COLLECTOR OF VINTAGE WESTERN ELECTRIC TELEPHONES.

CURRENTLY ON A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR FOUR BELL/WESTERN ELECTRIC/PACBELL/NORTHERN ELECTRIC, ETC. MODELS, BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT THEY MUST BE IN BLACK!  THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART: THE COLOR BLACK!!

THE FIRST TWO MODELS NEEDED ARE THE STANDARD 565 SETS, WHICH ARE THE TYPICAL TYPE PHONES MOST HOUSEHOLDS HAD FROM THE 50'S INTO THE 90'S.  BOTH THE DESKTOP STYLE, AND THE WALL MODELS, BOTH IN TOUCH TONE, WHICH USUALLY HAD GREY BUTTONS WITH WHITE LETTERS AND NUMBERS ON THE BUTTONS.

THE OTHER TWO MODELS NEEDED ARE THE TRIMLINE WALL MODELS, BOTH WALL MODEL, AS WELL AS THE HARDER-TO-FIND DESKTOP MODELS, BOTH IN TOUCH-TONE, NOTE THE ONES NEEDED HERE ARE THE SQUARE BUTTON, GREEN BACKLIT HANDSET BUTTONS, WHICH IS POST 1980 OR SO, NOT THE ROUND-BUTTON TYPE THAT REQUIRE AN ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER IN ORDER FOR THE BUTTONS IN THE HANDSET TO LIGHT.

ALSO:  HIGHLY COVETED...BY ME!:

A WESTERN ELECTRIC MODEL 551A KTU ELECTRICAL BOX FOR USE WITH THE OLD MULTI-LINE TYPE PHONES. THIS BOX ENABLES THE LIGHT FLASHING PATTERNS AND THE HOLD BUTTON FUNCTIONS IN THESE OLD SETS. 

ALSO HIGHLY COVETED...BY ME!:

Thanks for reading, and thank you also to all the terrific sellers I've bought from.   This on-line paradise is as good as Vegas thanks to folks like you.

ALSO:

I OWN AN OLD VINTAGE NCR CASH REGISTER, WITH A FRONT-MOUNTED PLATE BEARING THE SERIAL NUMBER 4589484, WITH K228 (2F) UNDER THE SERIAL NUMBER.  I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS NUMBER, AND THIS NUMBER HAS LED TO A MANUFACTURE DATE OF LATE 1948 OR SOMETIME IN 1949, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.  

I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO REPAIR THESE TYPES OF REGISTERS.  I HAVE TRIED TO SEE HOW TO GET IT APART, AND IT HAS TWO TYPES OF KEYS, ONE FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PLASTIC TAX TABLE WINDOW IN THE FRONT OF THE STEEL HOUSING, BUT THE KEY DOES NOT WORK.

THERE IS ALSO A TILL KEY, WHICH WORKS, AND UPON PLUGGING IT IN FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE DOLLAR DISPLAY WINDOW HAD READ $111.67 OR SO, AND CRANKED ONCE TO SHOW WHAT IS NOW DISPLAYED, $112.11.  THE CORD IS OBVIOUSLY ORIGINAL, CLOTH, AND CORRODED, DANGEROUS TO PLUG IN AT ALL. 

I'M WILLING TO PAY IF ANYONE IS WILLING TO WORK ON IT.