My wife says I have too much C.R.A.P. in the house!! (Communications Related Apparatus & Parts)
She is correct, I cannot even find things I know I have. Time for some fall cleaning & purging. I have not had great success selling here in the past but I will give members first shot. If I get no takers in a week it will go off to eBay and/or Craig's List. I will be offering some phones & a ton of parts. I plan on starting this weekend so keep an eye on this post as I will update it as I find things to add. I am working full time, 12 hours a day, so I do not have a lot of time to spend on listings. I am not going to start a separate post for each item. I will post 1 picture of each item. I will take more pictures if needed/requested.
Ok. First box.
A bunch of Trimlines, some WE & some Bellsouth. Wall and desk models. I believe theses came from a hospital. 14 working. I put dialtone to them all. Also 8 for parts, some incomplete, some complete and marked not working none tested.
Make an offer for all or one.
Nothing I need there, but that is quite the collection of white Trimlines.
I take it that they are all touch tones?
Yes, all touch tone.
Box 2. Starting with 2 untested. Both have broken modular line plug connectors. 1979 ITT 2554 Round case indicates converted from 554.
Next up Western Electric 2500MMG.
Box 2 continued.
With the original box and paperwork, appears unused. A strange one from Northwestern Bell, "The Great Little Phone". Gets dialtone, I think the clock part needs a battery.
Next up Green Western Electric 2500, working. Had no handset cord, I added a new Gray cord.
Box 2 continued.
A Soundesign desk phone with a really long handset cord. Gets dialtone.
AT&T Rotary 500 with box. Dialtone.
That's all for today.
Next up, 1937 302. Restored. Very nice. There is a topic I posted on it here with lots of pictures:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=17268.msg195377#msg195377
Taking offers before it goes off the the bay.
UPDATE: It is now on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303760332970
Next one. Early WE 554. Nice shape with straight handset cord. Mostly 1955 dates, a couple from 1960. Make an offer before it goes to eBay.
Quote from: HarrySmith on October 05, 2020, 05:21:13 PM
Box 2 continued.
With the original box and paperwork, appears unused. A strange one from Northwestern Bell, "The Great Little Phone". Gets dialtone, I think the clock part needs a battery.
I just got one of these in green, also NIB. I wasn't able to get the clock part off for the life of me and I wound up cracking the LCD. Ugh. Oh well.
Quote from: SunriseEarth on November 06, 2020, 03:24:53 AM
I just got one of these in green, also NIB. I wasn't able to get the clock part off for the life of me and I wound up cracking the LCD. Ugh. Oh well.
The clock part just snaps right out of this one. Make an offer and it could be your parts phone.
Quote from: HarrySmith on November 04, 2020, 08:00:19 PM
Next up, 1937 302. Restored. Very nice. There is a topic I posted on it here with lots of pictures:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=17268.msg195377#msg195377
Taking offers before it goes off the the bay.
The 37 302 is SOLD
UPDATE: It is now on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303760332970
Next up is a WE 5302. This one has been in my collection for a while. I think this is one of the first I collected. I have another so I don't need to keep 2. The 302 parts are dated 1947 and the 6H dial is dated 9-59. Has cloth line cord with 4 prong plug. Handset cord is a little sticky as usually get after sitting a while. Western Electric F1W handset. I plugged it in & it gets dial tone. It was working fine when I put it on the shelf years ago. Make an offer before it goes to eBay.
Next I have a 500 & a 554.
First is the 500. It is a regular WE 500 from 1965. Appears to be all original, dates matching. Needs TLC, I have not restored or cleaned it, as found. I have tested it, it works fine, transmits, receives, dials & rings. No line cord. I can throw in a silver half mod line cord if wanted. Also I can probably dig up a black line cord and add a biscuit for additional $5.00. To your door in the lower 48 $30.00.
Now the 554, it is and ITT dated 4/84. Modular. Yellow, needs TLC, as found. Tested & working. $25.00 to your door in the lower 48.
EDIT: I just took another look at this and I think it is beige, not yellow. You decide.
any multiline phones?
Quote from: HarrySmith on November 06, 2020, 07:02:49 AM
The clock part just snaps right out of this one. Make an offer and it could be your parts phone.
Thanks, and I definitely would have if it were a green one. I actually found another green one that I parted out, since the receiver didn't work on it.
stlll have any of these?
554 would be good for the NOS shell I have .
Yes, I still have the 554.