Find of the Month May 2022

[Jim Stettler]

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 Should 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 <--

Jim S.

[dsk]

I got this for free from another collector when I dropped in. He did not need it and nobody had answered when he asked on facebook if they could be interested. Value?  Seen them on German ebay for more than 100 Euro, but
More about it here:  http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=26172.msg255012

[FABphones]

For your consideration please, this nice push button Ericofon 700.

Made by Ericsson in Sweden for the GPO.

Nice patina, no damage.

Total cost including shipping just under $42.

Thread:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=26191

[Jim Stettler]

We need some more finds for May.
Please submit your favorite Find that you got in May.
 May nominations will be open until Tuesday evening.
Jim

[NorthernElectric]

I'll submit the auction lot including 2 old butt sets I posted about here.  I got for $50 CDN + buyer's premium, taxes, and postage which came to around $100 CDN.



Since posting about this, I decided it was highly unlikely I could get the homemade butt set working so I removed the mercedes dial (the main prize from this lot) and the other potentially salvageable parts.  The transmitter looks good apart from a ding on the back of the cup but the DC series receiver looks a little iffy.

I also removed all the tape from the other 1920s butt set and cleaned it up a bit.  I intend to get a new cord for it; all it needs is a pins->spades candlestick receiver cord as the clips have screw terminals.

[RDPipes]

Okay I'll play. I found this circa 1940's Stromberg Carlson wall mount on eBay as a "Buy it Now" for $38 and thought that was a pretty good deal. After shipping and tax it brought it to $53 and change but, I think that was still not out of the Good deal range.
I already have the matching desk phone to it but, it has a metal case and this is the Bakelite version.
And as far as the chewed up cordage, I just happen to have NOS Stromberg Carlson cloth handset cords still in their sealed wrappers I got from a retired AE/GTE fella I met years ago.

[LM Ericsson]

I would like to nominate a lot of 3 telephones from Mexico including an Ericsson Diavox, wall phone, and a 2 line desk phone purchased for $125 plus $15 shipping from ebay. Phones from Mexico and other countries of Latin America are hard to acquire, so this purchase was an important one for me.

[Jim Stettler]

The rules do not allow a 'lot' to be nominated.
I will usually put the more interesting item in the poll and split the purchase price.
Jim

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The selected item, the D-75959 Butt Set, in the running above is this item:

[Jim Stettler]

The Poll for May 2022 is now up.
Vote for up to 3
It is a 5 day poll.

[Jim Stettler]

May 2022 find of the month winner is
FABphones'  push button Ericofon 700 for bout $42.00 total

[MMikeJBenN27]

May 2022 find of the month winner is
FABphones'  push button Ericofon 700 for bout $42.00 total

Congratulations!

Mike

[FABphones]

Thank You Mike, and Thank You all for the votes.