My goodness!  The washer might just be one of the first Filter-Flo models with that copper filter pan!

I hope some can save them!!

I was thinking the fridge, which clearly pre-dates the laundry pair, was originally white.  The washer and dryer appear to be a different shade of pink, unless it's the camera, and having been identified as '56 models, it makes sense that they were pink from the factory, but I don't think the early Combination fridges came in anything but white.

I hope somebody can save these.  Not having a BIN on them could send the price soaring.

I've never seen that model GE fridge in any color but white. Never mentioned in the ads of the time either. If memory serves me correctly, that model was their first 2 door, introduced in 1948.

I may like refrigerators, but they LOVE me!

The Combination is probably a 1952 model - maybe '53 at the latest.  My '51 was the last without door shelves.  Someone spent some time (and money) spraying it in pink. They got the jambs and insides of the door lips.  It was also done quite some time ago - the typical rust along the bottom door frame is present.

Sweet washer and dryer!

Ben

The listing has ended because "the item is no longer available"..............

Hmmmm

Who's the winner???

L

That a member here negotiated a deal and, just like when people win at Mega Millions, will come forward after the dust settles.

I agree with what has been said about the eBay experience from both buyer and seller perspectives.  I don't use eBay a lot and have never sold anything there, but I can understand the incentive for a seller to deal directly with a buyer if the merchandise commands a high price since eBay would want their cut.  Sellers may also prefer not to go through PayPal if an alternative form of payment is possible.

There are no posts above that indicate anyone considered these a "must have" item and that they'd be bidding.  Just one advisory that someone was going to contact the seller.  I think if anyone expressed a high level of interest, most people here would let them pursue it and wish them good luck.  We're a sort of family here, and would generally be pleased to know that a member was able to secure them.  I think the team effort that was being considered demonstrates the focus on the greater cause -- to get these items into appreciative hands among the membership.

Marty, I'm sorry you didn't even get a chance.  That would have been a fabulous gift!  Maybe I'm dreaming, but if you had announced here that you were going after them, others may have stepped aside.   That's assuming someone here was the person who struck the deal.  That is the practice among the membership of the rotary telephone forum I belong to.