Up for sale is an incredibly rare, exceptionally preserved piece of mid-century Americana—a Bates Cavalier Model List Finder mechanical telephone and address directory.

This isn't your standard office-drab filing accessory; it is a stunning, vibrant pastel pink variant featuring a highly collectible, kitschy tropical pink flamingo insert on the metal flip lid.

Perfect for vintage collectors, retro desk styling, prop houses, or anyone building out a 1950s/1960s Tiki workspace aesthetic.

Condition

* Internal Pages: PRISTINE / UNUSED. Finding a 60+ year-old desktop indexing tool with completely clean, crisp, unwritten alphabet cards is virtually impossible. The paper is bright, flat, and free of writing, ink stains, or tears.

* Mechanism: 100% fully functional. The alphabet slide selector glides smoothly, and the spring-loaded pop-up lid opens cleanly when the front bar is pressed.

* Exterior Aesthetics: Excellent vintage condition. The pink plastic corners, alphabet pointer and push tab have gorgeous gloss. One corner has minor cracks but doesn’t affect function or esthetics. The pink metal base has minor paint chips and metal lid retains a bright shine with only minor age-appropriate hairline surface marks/scuffs as expected with age.

* Lid insert is not original and has been up cycled with pink vinyl and a vintage flamingo water slide decal.

Measures approximately 7.5” x 5”

A MCM vintage kitschy treasure.

VTG Bates Cavelier List Finder Pink Flamingo Address Book UNUSED MCM Retro RARE

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