The Mulvey Antique Telephone Collection Auction 4
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The Mulvey Antique Telephone Collection Auction 4
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The Mulvey Antique Telephone Collection
Historical Online Telephone Collection Auction
TheMulveyCollection.com
FreelandAuctionServices.com
Begins Sunday, December 4th, 2022 & Ends Sunday, January 1st , 2023
Freeland Auction Services has been entrusted to bring to market the Norman “Norm” Mulvey iconic telephone collection. Norm worked for the Southern New England Telephone company retiring in 1995 and was a devoted member of the Antique Telephone Collectors Association. His telephone collection was featured in the 1992 book titled “Telephones: Antique to Modern” and contains several hundred items. This is the 4th absolute online auction for the Mulvey Telephone Collection.
Mr. Mulvey was a collector's collector, specializing in all sorts of antique telephones with a concentration on Western Electric rare telephones; scarce Charles Williams phones; and museum quality “Coffin” telephones from the late 1870s. He had amassed a wonderful collection that we will be bringing to you on Proxibid.com with several featured absolute online auctions. He... Show more
Historical Online Telephone Collection Auction
TheMulveyCollection.com
FreelandAuctionServices.com
Begins Sunday, December 4th, 2022 & Ends Sunday, January 1st , 2023
Freeland Auction Services has been entrusted to bring to market the Norman “Norm” Mulvey iconic telephone collection. Norm worked for the Southern New England Telephone company retiring in 1995 and was a devoted member of the Antique Telephone Collectors Association. His telephone collection was featured in the 1992 book titled “Telephones: Antique to Modern” and contains several hundred items. This is the 4th absolute online auction for the Mulvey Telephone Collection.
Mr. Mulvey was a collector's collector, specializing in all sorts of antique telephones with a concentration on Western Electric rare telephones; scarce Charles Williams phones; and museum quality “Coffin” telephones from the late 1870s. He had amassed a wonderful collection that we will be bringing to you on Proxibid.com with several featured absolute online auctions. He... Show more
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1891 Walnut Western Electric 2 Box American Bell Wall Telephone
Museum quality walnut wall telephone, with Early #5 Western Electric arm, patented Western Electric top box with 3 bar RED Magneto, marked WE terminal top PONY Receiver w...more
Union Telephone Co. HOME TELEPHONE Co. of Palo $25 reward sign
Neat framed (12" by 15") $25 reward sign for evidence that convicts the party of willyfully shooting the glass inulators on the telephone lines.
Western Electric Walnut Fiddleback w A.B.T. Co. Nickel transmitter
Has early 1 armed bandit Coin Collector (5c, 10c, 25c) and terminal top PONY receiver. Beautiful fiddleback wall telephone with several high dollar parts. Definitely a ni...more
1900 Western Electric TYPE 98 S fiddleback telephone
Museum quality wall fiddleback telephone with terminal top PONY receiver, Overall a nice telephone!
1893 The Colorado Telephone Co. Capital Stock Share framed
Excellent condition, 2/3 Shares original Capital Stock dated August 11th, 1893 A great Graphic for your wall, A Nice Go-with!
Western Electric OAK 273F Candlestick Telephone Ringer Box
Unusual version with the SINGLE GONG ringer, excellent condition, would look great with your early telephone
Western Electric small metal intercom telephone
Has early Western Electric 179W watchcasee receiver patented July 7, 1914 A great apartment piece!
2 piece Gray Pay Station 3 Slot Coin "TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE" tag
Would look great on your early payphone, would hang over the mouthpiece, or over the coinslots, either way--No Worky!
1894 Western Electric 3 Jug Walnut Telephone MUSEUM QUALITY
Made for American Bell Telephone Co. with No. 5 arm, 7 DIGIT Transmitter faceplate and terminal top PONY Receiver. Unusual TYPE 21A top box The granular transmitter coul...more
The BLISS Individual Signal made for American Bell Telephone Co. UNDER BLAKES Pat's
1880, very unusual piece of telephony history. The BLISS INDIVIDUAL SIGNAL made for the American Bell Telephone Co. UNDER BLAKES PATENTS…This has a Nicely stamped top--U...more
1894 Western Electric walnut subset extension telephone bell box
Unusual type 24F in excellent condition, has early patents on side.This looks to be similar to the type of boxes found in the Pacific coast area.
American Bell Telephone New England T&T walnut 3 Box BLAKE telephone
Wow…museum quality, original BLAKE Transmitter Property of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. Manufactured for American Bell Telephone Co. by STANDARD ELECTRICAL WOR...more
1880s Wood telephone terminal top receiver
Norm's notes say the top of the shaft is dated. Beautiful wooden telephone receiver for one of your early COFFIN telephones
Early 1890s Long Pole telephone receiver EXCELLENT Condition
Great looking hard rubber long pole receiver, more of a brown color on this one.
Rare telephone Edison Type nickel transmitter with unusual brown mouthpiece
This is a reuse of some of the Western Union's equipment that Bell Got in the patent Fight. The Mouthpiece is the 'Pancake' Type used on the Edison Sets of the era. The N...more
Western Electric 301E walnut fiddleback telephone w/#11 Coin Collector
Has WONDERPHONE Transmitter with unusual mouthpiece, terminal top PONY receiver and keys to the GRAY Pay Station coin collector. EXCELLENT MUSEUM QUALITY TELEPHONE
Black wooden telephone terminal top receiver stamped "A POTVIN"
Bell telephone wooden terminal top receiver These were made in the era for use on some of the Bell sets. Perhaps a contracted Wood worker added these to the More traditio...more
Western Electric OAK single box telephone with GRAY COIN COLLECTOR
Has unusual E1 handset adaptor on the switchhook, coin collector has key to the coin drawer, excellent condition early telephone with coin collector
Western Electric Walnut TYPE 2 Two Box Wall Telephone
Has early 7 DIGIT transmitter faceplate, terminal top PONY Receiver, cast iron battery tray, and #5 arm Every Collection needs one of these in their wall phone lineup--Ge...more
Western Electric OAK TYPE 72 unusual telephone top box
Excellent condition, unusual Type 72 oak top box stamped Western Electric CHICAGO/NEW YORK also has a round tag that is from a Vanity board screwed to the door. Oak top B...more
Studebaker Machine Co. Desk Telephone advertising attachment
Made by RITE HEAR Co., excellent 1940s/50s desk telephone note pad attachment, would fit on a WE 302 Desk Phone.
1884 walnut Western Electric magneto ringer box with crank
Excellent condition, would look great with your early candlestick telephone could have been used alongside a Potbelly phone, as it is early enough to be for one.
Walnut Bell Telephone wooden terminal top reproduction receiver
Excellent condition, displays great early 1880s period Reproduction hang this on your Coffin as a place holder until you find the Right one!
American Bell Telephone terminal top PONY transitional receiver
Nice marked cap excellent condition receiver
Rare The Miniature Telephone Booth Co. NEW YORK 1908 Oak booth
WOW! Museum piece here…Comes with the original Western Electric candlestick inside, very unique piece. Read the article from 1979 that is with this rare telephony item....more
