18/09/2026
I want to thank everyone for sharing your collections over the past couple weeks. It’s been exciting to see all your wonderful finds and validating to know that I’m not the only one that collects collections. 😂
I have so many collections: records (lps and 45s), video games (Atari, Nintendo and SNES), sexy gnome statues, owl banks, the book The Stranger by Albert Camus and black velvet paintings.
Today I want to share my rotary telephone collection. Most were purchased in thrift and antique stores, some were received as gifts and a couple I purchased on eBay.
I won the grey one on eBay years ago for a reasonable price, not sure exactly how much but likely less than 50.00 with shipping (and those things are heavy!). Shortly after I won it, another ebay member contacted me to see if I’d sell it to him for $300. I said no. I had never seen a rotary phone this color and haven’t since.
My favorite out of them all is the dark blue one. It reminds me of the color of the sky in Maxfield Parrish prints (oh - I collect those too). My dad got it for me at an antique store, but the curly cord was white. It drove my OCD crazy! A month or so later I bought a small collection of random cords and cables and stuff. I didn’t know what was in it, but figured I could use some of it for something. Much to my delight I found the matching blue curly cord for my phone!
Many of them work, although some have damaged cords or are for a different type of phone jack. I can talk on the ones i can connect but not dial out because of the phone system upgrade. Still, I just love the nostalgia of them. Who remembers how long it took to dial a phone number with a bunch of zeros in it?!? Torture!! 😂
Take care of yourself and each other. Be kind, be well and be safe.
