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Title: A few recent purchases Post by: mznb1u on December 04, 2009, 06:17:58 am I finally won an E-Bay auction on a vintage phone that I have been trying to pick up for quite some time and actually got a pretty good deal based on how much some of the other ones have gone for. An Automatic Electric Model 50 "Jukebox" wall phone. I love the lines of this phone and it has the brass accents which look great!
Also, the day before Thanksgiving I picked 5 old wooden Coca Cola crates for next to nothing. Two of the old yellow ones and 3 of the red ones. A HUGE added bonus on the old yellow ones is that they are marked Wyandotte, Mich. I know I have mentioned that my wife's family were Coke bottlers for 4 generations before and their family beverage bottling company was Wyandotte Coca Cola back in the day! I showed the crates to my father in law on Thanksgiving and he said there is a good chance that he either loaded or unloaded those from a truck when he was in high school. How cool is that! 8) :drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: bubba on December 04, 2009, 06:32:15 am Thats a pretty cool story Tim..
Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: Sodak Bob on December 04, 2009, 07:40:16 am Neat finds Tim - I love the phone. When my kids bring their friends over - they have no idea how to operate a rotary phone.
Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: BrianB on December 04, 2009, 03:30:59 pm Great looking AE phone, Tim! I love those. That''s one that is on my "Want list" as well as a "Spacemaker" phone.
Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: VMC 81 on December 04, 2009, 03:37:51 pm cool phone and if the power goes out you still have a phone use as compared to a cordless phone
Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: RC kid on December 04, 2009, 03:49:45 pm Pretty neat phone. Excellent find.
Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: mznb1u on December 04, 2009, 08:31:01 pm VMC--unfortunately if the power goes out VOIP doesn't work for some reason???
I was actually surprised that the dial phones work quite well on VOIP though! :drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: David D on December 04, 2009, 08:52:52 pm Tim, nice phone and great story.
Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: Kilroy on December 04, 2009, 09:02:45 pm Congrats Tim, I know how hard you've been looking for an AE.
And the crates not only have family history,they make great raCKS FOR dvd'S AND cD'S Title: Re: A few recent purchases Post by: Pat Pixley on December 04, 2009, 09:30:35 pm Boy if i know you where looking for crate's I had 5 of them that where stamped with the
Wyandotte Mi on them and got ride of them in the garage sale this summer. :upside:. This is what there good for :smile:. |