DC Big Flea this weekend!

[SecondhandSophisticate]

Is that orange phone a wall model or table?  I am glad you did well.

[Jay2TheRescue]

Actually in those pictures are both wall and desk model orange phones.

-Jay

[SecondhandSophisticate]

O duh. What I meant to ask was:  is there an orage rotary table phone? The orange one in the pic looks like a pushbutton.

Are they naturally orange like that? Who would have owned a orange phone? I know Batman would have had a red one. And the commisioner. But who would own an orange phone?

[Jay2TheRescue]

O duh. What I meant to ask was:  is there an orage rotary table phone? The orange one in the pic looks like a pushbutton.

Are they naturally orange like that? Who would have owned a orange phone? I know Batman would have had a red one. And the commisioner. But who would own an orange phone?

Yes, those phones are the original color.  I do have an orange rotary desk phone, but I did not take it to this show.  The truth is anyone who ordered an orange phone would have gotten one.  Granted, orange was not a popular color though.

-Jay

[Femme1]

Jay, your booth is great! Wish I could have been there.

BTW, reading about your finds on here inspired me to buy an avocado trimline phone the other day (it was about $2). I have no idea what to do with it! Is it worth anything? (See! reading this forum can be dangerous; well, at least it wasn't a huge investment.) 

[Jay2TheRescue]

Jay, your booth is great! Wish I could have been there.

BTW, reading about your finds on here inspired me to buy an avocado trimline phone the other day (it was about $2). I have no idea what to do with it! Is it worth anything? (See! reading this forum can be dangerous; well, at least it wasn't a huge investment.) 

It depends on how the phone is equipped, and how good the condition is.  Value can be anywhere from $1 to ~$150.  The most valuable would be a 10 button touch tone model (No * or # keys) with round buttons.  The least valuable would be a touch tone model with square buttons.

-Jay

[oceangurl]

Jay , love your  booth and yes it is nice and neat! Loved the lime green phone and the pink phones also, those are my colors, preppy?  Also loved the little mixers (I think...) and the white set of bowls with flowers...Oh n hey, show us that SHIRIT! Ha....Ciao!

[Jay2TheRescue]

Jay , love your  booth and yes it is nice and neat! Loved the lime green phone and the pink phones also, those are my colors, preppy?  Also loved the little mixers (I think...) and the white set of bowls with flowers...Oh n hey, show us that SHIRIT! Ha....Ciao!

Those were full size stand mixers.  A GE Tripple Whip and a Sunbeam Mixmaster model 3.  The Fire King Tulip bowls always get looks, but at $225, its the most expensive set of mixing bowls we have.

-Jay

[ChrisMiss]

Good looking booth, love the pictures.  Still waiting to see you in that shirt though. 

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

Didn't strike a pose, Jay??

[Jay2TheRescue]

Didn't strike a pose, Jay??

Nope.  I was too busy selling...

-Jay

[foutchie]

My mom would have wanted those orange phones "back in the day" if we'd had a phone in the living room - it was gold walls, chocolate brown couch with orange throw pillows, ashtrays and compotes..........

[Thrift Shop Romantic]

Foutchie, your mom and my mom would have absolutely agreed about the decor colors.

Add to it a bit of Early American complete with eagles and liberty bells, and there ya are!

Well into the 90s my mother was still trying to find replacement things in orange, goldenrod, olive and rust. You gotta admire the perseverance.

[foutchie]

Eagles!!!!   We had eagles too!   In fact, I think one or two of them moved with them and are still hanging!