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telephones - vintage

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  • 11-09-2005 9:55pm
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    zenzen
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    heya!! i was wondering if anyone knows where to get vintage, retro or antique phones or reproductions in cork? i dont even know where to start!!! there used to be a shop on washington street with the exact type of phone i'd like, it was a white vintage phone but this is way back in the 90's and i dont even know if the shop still exists...anyway if anyone could point me in the right direction i'd be delighted!!! thanks, zenzen


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Conversation Piece. According to the Golden Pages it's still there, number 39, but I'm not sure how reliable that is.

    adam


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    reic
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭reic


    I remember seeing it on the corner of Washington street and North Main street(?). Don't know if it's still there, I'm a "driver past" rather than a walker these days!


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    parsi
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    failry sure its moved somehwere else - seem to remember driving by a few weeks/months ago and wondering where it had gone.

    You could try woodies or B&Qs phone sections - they might have something.


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    el Bastardo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 573 ✭✭✭el Bastardo


    Well, there's still a phoneshop where Conversation Piece is/was, but they don't do the cool phones anymore (I remember seeing a see-thru one there before, years ago), just overpriced mobiles and the like.


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    dahamsta
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    Probably have a better chance of finding what you want on the web anyway. I have an old bakelite phone here but I'll prolly stick it on eBay if I find it's worth anything. Which'd probably be the first place I'd look.

    adam


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    zenzen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭zenzen


    thanks for all the replies...pity that conversations pieces doesnt do the funky and vintage phones anymore...well i looked on ebay and saw the perfect phone, but i've no card so there u go...i'll look in b&q too, didnt even know they were in cork!!! anyway thanks again. zenzen


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    naughtyadam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭naughtyadam


    Show us the perfect phone then, post a link.


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    Illkillya
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Illkillya


    ebay!


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    vector
    Registered Users Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭vector


    achtung, if you buy a package from outside the EEC (and that includes "***Shipped from Hong Kong, United Kingdom***" you might get caught for VAT


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