E. COLORED PHONES Most WE302's that came in color fall within a date range of 1939 only or 1949 through 1957. The later produced color 302's were made of pure thermoplastic, base and handset both. Check for cracks everywhere! Thermoplastic was not as durable in the colored models as in the black thermoplastic. Catalin is what they call it sometimes. Also, when the colored phones were explosed to sunlight or UV light, they tended to discolor, fade, darken or shrink or all of the above. The later colored phones came with dyed cloth covered cords, usually curly cords with straight line cords. Gray matched blue, almond or ivory matched white. Red to red, etc. WE302's in color are also apt to develop spyder or hairline cracks on the earcaps and transmitter caps on the handset, and cracks around the receiver cup area or transmitter cup area. They were hollow inside and these are weak spots on the phone. The other issue is shrinkage. The thermoplastic would shrink which invited cracking. Colored WE302's also generally only came with the #6 dial, except for the 1939 World's Fair models which had a chromed #4 or #5 dial. The #6 should have a clear open hollow centered fingerwheel but not necessarily. Some had a closed hollow centered clear fingerwheel. But the later colored phones all had clear fingerwheels. The earliest factory painted phones had painted fingerwheels. F. SEEING'S BELIEVING: See if the insides are being displayed. A reputable seller usually wants you to know the dates are matching or that parts are not missing, or what kind of dial is in there so you are more likely to bid more money, and they in turn will get a higher price. Some sellers tell you they don't know, shrug their shoulders. If that's the case you might get treasure or you might get their trash. Seeing's believing so look carefully. The more you get to see, the better off you are. G. USE COMMON SENSE Look at the Seller's feedback rating and whether or not they sell phones. If they don't sell phones ordinarily, ask for more pictures or ask a lot of questions. Good luck and thanks for reading this review.