Find of the month October 2021

[Jim Stettler]

Special Announcement for the 2021 Find of the Month contests:
Scott has offered a prize for each monthly winner.
It is an AT&T poster 25 1/2 inch by 13 inch
This is the long version of the phone book cover poster.
These are a free prize including shipping

Monthly winners will be notified by Scott for shipping details.
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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.

[Jim Stettler]

My guess is there are a few October phone finds that are worth showing of in this thread.
Jim

[SUnset2]

OK, I'll get it started.

I got this GPO 232 on Ebay for $20 and $10 shipping.  The dial had been replaced with a more modern plastic dial.  I have a GPO 232 with a damaged case, so I swapped the dial with the older style dial.  These are probably common and cheap in the UK, but they aren't all that common in the US, and a classic and iconic telephone.

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=25654.0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185081042331

[countryman]

As suggested by two other members, I will nominate this telephone from the PAST. It has been discussed in this thread
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=25652.msg251636#msg251636

PAST was the former operating company ;-)
The cost was 28€ (32.45 $ US) delivered from a private seller, found on Ebay classified ads.

[FABphones]

Another European phone, this one a nice red Ericofon, originating from Denmark.

Ericofons were not one of the most popular phones there, and red is one of their lesser found colours.
The dial face is particularly interesting with a 'C' adjacent to '1':

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=25650

The phone is in good condition, and still retains it's original part curly/part straight line cord.

Price was £15 ($20).

[Jim Stettler]

The October 2021 FOTM poll is now open.
Vote for 1
5 day Poll

[Jim Stettler]

Congratulations to FABphones' on winning the October 2021 Find of the Month

FABphones' red Ericofon  for $20

[FABphones]

Congratulations to FABphones' on winning the October 2021 Find of the Month...

Thank you to everyone who voted.   

Very nice phones nominated this month, my Ericofon is honoured.