Have a Blast From the Past With Vintage Collectible Telephones
Remember the hours you spent talking to your friend while playfully twirling the phone cord around your fingers and holding the receiver in the crook of your neck? Now you can relive those moments with a vintage collectible phone.
What models of vintage telephones are for sale on eBay?Revisit history with a 1940s telephone, which consisted of a rotary dial, a cord, and a receiver when you look at eBay. You can find these simple phones, such as a Western Electric Model 302 made from metal, a Swedish Telegrapher rotary phone with floral accents, and a North Electric Manufacturing Company rotary phone, on eBay. All these 1940s phones come in their original black color or maybe refurbished and painted another color.
There are also 1950s telephones for sale on eBay. The Western Electric Model 500, with its rotary dial and coil cord, is available in a desktop or a wall-mounted version. The phones come in various fun colors such as red, green, orange, and blue. If you are looking for a vintage phone to use in your home, look for one that has been outfitted with a new cord to facilitate a connection into a wall jack.
You will also find a large selection of rotary dial payphones. A Western Electric Model 233 three-coin slot phone comes in black, red, or chrome. Some of the phones are refurbished or restored, and some are recently manufactured to have a vintage look.
The 1960s phone selection on eBay includes multi-line button phones, rotary dial, and button Princess phones, and Trimline rotary and button phones. If you're looking for something different, pick up one of the Ericofon telephones with the rotary dial built into the bottom of the handset.
Some unique collectibles to go with vintage phonesFor the avid collector, look for authentic operator headsets from Western Electric and Kellogg Switchboard & Company. These brands also have switchboard phones and call boxes. You may also want to pick up a Western Electric operator guidebook, switchboard cables, and light bulbs.
Are old rotary phones worth anything?If you're looking to add a rare model rotary phone to your collection, eBay has several old phones worth your consideration that may be valuable. If you're looking for a rotary phone from the 1950s or a 1960s phone to use as a novelty in your home or office, you may be able to get one that is in working condition. The older the phone, the more valuable it will be.