Western Electric?

[Doug Rose]

Currently coming down to the end of an auction on eBay...item number 271193760156.

"Vintage Western Electric 202 Desk Telephone w/D-1 Style Base"

Am I wrong...isn't that an SC base?  (...covered with mustard?)

SC base ..AE dial ...WE handset....not even good mustard on it.....Doug

[Sargeguy]

1/2 point because it has then WE handset.  Extra credit because it is yellow.

[Sargeguy]

Vintage telephone Western Electric? Old Phone

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310662018892

VERDICT:  A Western Electric 333 Common Battery Wall Telephone

Missing a mouthpiece and receiver cap, probably been repainted to cover the corrosion that these things seem to attract.  Looks like the seller guessed correctly.  With a $60 BIN it should not last too long, especially with the old card holder.  

[TelePlay]

Seller has this as a "WESTERN ELECTRIC TELEPHONE 1920 BRASS COVER " but . . . ?

Not!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251269274448

[rdelius]

Phoneco special .Might have WE capsules in the leich handset if lucky.

[Jim Stettler]

Currently coming down to the end of an auction on eBay...item number 271193760156.

"Vintage Western Electric 202 Desk Telephone w/D-1 Style Base"

Am I wrong...isn't that an SC base?  (...covered with mustard?)

Is this a polite way of saying that this is a SC phone with a WE handset (matching mustard)? If so I Concur.
JMO
Jim

[Sargeguy]

Vintage Wooden Telephone Phone Wall Home Western Electric? 1900s Box Antique

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251257233888

This one is back again.  I e-mailed this seller to explain that this is definitely not a WE a while back, yet this still pops up.  Sellers like this are why I started this thread.  They know it is not a Western Electric, yet they try to cover themselves with the "?".

[Sargeguy]

A2416 WESTERN ELECTRIC EMPTY MAGNETO OAK RINGER UNIT NICE BOX

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261219089108

Excellent condition except for the missing magneto.  And the scratches.  And the cracked backboard.

[poplar1]

A2416 WESTERN ELECTRIC EMPTY MAGNETO OAK RINGER UNIT NICE BOX

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261219089108

Excellent condition except for the missing magneto.  And the scratches.  And the cracked backboard.

I don't believe the box is WE anyway. They didn't use that kind of "catch" to keep the door closed.

[poplar1]

Western Electric GBD-9051C Art Deco Antique Craft Telephone Retro

(NOT!)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321130406747

[poplar1]

Two more from the same seller. Were these from the Shreveport, Louisiana Western Electric plant or the Indianapolis, Indiana WE plant? (Trick question)

[AE_Collector]

Western Electric GBD-9051C Art Deco Antique Craft Telephone Retro

(NOT!)

GAWD, what WECo dial model is that!

Terry

[TelePlay]

Seller says "Western Electric Vintage Phone" but most likely took that off of the bottom of the 3 dry cell can included with the "phone".

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290921605059

So, what is this, anyway? An old intercom? Looks home made. Is it? That PTT button is interesting. And must be a small magneto . . .

[poplar1]

WE 8A transmitter and WE 635A transmitter. Looks like an AE induction coil.

[HarrySmith]

I definetly vote for home made!