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The Mulvey Antique Telephone Collection Auction 2
by Freeland Auction Services, LLC Event Begins: Friday, February 4, 11:00 AM Eastern First lots ends Sunday, March 6, 6:00 PM Eastern Last lot ends Sunday, March 6, 8:29:07 PM Eastern The Mulvey Antique Telephone Collection Historical Online Telephone Collection Auction TheMulveyCollection.com FreelandAuctionServices.com Begins Friday February 4, 2022 & Ends Sunday, March 6, 2022 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 2nd 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; unique National Bell items; 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 consistently restored his phones perfectly, sometimes searching for years for the correct part to complete a phone. This collection has some of the most sought after items that he personally picked thru the years and enjoyed the ownership of for a long time. Now is your chance to own these rare pieces and add them to your collection. Every item described to a 'T" with dozens of photos so there will be no doubt that you will have value in the years to come. You now have the opportunity to add one or more of his rare vanities, candlesticks, 6 foot tandems, unique telephone attachments, desk telephones, coin collectors, or coffins to your collection. Have a field day and revel in some of the most treasured items in the telephony field brought to you by Freeland Auction Services, a “Premier Auction House” connecting collectors with collections! Good Luck in your bidding, check back often, and feel confident that you will have a great piece of history. So, please bid confidently, and enjoy this liquidation of a wonderful ATCA member’s collection. Shipping is available, as well as local pickup in Freeland, MI. Have fun and please contact Barry with Freeland Auction Services if you have any questions! Mulvey Auction #2 brief listings below • 1890 American Bell Telephone Blake Box Candlestick w/Black Box • Bell Telephone Laboratories Historical Model Receiver REED • 1892 Richards Set Test Board Headset telephone part ONLY 1,000 made! • Western Electric Bell Telephone ONE RED BAND Long Pole BELGIUM • Western Electric PONY Terminal Top telephone receiver • 1880s round wooden string telephone part • Western Electric speckled watchcase telephone receiver • 1880s pair of Black String Phones with cord • Central Scientific Co. Chicago 1914 Brass Barameter • Western Electric Nickel Candlestick Telephone w/7 Digit faceplate • Western Electric Telephone pony receiver • Property of American Bell Telephone Induction Coil • Unknown early 1880s Wooden terminal top telephone receiver • Unusual telephone attachment base "WHILE TELEPHONING" Radioff • 1877-78 Bell Telephone #636 COFFIN with wood receiver • unusual TOLLOMETER antique telephone attachment timer • Western Electric Telephone OAK Subset pat 1906 • Western Electric wall telephone Switchboard 13" by 19" • 1880-1892 American Bell Telephone WE Potbelly transmitter back cup • Western Electric Telephone PONY terminal top receiver • 1880 Guiland Telephone extension bells • 1880 Sold by Southern New England Telephone Co watchcase receiver • 1881 Western Electric EMPTY Coffin Telephone HARD TO FIND • 1880 Southern New England Telephone Co. version of COFFIN w/2 long poles • Charles Williams BOSTON Telephone extension bells stamped 2701 • 1878 Coffin American Bell Telephone Co. with pushbutton & Long Pole • Western Electric wall mounted Type 284 A ringer box • Pair of Speckled colored Western Electric Watchcase Telephone receivers • The American Bell Telephone Co. Long Distance Candlestick Telephone • Early 1880s Western Electric Telephone walnut top box • unusual early Western Electric Telephone walnut extension bell box • Guilland Telephone extension bell box • Early Western Electric telephone extension bell box • Western Electric COFFIN Telephone ORIGINAL missing switchook • Western Electric telephone early extension bell box • Western Electric telephone LONG POLE with Red receiver cap • Western Electric Oak telephone with Early Cast Iron Coin box apparatus • Western Electric walnut telephone fiddleback with BAIRD Pay Station • Western Electric American Bell Telephone Walnut magneto with Long Pole • Western Electric walnut BLAKE transmitter wall telephone • Western Electric 12 button metal wall hotel telephone • Western Electric Oak model 293 wall Phone with Gray Coin Collector • Western Electric 374A 12 station switchboard intercom telephone • 1902 Western Electric type 283A oak wall apartment telephone • Western Electric 1897 walnut Type 101 telephone subset • Western Electric model 202 desk telephone with unusual timer box • Western Electric walnut Type 85 fiddleback telephone with Pony receiver • Western Electric walnut fiddleback telephone • Bell Telephone COFFIN stamped 792 original with 2 wooden receivers • Western Electric #10 candlestick telephone with Long Pole receiver • 1903 Western Electric walnut Type 293 A apartment style telephone • Western Electric metal 333B wall telephone • Property of New England Telephone & Telegraph WE Walnut Type 85 telephone • Western Electric Type 296A walnut apartment style wall telephone • FOUR 1930s Advertising calendars with Early Telephone numbers • Western Electric Telephone Intercom with watchcase receiver • Western Electric oak telephone subset type 318A • New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. Switchboard • Western Electric Type 24J walnut extension bell box • Gray Telephone Pay Station Call Central Office instruction card • Three unusual TWIN FONE 1930s/40s duel listening telephone devices • Western Union porcelain telephone call box • Illinois Bell Telephone Co. instruction card holder • Postal Telegraph Commercial Cables porcelain call box • 1880s Telegraph Rosewood "The G.F.P. Tel Co. NY" Meters • Early Canadian Charles Williams JR walnut extension bell box • Gray Telephone Silver Dollar Pay Station Co. Porcelain Instruction Plate • Gray Telephone Pay Station "Call Central Office" instruction plate • Automatic Magneto Bell POST & CO compact COFFIN with Long Pole • Western Union porcelain Telegraph and Cable • 1880 J. R. Holcomb String Phone primitive telephone • Porcelain Gray Pay Station Instruction Plate Enameled Iron Co • Local and Long Distance Telephone Western Electric name tag • Western Electric NE Telephone & Telegraph Long Distance Wall phone • American Cable & Radio System via All America Commercial Mackay Radio • Primitive Deer Skin ornate 1880s String Telephone • New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. extension bells 1890s • Rockland Cleansing House TEL 643 Candlestick Telephone attachment • American Bell Telephone Co. BLAKE Transmitter on Type 85 fiddleback • 1880s Charles Williams Battery Bell Telephone Throw Switch Montreal • antique telephone oak throw switch • 1930s candlestick telephone advertising attachment Phone 4-5405 • Pair of unusual pre-1900 lightening telephone arresters • The National Bell Telephone Co Post & Co. Cinn Ohio 1879 Coffin • Glass lightening arrestor A E T Co. • Western Electric Pay Phone 7A Coin Collector Illinois Bell Telephone • C.W. Williams 1877 Generator Box • Western Electric Type 105 OAK 4 Party Telephone Subset • 1879 Western Electric BELGIUM COFFIN marked BLAKE Transmitter • 1906 BAIRD Equipment Co. Chicago 3 Slot coin collector • 1921 HUSH-A-PHONE New York Telephone attachment • 1906 BAIRD Equipment Co. Chicago 3 Slot coin collector • 1883 Western Electric walnut telephone top box with Long Pole • Gray Telephone Co. 23D PayStation w/E1 Handset on wooden backboard • Western Electric walnut 294A Fiddleback with Gray Coin Collector • Western Electric model 293 wall telephone with Pony Receiver • Western Electric 51AL dial candlestick telephone w/2AA dial • Western Electric large two box Oak wall telephone with Cow bells • 1892 Post & Co. Burlwood Blake 3 Box with Long Pole Receiver • Western Electric Type 85A Oak Fiddleback Wall telephone • Long Pole Receiver with Hearing Attachmenton oak Blake 3 box phone • Bell Telephone advertising with multiple COFFIN telephones • Western Electric Grave Marker Top Pay Station used in Phone booths • New York & New Jersey Telephone Co OAK Type 98 Fiddleback • Western Electric scissors type short candlestick telephone • Eugenio Barth CIA Montevideo double box wooden wall telephone • Western Electric 50AL with #2 dial mounted on SC subset • Western Electric Type 72 Oak Wall Telephone with #5 arm • National Bell Telephone Co. POST & CO Cincinnati OHIO 1879 • Western Electric TYPE 70 2 box telephone #5 Arm 7 Digit transmitter • Bates Index The Bates MFG Co. Orange NJ • Baird MFG Co. Chicago Coin Collector Porcelain instruction plate • Western Electric Master Apartment Telephone switchboard • rare 1909 Submarine Signal Co. brass telephone • Western Electric Oak Intercom with Graybar Electric 179W receiver • 1884 Western Electric Candlestick magneto box • New England T&T Co. Western Electric POT BELLY walnut subset • PubliC Pay Station Local and Long Distance Telephone sign • Charles Williams Boston Top Box on 3 box telephone with Long Pole • Charles Williams Jr. Telephone and Telegraph BOSTON advertising • C. W. Williams 1877 Generator box • Western Electric beveled edge 1890s nickel transmitter • Group of seven antique telephone instruction card holders • Western Electric CHERRY Folding Vanity Telephone • Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. large BELL name tag • Western Electric donut telephone with marked WE pony receiver • Western Electric Walnut 296E 2 line telephone • 1880 Bell Telephone of Hawaii Stock Certificate framed • Western Electric SILVER DOLLAR Oak Telephone Vanity from North Station • Western Electric #2 oak ringer box model 271G • Southern California Strowger Pacific Bell Telephone 11 Hole phone • 1898 walnut Western Electric doublebox wall telephone • Gray Pay Station #11 coin box for early telephone • Western Electric Type 88 compact telephone • Western Electric Walnut Subset for Pot Belly candlestick telephone • 1881 telephone tap bell • 1897 New England Telephone & Telegraph walnut subset • Oak repruction Property of American Bell Telephone BLAKE Transmitter • 1882 Walnut Davis & Watts Blake 3 Box with Long Pole • Western Electric type 295 L walnut telephone subset • Western Electric Type 68 walnut telephone with Pony receiver • Western Electric OAK 6ft wall telephone with #5 arm 7 Digit Transmitter • Unique telephone Intercom push button box with labels • Western Electric 20-B nickel candlestick telephone • 1883 Bell Telephone of Canada 3 Box BLAKE Telephone • Western Electric walnut telephone subset • Western Electric 50K Gray Pay Phone 2 piece • Gray 3 slot Coin Collector Pay Station telephone • 1893 Western Electric Silver Dollar Pay Station Grave Marker Top

1892 Speaking Tube intercom Adapted to a 1904 base.

Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 149)

This Speaking Tube Telephone has Been adapted to a 1904 Base. May have been setup by a Central office special for a customers needs. It is NOT a Standard setup.

Bell Laboratories Historical Model Receiver REED

Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 149)

Tuned reed Receiver made by Bell labs in the 1920's. This model has some damage to the coil as it is missing the top wafer on the coil.

1892 Richards Set Test Board Headset telephone part ONLY 1,000 made!

Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 149)

As found in Ron's book V-1 Item #20 on Page 40. Good condition, has patent number and date

Western Electric Bell Telephone ONE RED BAND Long Pole BELGIUM

Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 149)

Bell of Brittain single band Hard rubber receiver. Minor damage to the top Wafer. The single Red band signified its use only in England.

Western Electric PONY Terminal Top telephone receiver

Lot #5 (Sale Order 5 of 149)

Good condition, excellent original antique telephone part for your Western Electric telephones

1880s round wooden string telephone part

Lot #6 (Sale Order 6 of 149)

String phones were in use long before Bell and Watson Perfected their Telephone. These were known as "Tight Wire' phones.

Western Electric speckled watchcase telephone receiver

Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 149)

Red and brown speckled watchcase headset receiver. These are hard to find.

1880s pair of Black String Phones with cord

Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 149)

Excellent Condition String type telephones--if you were to have a representative of these in your collection, These are the ones to have. Mint Condition, including the 'String!"

Central ScientificCo.Chicago Barometer.

Lot #9 (Sale Order 9 of 149)

Unique item with back plate for Sea Level Reading ROTATE

Western Electric Nickel Candlestick#22 Telephone w/7 Digit faceplate

Lot #10 (Sale Order 10 of 149)

Has a Pony terminal top receiver, Screw in the side of shaft, Cold Spring 28 number card with 128B nickel number card ring.

Western Electric Telephone pony receiver

Lot #11 (Sale Order 11 of 149)

Excellent condition PONY Terminal Top receiver with Z on the top, excellent part for your early Western Electric telephone

Property of American Bell Telephone Induction Coil

Lot #12 (Sale Order 12 of 149)

1880s American Bell Telephone Co. marked on the back, great addition to your collection

Unknown early 1880s Wooden terminal top telephone receiver

Lot #13 (Sale Order 13 of 149)

Very unusual wide bottom wooden telephone receiver almost 9" tall Obviously Someone's take on a Receiver does not need to be 'Round as normal.Interesting Departure!

Unusual telephone attachment base "WHILE TELEPHONING" Radioff

Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 149)

RADIOFF button pushes down when a candlestick telephone is sitting on it. It is 6" in diameter. This lot is only for the RADIOFF Base

1877-78 Bell Telephone #636 COFFIN with wood receiver

Lot #15 (Sale Order 15 of 149)

100% original wood on the Coffin, stamped #636. Has screw on bells.This is a Very Early Coffin it has the upgraded Shield on it with the Roosevelt Switchook. Would be a Very nice addition to your collection!

unusual TOLLOMETER antique telephone attachment timer

Lot #16 (Sale Order 16 of 149)

Has notepad, connects to shaft of antique candlestick telephone A truly Neat attachment for your collection.

Western Electric Telephone OAK Subset pat 1906

Lot #17 (Sale Order 17 of 149)

Made for American Bell Telephone Co. would look great with your Early Western Electric candlestick telephone

Western Electric wall telephone Switchboard 13" by 19"

Lot #18 (Sale Order 18 of 149)

Excellent condition unusual Western Electric switchboard well marked on side The small footprint of this switchboard makes it a welcome addition to any Collection.

1880-1892 American Bell Telephone WE Potbelly transmitter back cup

Lot #19 (Sale Order 19 of 149)

Original Western Electric potbelly candlestick telephone backcup with grommet. Good original condition

Western Electric Telephone PONY terminal top receiver

Lot #20 (Sale Order 20 of 149)

Excellent condition, brown color original Western Electric Pony receiver. These just never get old--needed in any W.E. Collection.

1880 Gilliland Telephone extension bells

Lot #22 (Sale Order 21 of 149)

Good condition, Missing ringer in the extension bell box but a nice box nonetheless.

1880 Sold by Southern New England Telephone Co watchcase receiver

Lot #23 (Sale Order 22 of 149)

Very early marked watchcase telephone receiver, unusual tag #167 Sold by The So. New England Telephone Co. New Haven, CONN in excellent condition

1881 Western Electric EMPTY Coffin Telephone HARD TO FIND

Lot #24 (Sale Order 23 of 149)

Extremely hard to find Western Electric COFFIN missing parts. Here is your chance to have one of these reasonably. Hard to Find!!

1880 Southern New England Telephone Co. version of COFFIN w/2 long poles

Lot #25 (Sale Order 24 of 149)

Very hard to find Western Electric COFFIN sold by Southern New England Telephone Co. New Haven, CONN with TWO LONG POLE RECEIVERS, all original, has been refinished. MUSEUM QUALITY TELEPHONE

Charles Williams, Jr. BOSTON Telephone extension bells stamped 2701

Lot #26 (Sale Order 25 of 149)

Original Charles Williams Jr. Manufactured in Boston Mass early walnut extension bells

1878 Coffin American Bell Telephone Co. with pushbutton & Long Pole

Lot #27 (Sale Order 26 of 149)

1878 patented COFFIN American Bell Telephone Co. with Pushbutton, Long Pole has a slight crack in shell. The pushbutton model of these is Extremely Rare and was applied for short runs in homes and factories.Instead of turning a crank to generate a signal it uses the simple principle of pulling a slab of iron off of a strong Magneto generate a "Spike" of power momentarily on the line.

Western Electric wall mounted Type 284 A ringer box

Lot #28 (Sale Order 27 of 149)

excellent condition Type 284A ringer box, 8" long

Pair of Speckled colored Western Electric Watchcase Telephone receivers

Lot #29 (Sale Order 28 of 149)

Good condition, hard to find speckled watchcase Headset receivers.

The American Bell Telephone Co. Long Distance Candlestick Telephone

Lot #30 (Sale Order 29 of 149)

John Infurna Reproduction of the 1880s early model Long Distance Candlestick Telephone desk stand stamped 9738 this is Known as the "Theodore Vail" Set. only one ever made and not a Production piece by them. These are nice.

Early 1880s Western Electric Telephone walnut top box

Lot #31 (Sale Order 30 of 149)

Early Blake top Box. has early Speer switchook

Unusual early Western Electric Telephone walnut extension bell box

Lot #32 (Sale Order 31 of 149)

Excellent condition early walnut WE telephone extension bell box

Gilliland Telephone extension bell box

Lot #33 (Sale Order 32 of 149)

Early 1880s walnut telephone extension bell box

Early Western Electric telephone extension bell box

Lot #34 (Sale Order 33 of 149)

Original walnut telephone bell box, Missing ringer

Western Electric COFFIN Telephone ORIGINAL missing switchook

Lot #35 (Sale Order 34 of 149)

Incredible example of the Western Electric COFFIN Telephone missing the original switchook and Long Pole receiver.

Western Electric telephone early extension bell box

Lot #36 (Sale Order 35 of 149)

Good original condition WE extension bell box

Western Electric telephone LONG POLE with Red receiver cap

Lot #37 (Sale Order 36 of 149)

Early Western Electric terminal top Long Pole receiver with Red Cap

Western Electric Oak telephone with Early Cast Iron Coin box apparatus

Lot #38 (Sale Order 37 of 149)

*229* faceplate, terminal top PONY receiver, very unusual Cast Iron COIN BOX

Western Electric walnut telephone fiddleback with BAIRD Pay Station

Lot #39 (Sale Order 38 of 149)

Early Pay Station attached to Western Electric walnut fiddleback wall telephone, no coin box lock or key

Western Electric American Bell Telephone Walnut magneto with Long Pole

Lot #40 (Sale Order 39 of 149)

Original marked the American Bell Telephone Co. long pole, unusual original Western Electric magneto telephone with unusual transmitter

Western Electric New England Walnut BLAKE transmitter wall telephone

Lot #41 (Sale Order 40 of 149)

New England Compact Set. It has a door on the side of the Battery Box to access the Glass battery used in these.

Western Electric 12 button metal wall hotel telephone

Lot #42 (Sale Order 41 of 149)

Good condition unique WE model featuring intercom buttons for multiple rooms in building

Western Electric Oak model 293 wall Phone with Gray Coin Collector

Lot #43 (Sale Order 42 of 149)

Has early Pony receiver and GRAY PAY STATION COIN COLLECTOR a truly Neat set to own.

Western Electric 374A 12 station switchboard intercom telephone

Lot #44 (Sale Order 43 of 149)

With RARE SLEIGH Bell inside, very hard to find intercom piece

1902 Western Electric type 283A oak wall apartment telephone

Lot #45 (Sale Order 44 of 149)

Has early WE terminal top pony receiver, excellent condition

Western Electric 1897 walnut Type 101 telephone subset

Lot #46 (Sale Order 45 of 149)

Made for American Bell Telephone Co. would look great with your early Western Electric candlestick telephone

Western Electric model 202 desk telephone with unusual timer box

Lot #47 (Sale Order 46 of 149)

Unusual timer attachment with this WE model 202

Western Electric walnut Type 85 fiddleback telephone with Pony receiver

Lot #48 (Sale Order 47 of 149)

Museum quality Walnut fiddleback telephone with early white porcelain mouthpiece and instruction card on front

Western Electric walnut fiddleback telephone

Lot #49 (Sale Order 48 of 149)

Excellent condition, unique instruction card

Bell Telephone COFFIN stamped 792 original with 2 wooden receivers

Lot #50 (Sale Order 49 of 149)

Museum quality Bell Telephone Coffin completeThis Coffin is distinguished as it Retains its First Generation Ringer, AND retains its Original Throw key on the door.This is as Unmolested and closer to the original Factory Production as you can Get. An Extremely RARE Phone in this Condition.The ONLY Upgrade this has had is a external Contact to set it up for the earliest Blake transmitter then made This is the One Folks. If Unique is what you seek Here It Is!!!

Western Electric #10 candlestick telephone with Long Pole receiver

Lot #51 (Sale Order 50 of 149)

Early beveled edge 7 digit transmitter and glass mouthpiece, early backcup. Appears to have been renickled, Great looking early WE candlestick telephone

1903 Western Electric walnut Type 293 A apartment style telephone

Lot #52 (Sale Order 51 of 149)

Excellent condition walnut WE telephone

Western Electric metal 333B wall telephone

Lot #53 (Sale Order 52 of 149)

Excellent condition, 311 marked faceplate, great looking phone

Property of New England Telephone & Telegraph WE Walnut Type 85 telephone

Lot #54 (Sale Order 53 of 149)

Early walnut fiddleback wall telephone, NET&T, has Pony terminal top receiver

Western Electric Type 296A walnut apartment style wall telephone

Lot #55 (Sale Order 54 of 149)

*329* transmitter faceplate, excellent museum quality WE wall telephone

FOUR 1930s Advertising calendars with Early Telephone numbers

Lot #56 (Sale Order 55 of 149)

Art Deco advertising calendars appear to be new old stock

Western Electric Telephone Intercom with watchcase receiver

Lot #57 (Sale Order 56 of 149)

large Western Electric original decal on side, great addition to your Western Electric telephone collection

Western Electric oak telephone subset type 318A

Lot #58 (Sale Order 57 of 149)

Oak subset would look great with you early WE candlestick telephone

New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. Switchboard

Lot #59 (Sale Order 58 of 149)

Has single bell on top of switchboard

Western Electric Type 24J walnut extension bell box

Lot #60 (Sale Order 59 of 149)

Excellent condition hard to find Type 24J walnut extension box

Gray Telephone Pay Station Call Central Office instruction card

Lot #61 (Sale Order 60 of 149)

Includes three Gray Pay Station instruction card holders for coin collectors These card holders are hard to find when you need them. Time to stock up!

Three unusual TWIN FONE 1930s/40s duel listening telephone devices

Lot #62 (Sale Order 61 of 149)

Unique telephone items, three TWIN FONE items in original boxes

Western Union porcelain telephone call box

Lot #63 (Sale Order 62 of 149)

Excellent condition, near mint

Illinois Bell Telephone Co. instruction card holder

Lot #64 (Sale Order 63 of 149)

Appears to be for Gray Pay Station as it says "Have your nickel ready"

Postal Telegraph Commercial Cables porcelain call box

Lot #65 (Sale Order 64 of 149)

Excellent condition, near mint

1880s Telegraph Rosewood "The G.F.P. Tel Co. NY" Meters

Lot #66 (Sale Order 65 of 149)

Unique telephone item, very good condition

Early Canadian Charles Williams JR walnut extension bell box

Lot #67 (Sale Order 66 of 149)

Manufactured by Ness & McClaren & Bate Montreal walnut extension bell box This is a tough Box to find. here's your chance!!

Gray Telephone Silver Dollar Pay Station Co. Porcelain Instruction Plate

Lot #68 (Sale Order 67 of 149)

This is a Reproduction well made porcelain plate for use on Silver Dollar 6 ft grave marker top pay stations.

Gray Telephone Pay Station "Call Central Office" instruction plate

Lot #69 (Sale Order 68 of 149)

This is a Reproduction well made instruction plate for several models of early Gray Pay Stations

Automatic Magneto Bell POST & CO compact COFFIN with Long Pole

Lot #70 (Sale Order 69 of 149)

BLAKE transmitter 1879-1880, Has the gutta percha belt with the spring wrapping to make it 'indestructable" drive, Blake is 100% Original as is the rest of the phone. Quite a RARE Piece!!!

Western Union porcelain Telegraph and Cable

Lot #71 (Sale Order 70 of 149)

Western Union Call Box 4-A in Great Condition!

1880 J. R. Holcomb String Phone primitive telephone

Lot #72 (Sale Order 71 of 149)

Made in Cleveland, Ohio good condition original string telephone a cool Pre telephone piece!!

Porcelain Gray Pay Station Instruction Plate Enameled Iron Co

Lot #73 (Sale Order 72 of 149)

Reproduction well made porcelain instruction plate for large 6ft oak Gray Paystation telephones

Local and Long Distance Telephone Western Electric name tag

Lot #74 (Sale Order 73 of 149)

Reproduction well made Western Electric Local and Long Distance tag for WE Vanity or 6ft Oak telephone These were made by John infurna.

Western Electric NE Telephone & Telegraph Long Distance Wall phone

Lot #75 (Sale Order 74 of 149)

New England Telephone & Telegraph LONG DISTANCE wall telephone set with #5 arm, 7 digit transmitter and early Western Electric Long Pole receiver

American Cable & Radio System via All America Commercial Mackay Radio

Lot #76 (Sale Order 75 of 149)

Early Porcelain unit for American Cable & Radio System.

Primitive Deer Skin ornate 1880s String Telephone

Lot #77 (Sale Order 76 of 149)

Well made Deer Skin string telephone in good condition

New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. extension bells 1890s

Lot #78 (Sale Order 77 of 149)

Property of New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. walnut extension bell box 1000 Ohms

Rockland Cleansing House TEL 643 Candlestick Telephone attachment

Lot #79 (Sale Order 78 of 149)

Good condition, 1920s Rockland, Massachusetts, fits around the mouthpiece of a candlestick telephone

American Bell Telephone Co. BLAKE Transmitter on Type 85 fiddleback

Lot #80 (Sale Order 79 of 149)

American Bell Telephone Co. Blake Transmitter Common battery with cast iron crows foot, all original, Walnut on a Type 85 Western Electric Fiddleback wall telephone and good condition Pony Receiver The Common battery Blake did not have an induction Coil in the box. This is a RARE SET, so have fun!

1880s Charles Williams Battery Bell Telephone Throw Switch Montreal

Lot #81 (Sale Order 80 of 149)

Early Bell Telephone Co. telephone apparatus made by Charles Williams, Montreal

antique telephone oak throw switch

Lot #82 (Sale Order 81 of 149)

Unique addition to any early telephone collection

1930s candlestick telephone advertising attachment Phone 4-5405

Lot #83 (Sale Order 82 of 149)

Good condition, metal advertising piece, James Cleaning. Would fit around mouthpiece of candlestick telephone

Pair of unusual pre-1900 lightening telephone arresters

Lot #84 (Sale Order 83 of 149)

Good condition These were used in line with the connection to assure the homeowner he had some ability to keep his house intact during strong thunderstorms!!

The National Bell Telephone Co Post & Co. Cinn Ohio 1879 Coffin

Lot #85 (Sale Order 84 of 149)

1879 Post & Co. Cincinnati Ohio COFFIN with Missing Switch hook, Good condition Long Pole receiver Here's your chance to complete a rare phone!

Glass lightening arrestor A E T Co.

Lot #86 (Sale Order 85 of 149)

Good condition

Western Electric Pay Phone 7A Coin Collector Illinois Bell Telephone

Lot #87 (Sale Order 86 of 149)

Unique type 293 oak wall phone with hard to find 7A Coin Collector from Illinois Bell Telephone with keys

C.W. Williams Jr. 1877 Generator Box

Lot #88 (Sale Order 87 of 149)

Magneto with early stamp This was an attempt to get to the Siemans armature using the earlier design parts. it must have been short lived as it is a Rare example of this.

Western Electric Type 105 OAK 4 Party Telephone Subset

Lot #89 (Sale Order 88 of 149)

Type 105 Oak Western Electric subset, excellent condition

1879 Western Electric BELGIUM COFFIN marked BLAKE Transmitter

Lot #90 (Sale Order 89 of 149)

Has PHELPS pony Crown Receiver, Excellent original display mounted on board has an original Blake transmitter 'For Export only", has a Reproduction John Infurna Coil, (Functioning) These were also used in South Wales, Melbourne Australia, Etc. Truly A Neat set to own.

1906 BAIRD Equipment Co. Chicago 3 Slot coin collector

Lot #91 (Sale Order 90 of 149)

Great addition to your telephone collection

1921 HUSH-A-PHONE New York Telephone attachment

Lot #92 (Sale Order 91 of 149)

Good condition HUSH-A-PHONE attachment to dress up your candlestick or wood wall telephone

1906 BAIRD Equipment Co. Chicago 3 Slot coin collector

Lot #93 (Sale Order 92 of 149)

Great addition to your telephone collection

1883 Western Electric walnut telephone top box with Long Pole

Lot #94 (Sale Order 93 of 149)

Early Western Electric top box, has the stationary steerhorn switchook. Has an Early hard to find magneto in it. Nice piece!

Gray Telephone Co. 23D PayStation w/E1 Handset on wooden backboard

Lot #95 (Sale Order 94 of 149)

WE 23D GRAY Paystation with E1 handset, ringer box and has coin box keys

Western Electric walnut 294A Fiddleback with Gray Coin Collector

Lot #96 (Sale Order 95 of 149)

Has PONY Receiver, early short eared Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. coin box

Western Electric model 293 wall telephone with Pony Receiver

Lot #97 (Sale Order 96 of 149)

Has unusual PULLDOWN attachment on the mouthpiece, F. K. Parks BOSTON, MASS

Western Electric 51AL dial candlestick telephone w/2AA dial

Lot #98 (Sale Order 97 of 149)

Has unusual PULLOUT number list attachment on base and pencil holder. No Notch porcelain fingerwheel

Western Electric large two box Oak wall telephone with Cow bells

Lot #99 (Sale Order 98 of 149)

Unusual large Oak Western Electric wall telephone, with Pony receiver and *250* transmitter faceplate It appears to have been built up on the board it is on. Strangely, It has a John infurna Vanity Round number tag mounted on the front door of this set. There is nothing to compare it to, it may be an old setup, But then again it Might not be.

1892 Post & Co. Burlwood Blake 3 Box with Long Pole Receiver

Lot #100 (Sale Order 99 of 149)

Post top box has early Gutta percha spring wound driven magneto, Blake 100% real and has been waxed. An Absolutely Gorgeous set.

Western Electric Type 85A Oak Fiddleback Wall telephone

Lot #101 (Sale Order 100 of 149)

1897 Oak fiddleback wall telephone with Pony Receiver in excellent condition

Oak Blake 3 box phone with an auxiliary hearing attachment on the long Pole

Lot #102 (Sale Order 101 of 149)

Original Blake, Unique Long Pole receiver. For the hearing impaired of the day.

Bell Telephone advertising with multiple COFFIN telephones

Lot #103 (Sale Order 102 of 149)

Good condition, framed advertising made by John Infurna

Western Electric Grave Marker Top Pay Station used in Phone booths

Lot #104 (Sale Order 103 of 149)

Has beveled edge A.B.T. Co. transmitter, Type 73 patented 1894 top box, Glass mouthpiece and Long Pole receiver. A TRUE MUSEUM PIECE! This also sports the Unobtanium Hollow Transmitter arm. RARE!!!

New York & New Jersey Telephone Co OAK Type 98 Fiddleback

Lot #105 (Sale Order 104 of 149)

Excellent condition Museum quality Oak WE fiddleback telephone with Pony Receiver

Western Electric scissors type short candlestick telephone

Lot #106 (Sale Order 105 of 149)

1904 wall mount version stamped 40-D, excellent condition

Eugenio Barth CIA Montevideo double box wooden wall telephone

Lot #107 (Sale Order 106 of 149)

Made in Uruguay late 1890s

Western Electric 50AL with #2 dial mounted on SC subset

Lot #108 (Sale Order 107 of 149)

Has pencil holder and early Transmitter amplifier

Western Electric Type 72 Oak Wall Telephone with #5 arm

Lot #109 (Sale Order 108 of 149)

Unique Shelf type oak wall telephone, Has 7 Digit transmitter faceplate and Long Pole Receiver

National Bell Telephone Co. POST & CO Cincinnati OHIO 1879

Lot #110 (Sale Order 109 of 149)

1879 Post & Co. Cincinnati Ohio COFFIN magneto phone it is missing the front door switchook--it would have held a receiver. The mount for it is evident on the interior of the door.

Western Electric TYPE 70 2 box telephone #5 Arm 7 Digit transmitter

Lot #111 (Sale Order 110 of 149)

Rare Western Electric walnut 2 box TYPE 70 wall telephone with #5 Arm, Long Pole Receiver

Bates Index The Bates MFG Co. Orange NJ

Lot #112 (Sale Order 111 of 149)

Unique lamp, great for any telephone collection

Baird MFG Co. Chicago Coin Collector Porcelain instruction plate

Lot #113 (Sale Order 112 of 149)

Reproduction replacement part Tough to get if you need it!

Western Electric Master Apartment Telephone switchboard

Lot #114 (Sale Order 113 of 149)

Unique antique telephone switchboard measures almost 30" tall

Rare 1909 Submarine Signal Co. brass telephone

Lot #115 (Sale Order 114 of 149)

Has TWO very unusual heavy marked Western Electric D-90958 Industrial receivers

Western Electric Oak Intercom with Graybar Electric 179W receiver

Lot #116 (Sale Order 115 of 149)

Good condition, 7" by 6"

1884 Western Electric Candlestick magneto box

Lot #117 (Sale Order 116 of 149)

Original 1884 walnut Western Electric magneto box with crank

New England T&T Co. Western Electric POT BELLY walnut subset

Lot #118 (Sale Order 117 of 149)

Early piece of telephone history 12" long and 7.5" tall Sweet Piece!!

PubliC Pay Station Local and Long Distance Telephone sign

Lot #119 (Sale Order 118 of 149)

Measures 12" by 12" a little rough, but readable!!

Charles Williams Boston Top Box on 3 box telephone with Long Pole

Lot #120 (Sale Order 119 of 149)

Three box Blake with 1879 Charles Williams top box and original Western Electric Long pole receiver the blake box is an Export blake used in England. The transmitter gut is Brass, as was done there at the time.

Charles Williams Jr. Telephone and Telegraph BOSTON advertising

Lot #121 (Sale Order 120 of 149)

Coffin with two Long Poles framed advertising This is a Reproduction Poster made and hand tinted by John Infurna. Neat poster!

C. W. Williams 1877 Generator box

Lot #122 (Sale Order 121 of 149)

1877 C.W. Williams generator box with crank This is a More complete version of the one before with no Wooden top. I have never seen this in application.

Western Electric beveled edge 1890s nickel transmitter

Lot #123 (Sale Order 122 of 149)

Has early backup and knurl nut thumb wheel, would look great on your early Western Electric candlestick or wooden wall telephone

Group of seven antique telephone instruction card holders

Lot #124 (Sale Order 123 of 149)

Excellent parts for antique telephone restoration projects Hard to find when you need them.. Stock up!

Western Electric CHERRY Folding Vanity Telephone

Lot #125 (Sale Order 124 of 149)

Has Long Pole receiver, Beveled edge 7 digit transmitter, marked Western Electric Co. New York & Chicago. appears to be mostly original. a Neat Piece!

Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. large BELL name tag

Lot #126 (Sale Order 125 of 149)

Reproduction 4" by 4" tag for Gray Silver Dollar Pay Station appears to be a good cast one of these.

Western Electric donut telephone with marked WE pony receiver

Lot #127 (Sale Order 126 of 149)

Has Marked Western Electric pony terminal top receiver, excellent addition to any telephone collection

Western Electric Walnut 296E 2 line telephone

Lot #128 (Sale Order 127 of 149)

1907 Western Electric oak wall telephone

1880 Bell Telephone of Hawaii Stock Certificate framed

Lot #129 (Sale Order 128 of 149)

Original 1880 Hawaiian Bell Telephone stock certificate

Western Electric SILVER DOLLAR Oak Telephone Vanity from North Station

Lot #130 (Sale Order 129 of 149)

Paperwork states this piece was original from NORTH STATION in BOSTON, MASS. MUSEUM QUALITY Western Electric SILVER DOLLAR Vanity, with Long Pole receiver.

Western Electric #2 oak ringer box model 271G

Lot #131 (Sale Order 130 of 149)

Original ringer box for early Western Electric candlestick telephone

Southern California Strowger Pacific Bell Telephone 11 Hole phone

Lot #132 (Sale Order 131 of 149)

Original Bell System used AE Strowger Wall Phone. As documented in paperwork, excellent addition to a Western Electric Telephone collection

1898 walnut Western Electric doublebox wall telephone

Lot #133 (Sale Order 132 of 149)

WE stamped 133 B, Has pony receiver, Samson Glass battery jar

Gray Pay Station #11 coin box for early telephone

Lot #134 (Sale Order 133 of 149)

Has unique telephone instruction card, three slot coin box for early telephone

Western Electric Type 88 compact telephone

Lot #135 (Sale Order 134 of 149)

Has early knurl nut thumb wheel and pony terminal top receiver

Western Electric Walnut Subset for Pot Belly candlestick telephone

Lot #136 (Sale Order 135 of 149)

Type 101 E New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. walnut subset patented 1897

1881 Bell telephone Tap Bell unit.

Lot #137 (Sale Order 136 of 149)

An Original Bell Tap unit. This is Super rare, and would be a Great Addition to any Collection. These were used on some Edison sets, and as stand alone ringers.

1897 New England Telephone & Telegraph walnut subset

Lot #138 (Sale Order 137 of 149)

Early walnut Western Electric subset for Pot Belly candlestick telephones

Oak Repoduction Property of American Bell Telephone BLAKE Transmitter

Lot #139 (Sale Order 138 of 149)

Edison Carbon Telephone Blake Transmitter, complete stamped 253653 This is a Reproduction made by Selmer Lowe of Tenn. it is a Non functioning Blake box.

1882 Walnut Davis & Watts Blake 3 Box with Long Pole

Lot #140 (Sale Order 139 of 149)

Has very unusual metal 1877 Blake Transmitter speaker attachment, ORIGINAL Telephone in MUSEUM QUALITY CONDITION, the extra part is the original battery box bottom.

Western Electric type 295 L walnut telephone subset

Lot #141 (Sale Order 140 of 149)

Good condition, subset for candlestick telephone

Western Electric Type 68 walnut telephone with Pony receiver

Lot #142 (Sale Order 141 of 149)

Has Western Electric ROLLED Condenser

Western Electric OAK 6ft wall telephone with #5 arm 7 Digit Transmitter

Lot #143 (Sale Order 142 of 149)

Museum quality wall telephone has early Long Pole receiver

Unique telephone Intercom push button box with labels

Lot #144 (Sale Order 143 of 149)

12 station antique telephone intercom

Western Electric 20-B nickel candlestick telephone

Lot #145 (Sale Order 144 of 149)

Southern New England Reproduction advertising attachment, has early PONY Terminal Top receiver

1883 Bell Telephone of Canada 3 Box BLAKE Telephone

Lot #146 (Sale Order 145 of 149)

Has original Double Red Band marked Bell Telephone of Canada Long Pole receiver, This appears to be a Totally Straight setup with an early Charles Williams magneto in the top Box. Great Piece!

Western Electric walnut telephone subset

Lot #147 (Sale Order 146 of 149)

Early antique telephone subset ringer box

Western Electric 50K Gray Pay Phone 2 piece

Lot #148 (Sale Order 147 of 149)

Has metal subset. All original, excellent version of early 1900s Gray Western Electric original 2 piece pay phone. Includes early switchhook

Gray 3 slot Coin Collector Pay Station telephone

Lot #149 (Sale Order 148 of 149)

Would look great on your early Western Electric wall telephone

1893 Western Electric Silver Dollar Pay Station Grave Marker Top

Lot #150 (Sale Order 149 of 149)

MUSEUM QUALITY...Has Cobra Arm, Pony Receiver, HAS THE COIN CHUTES when coins are dropped the correct "DINGS" are made!, 7 Digit Transmitter faceplate a truly beautiful phone. However, it does not have the Coin Vault on this. Take note!