Finally, finally finally!

Finally I have got my Wedgewood New Case Flat. It was on the top of my most wanted list for ages.

It was so hard to find this one. In all the years that I have been collecting Ericofons, I have never seen this color/model combination for sale anywhere. There are some people I know who have it, but they know it is rare so there was no chance to get it from them. I was truly convinced that this one was only sold in the US, but I found one in Europe instead.

Actually it was a bit of a gamble, again. Which I am not very fond of. 🙂 But the pictures on the auction site were taken from strange angles. See the picture above as an example. On top the seller did not respond to any of my questions. I guessed it was a new case, but I was not 100% sure. When you see the linnen cord that is attached, you expect an old case. On the other hand, the dial is a bit newer. As the pictures were so light I also thought of a Nordic Blue for a moment.

As we were away for a summer holiday when the auction ended, I had to file my maximum bid 5 days before the auction end time. Internet was not a given during our trip, for sure not at the end of the auction. Nothing to worry about you would think. But there was one other person who recognized how rare this one was. So the grand final was quite exciting I noticed later. In the end I won the auction, still in my budget, but higher than I initially expected. With a big thump it dropped into my mailbox today.

I would not know why this Wedgewood model is so rare. The color itself is not so hard to get, but this particular shape is just not that obvious for some reason in Wedgewood. Anyway, this beauty from 1961 is in perfect shape and very welcome.