Monthly Archives: May 2014

The 700’s

There are only 5 different Ericofon 700’s if I am well informed. In the past couple of months I was able to get 2. In fact I was never intending to collect them because I fell in love with the old 600 model. But, as always, lines blur and you get carried away.

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They are also equiped with the 2 different dial faces there are for the 700 model. An 11 and a 12 version button type. At least the 700 makes life less complicated.

Yeah, yeah, I need to get a gasket for the orange. I know.

The Golden Section

Some posts ago I mentioned the Persian Greys being the only double color have. Well. actually I lied… Sorry for that.

There is also the Golden Glow that I, recently, could get. In fact the 2 Golden Glows  slightly differ from one another.

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One of them has the so called PBX button on its back. The other one has a very nice French dial face. So reasons enough to keep them both. Again…

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New Members Coming In

A very special week sofar. Besides 2 interesting Ericofons I ran into, I was able to track down 3 nice phones for my own collection. A Sandalwood with an old ear-piece, an ‘undefined blue’ new ear-piece model and an Orange 700 model. You can see them below but the pictures are not mine.

The Sandalwood phone has a few spots, but nothing to worry about, I think. I did not have the old ear-piece in this color yet. Update: Great phone. Looks nice and shiny after some treatment.

The blue phone is a special case in more than one way. There is a stain that needs some treatment. I do not think it is a nasty one, but it needs to be removed. But the most exciting part is that I do not have a clue on the exact color.  It is either Aqua Mist or Nordic Blue. I hope for the latter, but both are good. Update: it is a Wedgewood, and I sure did not expect that.  🙁  Nice detail is that it came with a country specific dial face. I’ll make it like brandnew and resell it I guess. Should be okay.

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The orange 700 model is in good shape and seems to be functioning. This is the first orange Ericofon I have. The 600 model from the BPO is still on the wishlist. Update: The orange is a great phone. Only need to get a new gasket.

Gray But Not So Old…

…at least not so old as the ones in the previous post. These 2 Persian Gray phones are of the newer case. Both in grey but still with some small differences.

The 5 holes in the ear-piece are closer together in one model. The most common is the one in the left, the right one is more rare. Not sure where this difference in shell shape comes from.

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There is another difference that can be seen in the picture below. So far I did not mention the phenomenon ‘dial face’. A zillion different ones are around. The one in the left is a not so common ‘manual service’ dial face.

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And that is why I have 2 Persian Grays. 🙂

 

The Collection Today – Statistics

So, where am I with my collection today? As said, it is now growing slowly since it is getting more and more difficult to find new models and colors for a good price. Most of the common models and colors are there, but from time to time I run into something interesting. You have to be lucky sometimes.

An inventory learned that I currently have 3 old cases, 7 new cases (old ear-piece), 15 new cases (new ear-piece) and 1 model 700.

I try to avoid double colors of a certain model if there is no good reason  but I have one double Persian Grey model. There is a small difference between the 2 ear-pieces that I’ll show you later. Besides the ear-piece difference, one of the Persian Greys does not have a regular dial face but a dial of the manual service Ericofon.

So the counter today stops at 26.

In total I bought 80 Ericofons so far. After cleaning, lubricating , fixing and restoring I sold a lot of them to other collectors all around the world. It really feels good to save them from ending up in the garbage and find a new home for them. The ones that could not be saved are used for spare parts. Only 7 shells are not recoverable. I should find some destination for these shells. Any ideas?

The 700

Suddenly I came across the Ericofon 700 model in white. I was never intending to buy one, but sometimes it is just hard to control yourself. *heheh*

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The phone misses a few parts but I managed to get them from ‘somewhere’ so it will be complete in a few days.  The surface of the phone looks great, the phone is even white and not discolored.

Updated with a new picture of the new button and gasket.

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