195428850758




compubit

Now that it looks like the economy for phones seems to have slowed down...

I'll submit my TrimPhone found on eBay:

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=26902.0

$35 plus shipping ($18.90) for a phone I've had my eye on for over 30 years...

A true modern classic not often seen (especially now in a working state) on this side of the pond.

Jim
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!

FABphones

Find of the Month November 2022 poll is now open.

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

And the winner of the November 2022 Find of the Month contest is...

SUnset2's Oxidized Silver 302 G-8

Congratulations!

 :D
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
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Vintage Phones - 10% man made, 90% Tribble
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MMikeJBenN27

#6
Congratulations!  Great looking phone!

Mike

SUnset2

Thank you.  It's unfortunate that there weren't more entries this month.