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The Mulvey Antique Telephone Collection Auction 4
by Freeland Auction Services, LLC Event Begins: Sunday, December 4, 2:00 PM Eastern First lots ends Sunday, January 1, 6:00 PM Eastern Last lot ends Sunday, January 1, 8:32:39 PM Eastern 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 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, Blake 3 box telephones, 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 #4 brief listings below • 1891 Walnut Western Electric 2 Box American Bell Wall Telephone • Union Telephone Co. HOME TELEPHONE Co. of Palo $25 reward sign • Western Electric Walnut Fiddleback w A.B.T. Co. Nickel transmitter • 1900 Western Electric TYPE 98 S fiddleback telephone • 1893 The Colorado Telephone Co. Capital Stock Share framed • Western Electric OAK 273F Candlestick Telephone Ringer Box • Western Electric small metal intercom telephone • 2 piece Gray Pay Station 3 Slot Coin "TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE" tag • 1894 Western Electric 3 Jug Walnut Telephone MUSEUM QUALITY • The BLISS Individual Signal made for American Bell Telephone Co. UNDER BLAKES Pat's • 1894 Western Electric walnut subset extension telephone bell box • American Bell Telephone New England T&T walnut 3 Box BLAKE telephone • 1880s wood telephone terminal top receiver • early 1890s Long Pole telephone receiver EXCELLENT Condition • rare telephone nickel transmitter with unusual brown mouthpiece • Western Electric 301E walnut fiddleback telephone w/#11 Coin Collector • Black wooden telephone terminal top receiver stamped "A POTVIN" • Western Electric OAK single box telephone with GRAY COIN COLLECTOR • Western Electric Walnut TYPE 2 Two Box Wall Telephone • Western Electric OAK TYPE 72 unusual telephone top box • Studebaker Machine Co. Desk Telephone advertising attachment • 1884 walnut Western Electric magneto ringer box with crank • walnut Bell Telephone wooden terminal top reproduction receiver • American Bell Telephone terminal top PONY transitional receiver • rare The Miniature Telephone Booth Co. NEW YORK 1908 Oak booth • Beveled edge nickel over brass telephone transmitter • 1880 POST & CO. Coffin telephone switchhook • original 1880s Bell Telephone wooden terminal top receiver Model #2 • Western Electric New England T & T WALNUT 2 Box Telephone • 1884 Bell Telephone Buffalo NY rental receipts COFFIN on front • 1889 Viaduct Telephone Co. wooden receiver • Western Electric unusual OAK Warehouse Telephone • 4 Pin early telephone receiver cloth cord • "Positive" Telephone Reminder attachment in original package • early 1880s wooden terminal top telephone receiver • Western Electric black 533 telephone with backboard & battery box • Eastern No 2 Dry Cell for all open circuit work by Eastern Carbon Works • unmarked 1878-1879 Bell Telephone wooden receiver • Northern Electric Extension Bells Montreal Red Ringer box • Western Electric Walnut Tandem Telephone with 7 Digit transmitter • New England Telehone & Telegraph 10 line type 271G ringer box • Long Pole telephone receiver • New England Telephone & Telegraph Type 111B two box telephone • Western Electric #70 watchcase telephone receiver • The GERSON System blake style telephone transmitter unit • Western Electric OAK Folding Vanity w/Long Pole receiver • Western Electric 297G Oak 2 party telephone subset • Victorian era unique "HIDE A PHONE" art deco décor • 1880s wooden BELL telephone receiver stamped on side • 1880s Telephone & Telegraph Construction Detroit 3 box phone • 1892 ELSON improved wooden receiver • Time-O-Call telephone call timer Mid-Century 1950s • Western Electric walnut Type 40 extension bell box • Graybar INTER-PHONE model 383 J wall hanging handset phone • New England Telephone & Telegraph OAK wall Telephone • 1879 Charles Williams wooden terminal top telephone receiver • Illinois Bell Telephone Company Directory For Chicago • 1879/1880 stamped American Bell Telephone 2 box telephone • Bell System New York Telephone Company BLUE BELL PAPERWEIGHT • Dan Mac SLUG Deflector For PayStations for installation on PayPhones • Late 1890s Western Electric walnut Type 312A Fiddleback Telephone • Pair of Bell System Telephone Cobalt Blue Bell Paperweights • Gray Telephone Pay Station 3 Slot portable Coin Collector • New England Telephone & Telegraph 3 BOX w/Canadian BLAKE Transmitter • 1880s Charles Williams Jr walnut Annunciator 100 Court St BOSTON • Local & Long Distance Telephone Cobalt Blue Bell System Paperweight • 1879 Charles Williams Jr. wooden terminal top telephone receiver • Western Electric Oak model 283 w/Battery Box & PONY Receiver • American Bell Telephone Edison Carbon BLAKE Transmitter reproduction • 1879 magneto transmitter telephone part unknown maker • Early 1920s PHONOMETER fancy timer made by C. H. Grave Co • 1888 Western Electric walnut Type 21 Wall Telephone w/attachments • Gray 3 Slot TWO PIECE Payphone Telephone 2A coin box • Pair of Western Electric 3" telephone dials #2AB & #2AE • 1884 American Bell Telephone BLAKE 3 Box with #2 stamped top box • Western Electric extension bell box original POST & CO. ringer • Western Electric C1 1930s Space Saver wall telephone • Western Electric telephone sounder • Western Electric mutli-line 1920s telephone model 1324C12 • 1879 BELGIUM Coffin Telephone with PONY CROWN Receiver • Western Electric 1893 walnut Type 21 top box • New England Tel & Telegraph walnut 2 Box Telephone 1893 • 1880 Charles Williams wooden telephone receiver • Western Electric watchcase telephone receiver • Western Electric 1889 48" LARGE walnut wall telephone • Group of 5 Cobalt blue Bell System Bell Telephone paperweights • Three cast iron GRAY PayStation coin drawers • 1880s Western Electric BLAKE box 3 Jug walnut wall telephone • Western Electric 1911 Candlestick telephone with LADY Hide A Phone • GLOBE Phone Mfg Co. unique piece of telephony history • Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company BLUE Cobalt Bell Paperweight • Unrestored 1884 American Bell Telephone Co. walnut wall telephone • 1892 American Bell Telephone TOLL TEST Head Set VERY RARE! • Southern New England Telephone Co. August 1950 directory & two others • unusual OAK early telephone plug board • early Telephone wood mouthpiece for 3 box telephone with screen • Western Electric transitional Pony Terminal top telephone receiver • Western Electric Type 85 walnut fiddleback telephone • New England Tel & Telegraph OAK Type 217F 10 line box • Western Electric OAK Telephone Vanity w/A.B.T Transmitter & Long Pole receiver • Chicago Telephone Company RULES dated 1887 • Baird Telephone Coin Collector for parts • Pair of station boards GrayBar InterPhone • Group of Telephone attachment BOXES ONLY • 1891 Western Electric 2 box walnut telephone with excellent parts • Early PayStation 1 arm bandit coin collector • 32" fancy 4 pin cloth telephone receiver cord • Western Electric C1 non dial space saver telephone with NO GROOVE E1 handset • New England Telephone & Telegraph walnut 301A fiddleback telephone • Western Electric Bell System KS-7118 unusual Telephone receiver part • unusual DETROIT Extension Bell Telephone ringer box • Early telephone Long Pole terminal top receiver • Western Electric OAK 294A Fiddleback wall telephone • American Bell Telephone BLAKE TRANSMITTER Edison Carbon Reproduction • Western Electric Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus Cobalt Blue Bell Paperweight • rare New England Telephone & Telegraph "Why Not Telephone & Find Out" • Western Electric Oak unusual Intercom 12 button with 1 bell on top • Old Telephones Scrapbook Volumes I, II, and III from the Smithsonian • Bell System Telephone & Telegraph Company Local & Long distance Paperweight • Long Pole telephone receiver • Western Electric 1894 Two-Box walnut telephone • Speed-A-Call antique telephone directory attachment • Western Electric INTER-PHONE metal wall telephone • Pair of Western Electric model 211 Spacesaver Telephones • Western Electric 50" Oak SUNBURST Tandem MUSEUM QUALITY TELEPHONE! • Gray Pay Station payphone coin collector telephone • New England Telephone & Telegraph LARGE BELL Extension bell box • Handi-Pad desk telephone attachment in original box • Saltillo Telephone Company PA $25 reward framed • Western Electric Type 271G 10 line telephone bell box • Magna-Dialer telephone desk phone attachment • Large group of telephone attachment advertising boxes only • Late 1880s Western Electric walnut Blake telephone • Western Electric Co. telephone extension bell ringer box • 1894 Western Electric OAK Type 68 unusual compact wall telephone • The Southern New England Telephone Company Phone Booth Directory • 1880s Western Electric 2 Box Walnut Telephone w/7 Digit Transmitter • Argonne AR 20 Telephone Pickup recording device • Western Electric OAK Type 44 1893 top box • Primitive early 1880s Oak telephone table top candlestick ringer box • Western Electric OAK Vanity Switchboard VERY RARE! • The Telephone Patent Book 1876-1920 Reference Guide • The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company COBALT Blue Bell Paperweight • Wooden Terminal Top telephone receiver • Western Electric OAK Wall Telephone with Gray Coin Collector • 1880s Western Electric unusual TALL extension bell box • New York Telephone Co. "Open The Future" advertising item • 1880s American Bell Telephone early COFFIN magneto box • WH Dunhain FERROTYPES FOR TELEPHONE in original box • Western Electric OAK 6 Ft Tandem on the Stilts MUSEUM Quality

1891 Walnut Western Electric 2 Box American Bell Wall Telephone

Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 150)

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 with nice colored cloth cord, 33" Tall, very nice nickel bells and magneto crank. Has grooved backboard. This looks to be on a Blake Type of a Backboard setup. Would make a GREAT addition to your antique telephone collection

Union Telephone Co. HOME TELEPHONE Co. of Palo $25 reward sign

Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 150)

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

Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 150)

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 nice add to any Collection!

1900 Western Electric TYPE 98 S fiddleback telephone

Lot #4 (Sale Order 4 of 150)

Museum quality wall fiddleback telephone with terminal top PONY receiver, Overall a nice telephone!

1893 The Colorado Telephone Co. Capital Stock Share framed

Lot #5 (Sale Order 5 of 150)

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

Lot #6 (Sale Order 6 of 150)

Unusual version with the SINGLE GONG ringer, excellent condition, would look great with your early telephone

Western Electric small metal intercom telephone

Lot #7 (Sale Order 7 of 150)

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

Lot #8 (Sale Order 8 of 150)

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

Lot #9 (Sale Order 9 of 150)

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 could take the extra voltage to reach out Farther, as opposed to the single cell Blake.

The BLISS Individual Signal made for American Bell Telephone Co. UNDER BLAKES Pat's

Lot #10 (Sale Order 10 of 150)

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--Unique!

1894 Western Electric walnut subset extension telephone bell box

Lot #11 (Sale Order 11 of 150)

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

Lot #12 (Sale Order 12 of 150)

Wow…museum quality, original BLAKE Transmitter Property of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. Manufactured for American Bell Telephone Co. by STANDARD ELECTRICAL WORKS Cincinnati, O walnut 3 box wall telephone. Has original long pole receiver, and unusual bottom box

1880s Wood telephone terminal top receiver

Lot #13 (Sale Order 13 of 150)

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

Lot #14 (Sale Order 14 of 150)

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

Lot #15 (Sale Order 15 of 150)

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 Nickel transmitter unit is a sound powered type used by Bell in the early Years. An interesting Historic piece!

Western Electric 301E walnut fiddleback telephone w/#11 Coin Collector

Lot #16 (Sale Order 16 of 150)

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"

Lot #17 (Sale Order 17 of 150)

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 traditional versions that were well Marked. Definitely found on Bell sets.

Western Electric OAK single box telephone with GRAY COIN COLLECTOR

Lot #18 (Sale Order 18 of 150)

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

Lot #19 (Sale Order 19 of 150)

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--Get yours!

Western Electric OAK TYPE 72 unusual telephone top box

Lot #20 (Sale Order 20 of 150)

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 Boxes are hard to find, but with Vanity Bling on it--Unobtainium!

Studebaker Machine Co. Desk Telephone advertising attachment

Lot #21 (Sale Order 21 of 150)

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

Lot #22 (Sale Order 22 of 150)

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

Lot #23 (Sale Order 23 of 150)

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

Lot #24 (Sale Order 24 of 150)

Nice marked cap excellent condition receiver

Rare The Miniature Telephone Booth Co. NEW YORK 1908 Oak booth

Lot #25 (Sale Order 25 of 150)

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. There are only a few of these known. Imagine sticking your face into this thing and making a 'Private call.. Uh Huh!

Beveled edge nickel over brass telephone transmitter

Lot #26 (Sale Order 26 of 150)

Western Electric transmitter missing the banana tag Now you have your chance to retag this anything you want. 7 Digit.. 6 digit..ABT co... The range is to Infinity!

Coffin telephone type "Throwkey"

Lot #27 (Sale Order 27 of 150)

Excellent original early telephone part This is close to the Coffin 'Throwkey' on the 1877 phones, but it would need some trimming down to work. Has a Nice hard Rubber knob that works.

Original 1880s Bell Telephone wooden terminal top receiver Model #2

Lot #28 (Sale Order 28 of 150)

Patented and Bell Telephone stamped in the upper shaft, excellent early Bell Telephone wooden receiver Ready to hang on your Coffin Phone!

Western Electric New England Telephone & T WALNUT 2 Box Telephone

Lot #29 (Sale Order 29 of 150)

Has early #5 arm, 7 DIGIT Transmitter faceplate, terminal top PONY Receiver

1884 Bell Telephone Buffalo NY rental receipts COFFIN on front

Lot #30 (Sale Order 30 of 150)

Three receipts dated 1884 from The Bell Telephone Co. of Buffalo NY

1889 Viaduct Telephone Co. wooden receiver

Lot #31 (Sale Order 31 of 150)

Very early version wooden receiver/ Watchcase for your old phone!

Western Electric unusual OAK Warehouse Telephone

Lot #32 (Sale Order 32 of 150)

22 station Oak double box warehouse telephone, very cool hard to find piece of telephony history, has terminal top PONY Receiver This will liven up the Rest of your collection by Comparison!

4 Pin early telephone receiver cloth cord

Lot #33 (Sale Order 33 of 150)

Very fancy original cloth telephone receiver cord Often Called 'Rattlesnake" By collectors, but is Most accurate to say "Houndstooth pattern". One of the early fat Ones, probably Worsted wool, and could have the 'iron Spiral' conductors. Early!

"Positive" Telephone Reminder attachment in original package

Lot #34 (Sale Order 34 of 150)

Excellent piece of telephony history candlestick telephone attachment Yet another 'Go With"-For the Telephony Enthusiasts!

Early 1880s wooden terminal top telephone receiver

Lot #35 (Sale Order 35 of 150)

Excellent original early wooden telephone receiver

Western Electric black 533 telephone with backboard & battery box

Lot #36 (Sale Order 36 of 150)

Good condition Mebbe not your fanciest set, but a Workhorse nonetheless!

Eastern No 2 Dry Cell for all open circuit work by Eastern Carbon Works

Lot #37 (Sale Order 37 of 150)

Early miniature dry cell battery

Unmarked 1878-1879 Bell Telephone wooden receiver

Lot #38 (Sale Order 38 of 150)

Very good condition, would look great on your early COFFIN Telephone

Northern Electric Extension Bells Montreal Red Ringer box

Lot #39 (Sale Order 39 of 150)

Good condition early walnut telephone extension bell box

Western Electric Walnut Tandem Telephone with 7 Digit transmitter

Lot #40 (Sale Order 40 of 150)

Top box has COW BELLS, small transmitter arm, has TWO glass battery jars, and directory attachment around the mouthpiece, also has terminal top pony receiver…NOTICE THE Railway Express Co. tag from Shipping on the back of the phone! Very cool!

New England Telehone & Telegraph 10 line type 271G ringer box

Lot #41 (Sale Order 41 of 150)

Patents on side, excellent condition You may ask, 'Is it a shelf? Is it a ringer box? Why, Yes, it is Both!

Long Pole telephone receiver

Lot #42 (Sale Order 42 of 150)

Appears to have been repaired, good condition This one should Go Reasonable--Time to get one!

New England Telephone & Telegraph Type 111B two box telephone

Lot #43 (Sale Order 43 of 150)

Has 7 Digit transmitter and Bell Telephone Long Pole receiver Overall a nice unit!

Western Electric #70 watchcase telephone receiver

Lot #44 (Sale Order 44 of 150)

Good condition very handy early telephone part

The GERSON System blake style telephone transmitter unit

Lot #45 (Sale Order 45 of 150)

Very hard to find GERSON System telephone This is a survivor, and not many still Exist! With a Little elbow grease, it could be a wowser!

Western Electric OAK Folding Vanity w/Long Pole receiver

Lot #46 (Sale Order 46 of 150)

Excellent condition, early 1890s version with beveled edge 229 transmitter, incredible piece of telephony history One of the cleanest I have seen!

Western Electric 297G Oak 2 party telephone subset

Lot #47 (Sale Order 47 of 150)

Good condition, 10" by 6.5"

Victorian era unique "HIDE A PHONE" art deco décor

Lot #48 (Sale Order 48 of 150)

Does NOT include the candlestick telephone, just the Hide A Phone WOMAN

1880s wooden BELL telephone receiver stamped on side

Lot #49 (Sale Order 49 of 150)

Excellent condition early wooden telephone receiver

1880s Telephone & Telegraph Construction Detroit 3 box phone

Lot #50 (Sale Order 50 of 150)

Reproduction backboard and reproduction BLAKE Transmitter, Made by Roger Newell of Kansas, his were non functioning models made in the 1990's. Early Detroit Construction marked Long Pole receiver with crack in the shaft, very hard to find

1892 ELSTON improved wooden receiver

Lot #51 (Sale Order 51 of 150)

Nice early piece of telephony history

Time-O-Call telephone call timer Mid-Century 1950s

Lot #52 (Sale Order 52 of 150)

Heavy steel base with bell on back.

Western Electric walnut Type 40 extension bell box

Lot #53 (Sale Order 53 of 150)

Excellent condition 1880s extension bell box

Graybar INTER-PHONE model 383 J wall hanging handset phone

Lot #54 (Sale Order 54 of 150)

Handset is stamped Western Electric

New England Telephone & Telegraph OAK wall Telephone

Lot #55 (Sale Order 55 of 150)

Cathedral Top, Picture frame front, had early 7 Digit transmitter faceplate, terminal top PONY receiver, and Bell Telephone attachment

1879 Charles Williams wooden terminal top telephone receiver

Lot #56 (Sale Order 56 of 150)

Good condition early wooden telephone receiver, would look great with your early COFFIN telephone

Illinois Bell Telephone Company Directory For Chicago

Lot #57 (Sale Order 57 of 150)

1920s/30s Illinois Bell Telephone Co. payphone booth directory cover The odds that this would survive in this condition..next to Nil. Get One Now!

1879/1880 Charles Williams Jr. Telephone

Lot #58 (Sale Order 58 of 150)

This has a Charles Williams Jr. Top Box on it, Reproduction hook, Friction Drive Magneto, Bottom box (is mounted upside down) marked New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., Excellent early telephone for a restoration project, has marked American Bell Telephone Lightening arrestor, Early piece!

Bell System New York Telephone Company BLUE BELL PAPERWEIGHT

Lot #59 (Sale Order 59 of 150)

Local Long Distance COBALT BLUE BELL Paperweight These are a neat Go With. Always popular!

Dan Mac SLUG Deflector For PayStations for installation on PayPhones

Lot #60 (Sale Order 60 of 150)

Unique piece of telephone history in the original box Remember filing down pop out steel slugs found at construction sites, just to get a Gumball? I Do!

Late 1890s Western Electric walnut Type 312A Fiddleback Telephone

Lot #61 (Sale Order 61 of 150)

Unusual transmitter on this early walnut telephone!

Pair of Bell System Telephone Cobalt Blue Bell Paperweights

Lot #62 (Sale Order 62 of 150)

Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company is in good condition, the Western Electric Blue Bell is damaged on the top

Gray Telephone Pay Station 3 Slot portable Coin Collector

Lot #63 (Sale Order 63 of 150)

Has lower coin box lock and key, missing the switchhook.

New England Telephone & Telegraph 3 BOX w/Canadian BLAKE Transmitter

Lot #64 (Sale Order 64 of 150)

1890 early 3 box telephone, with original Canadian Blake Transmitter box, it is empty, looks like someone let a Woodpecker in there, but with a little wood putty, and some elbow grease, you can make it a stunner. Notice the unique stamp inside the top box stating "N.E.T & T. Co. Repaired it in Jan 1891"

1880s Charles Williams, Jr. Annunciator 109 Court St BOSTON

Lot #65 (Sale Order 65 of 150)

Front Door Parlor Dining Room very fancy walnut carving on front A nice gold transfer on the glass with the C. Wms Info. Cool!

Local & Long Distance Telephone Cobalt Blue Bell System Paperweight

Lot #66 (Sale Order 66 of 150)

Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company excellent condition

1879 Charles Williams Jr. wooden terminal top telephone receiver

Lot #67 (Sale Order 67 of 150)

Good condition, Norm's notes says it is dated on top of shaft

Western Electric Oak model 283 w/Battery Box & PONY Receiver

Lot #68 (Sale Order 68 of 150)

Mounted on 186B WE backboard, Excellent condition early telephone with *350* nickel transmitter faceplate

American Bell Telephone Edison Carbon BLAKE Transmitter reproduction

Lot #69 (Sale Order 69 of 150)

Good condition well marked BLAKE TRANSMITTER This would be a good Starter Blake for the Missing one on your backboard. Box is empty, so you can update it any way you want!

1879 magneto transmitter telephone part unknown maker

Lot #70 (Sale Order 70 of 150)

Has original cord, very early piece of telephony history Looks to be an experiment to show the transmission of voice. Lotsa these were made up by Home tinkerers.

Early 1920s PHONOMETER fancy timer made by C. H. Grave Co

Lot #71 (Sale Order 71 of 150)

Nice item to add to your telephone collection If you have someone too long on the phone...Time 'Em!

1888 Western Electric walnut Type 21 Wall Telephone w/attachments

Lot #72 (Sale Order 72 of 150)

Beautiful MUSEUM Quality wall telephone, has early #5 arm, PONY Terminal Top receiver, and transmitter FIRE CALL 37 attachment

Gray 3 Slot TWO PIECE Payphone Telephone 2A coin box

Lot #73 (Sale Order 73 of 150)

Would fit in the early 50 G style 2-piece payphones Later versions had secured lids to help avoid 'Shrinkage' with all that silver coinage, and such!

Pair of Western Electric 3" telephone dials #2AB & #2AE

Lot #74 (Sale Order 74 of 150)

Would work great on your early WE dial candletick or desk telephone, good working condition They have that Great "Clackety -Clack sound!

1884 American Bell Telephone BLAKE 3 Box with #2 stamped top box

Lot #75 (Sale Order 75 of 150)

Beautiful telephone, no receiver The reproduction Blake was made by Roger Newell in Kansas, his were non-functioning models. Still a Good looking set for anyone's Collection.

Western Electric extension bell box original POST & CO. ringer

Lot #76 (Sale Order 76 of 150)

Excellent condition early extension bell box

Western Electric C1 1930s Space Saver wall telephone

Lot #77 (Sale Order 77 of 150)

Nice early Exchange number card, phone has early NO GROOVE E1 Handset

Western Electric telephone "Howler'Unit

Lot #78 (Sale Order 78 of 150)

Good condition piece of telephony history These were used in warehouses to blare when a call came in. In mostly noisy Environments.

Western Electric mutli-line 1920s telephone model 1324C12

Lot #79 (Sale Order 79 of 150)

GRAYBAR "The Successor to Western Electric" InterPhone intercom unit.

1879 BELGIUM Coffin Telephone with PONY CROWN Receiver

Lot #80 (Sale Order 80 of 150)

Used in Australia and New Zealand most often These were equipped with the Edison stuff that The Bell Company got in a settlement with Western Union. Neat that they survived.

Western Electric 1893 walnut Type 21 top box

Lot #81 (Sale Order 81 of 150)

Has switchook and ringer, excellent condition A nice complete box ready for your type 21 Number 5 arm phone!

New England Tel & Telegraph walnut 2 Box Telephone 1893

Lot #82 (Sale Order 82 of 150)

Museum quality, fabulous 2 Box wall phone, has #5 arm and fold down battery box, on the back of the phone, it says it was "OWNED BY THE CARLSON FAMILY"

1880 Charles Williams wooden telephone receiver

Lot #83 (Sale Order 83 of 150)

Museum quality Charles Williams wooden terminal top telephone receiver

Western Electric watchcase telephone receiver

Lot #84 (Sale Order 84 of 150)

Stamped 400 Western Electric made in USA

Western Electric 1889 48" LARGE walnut wall telephone

Lot #85 (Sale Order 85 of 150)

VERY UNUSUAL, Has Bell Long Pole receiver, #5 arm, 7 Digit transmitter faceplate.

Group of 5 Cobalt blue Bell System Bell Telephone paperweights

Lot #86 (Sale Order 86 of 150)

Good condition very unique paperweights, 2 made for the 25th anniversary of ATCA For those not in the "Know", That is the "Antique Telephone Collectors Association."

Three cast iron GRAY PayStation coin drawers

Lot #87 (Sale Order 87 of 150)

Good condition, great parts for restoration When you need one of these, they are Nowhere to be Found..But They are Now here"!

1880s Western Electric BLAKE box 3 Jug walnut wall telephone

Lot #88 (Sale Order 88 of 150)

Original BLAKE and BELL Long Pole, MUSEUM QUALITY early Western Electric wall telephone, has THREE glass battery jars

Western Electric 1911 Candlestick telephone with LADY Hide A Phone

Lot #89 (Sale Order 89 of 150)

Unique piece of telephone history, the Victorian home owners of the past often did NOT like the look of the telephone and found ways to cover them up. This particular set was manufactured by Munzer and appears to be called LUCKY BELL DOLL

GLOBE Phone Mfg Co. unique piece of telephony history

Lot #90 (Sale Order 90 of 150)

Could have been used as a hearing aid piece

Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company BLUE Cobalt Bell Paperweight

Lot #91 (Sale Order 91 of 150)

Local Long Distance COBALT BLUE BELL Paperweight

Unrestored 1884 American Bell Telephone Co. walnut wall telephone

Lot #92 (Sale Order 92 of 150)

Great parts on this, stationary switchhook, early top box and cast iron battery tray Just add a Blake transmitter, and a Nice longpole, and you will have a heck of a Piece!

1892 American Bell Telephone TOLL TEST Head Set VERY RARE!

Lot #93 (Sale Order 93 of 150)

Stamped Property of American Bell Telephone Co. has COIN Edge, very fancy piece

Southern New England Telephone Co. August 1950 directory & two others

Lot #94 (Sale Order 94 of 150)

Nice group of three telephone books

unusual OAK early telephone plug board

Lot #95 (Sale Order 95 of 150)

Good condition If you need a Plug board with lots of terminals--Here it is!

Early Telephone wood mouthpiece for 3 box telephone with screen

Lot #96 (Sale Order 96 of 150)

Good early piece of telephony history Last time i saw one of these, it was mounted on a round wood unit with a coil in the back. Neat Piece!

Western Electric transitional Pony Terminal top telephone receiver

Lot #97 (Sale Order 97 of 150)

Has wider cap, transitional PONY receiver The Transitional Pony used some of the earlier Long Pole caps as they were the same size. Later, the pony had a smaller heavy duty cap.

Western Electric Type 85 walnut fiddleback telephone

Lot #98 (Sale Order 98 of 150)

Has early *350* nickel transmitter faceplate, early patents 1901,

New England Tel & Telegraph OAK Type 217F 10 line box

Lot #99 (Sale Order 99 of 150)

Excellent condition

Western Electric OAK Telephone Vanity w/A.B.T Transmitter & Long Pole receiver

Lot #100 (Sale Order 100 of 150)

Hard to find A.B.T. Co transmitter faceplate, Wood is all original, transmitter arm, wire board and binding posts are reproduction. It is missing the Local and Long Distance tag that goes up on the top board, but there are nice repros of those that have been made. Fabulous Western Electric Telephone Vanity! Excellent addition to your antique telephone collection

Chicago Telephone Company RULES dated 1887

Lot #101 (Sale Order 101 of 150)

Excellent well framed piece of telephony history Would look good with your Chicago Telephones collection! A Very Prolific company!

Baird Telephone Coin Collector for parts

Lot #102 (Sale Order 102 of 150)

Great piece for restoration projects! The parts to finish this out are obtainable-Great starter project since most of the guts are there.

Pair of Station boards GrayBar InterPhone

Lot #103 (Sale Order 103 of 150)

Great for your telephone displays Or figure them out and run all your intercoms!

Group of Telephone attachment BOXES ONLY

Lot #104 (Sale Order 104 of 150)

Excellent display items to use with your attachment collections And all for 1 money!

1891 Western Electric 2 box walnut telephone with excellent parts

Lot #105 (Sale Order 105 of 150)

Has Pony receiver, #5 arm and nice early bottom box with cast iron battery tray

Early PayStation 1 arm bandit coin collector

Lot #106 (Sale Order 106 of 150)

Excellent for parts Time to pick up Where Norm left off, and carry it through!

32" fancy 4 pin cloth telephone receiver cord

Lot #107 (Sale Order 107 of 150)

Very good condition Another fat "Rattlesnake" cord, it May be a contemporary piece with older ends added. Looks great, and fills a void on an Early Phone.

Western Electric C1 non dial space saver telephone with NO GROOVE E1 handset

Lot #108 (Sale Order 108 of 150)

Good condition Hang this in the garage, and never miss a call!

New England Telephone & Telegraph walnut 301A fiddleback telephone

Lot #109 (Sale Order 109 of 150)

1896 museum quality wall telephone, has PONY Receiver Has a slight Bend on the cast switch hook, but easily Remedied. A Good Clean Phone!

Western Electric Bell System KS-7118 unusual Telephone receiver part

Lot #110 (Sale Order 110 of 150)

Most often used with outdoor telephones Or could be a soldering tools handle. You Be the Judge!

Unusual DETROIT Extension Bell Telephone ringer box

Lot #111 (Sale Order 111 of 150)

Unusual ringer, very good condition and hard to find

Early telephone Long Pole terminal top receiver

Lot #112 (Sale Order 112 of 150)

Excellent condition You need them and here they are!

Western Electric OAK 294A Fiddleback wall telephone

Lot #113 (Sale Order 113 of 150)

Hard to find OAK fiddleback, has *229* transmitter faceplate

American Bell Telephone BLAKE TRANSMITTER Edison Carbon Reproduction

Lot #114 (Sale Order 114 of 150)

Nice Reproduction example of the BLAKE Transmitter You would have to go a long way to find the Quality and Accuracy shown in this model. Good First Effort.

Western Electric Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus Cobalt Blue Bell Paperweight

Lot #115 (Sale Order 115 of 150)

Good condition early Bell System Paperweight

Rare New England Telephone & Telegraph "Why Not Telephone & Find Out"

Lot #116 (Sale Order 116 of 150)

Very unique early Bell System telephone paperweight

Western Electric Oak unusual Intercom 12 button with 1 bell on top

Lot #117 (Sale Order 117 of 150)

WE Oak Type 270K from early 1900s

Old Telephones Scrapbook Volumes I, II, and III from the Smithsonian

Lot #118 (Sale Order 118 of 150)

Incredible telephone reference books They could be coming to a Shelf near you! Get Informed!

Bell System Telephone & Telegraph Company Local & Long distance Paperweight

Lot #119 (Sale Order 119 of 150)

Cobalt Blue Bell telephone paperweight

Long Pole telephone receiver

Lot #120 (Sale Order 120 of 150)

Excellent condition You can never have enough of these as a Telephone Afficianado!

Western Electric 1894 Two-Box walnut telephone

Lot #121 (Sale Order 121 of 150)

Museum quality with Type 21 top box, Pony terminal top receiver, WESTERN ELECTRIC glass battery jar, This has the correct top Box with the induction coil in it.

Speed-A-Call antique telephone directory attachment

Lot #122 (Sale Order 122 of 150)

Excellent condition in original packaging

Western Electric INTER-PHONE metal wall telephone

Lot #123 (Sale Order 123 of 150)

Has marked 179W Graybar Electric watchcase receiver Has a nice Odis Levrier green cord installed. Good Piece!

Pair of Western Electric model 211 Spacesaver Telephones

Lot #124 (Sale Order 124 of 150)

One has dial and one is Non Dial, very good condition

Western Electric 50" Oak SUNBURST Tandem MUSEUM QUALITY TELEPHONE!

Lot #125 (Sale Order 125 of 150)

Has early 7 Digit Transmitter, Pony receiver, WESTERN ELECTRIC Glass battery jar, #5 Arm, Repaired Backboard but all original, professionally refinished. Absolutely gorgeous telephone to add to your collection.

Gray Pay Station payphone coin collector telephone

Lot #126 (Sale Order 126 of 150)

Missing receiver and the top Crabclaw lock, and has Reproduction coin drawer

New England Telephone & Telegraph LARGE BELL Extension bell box

Lot #127 (Sale Order 127 of 150)

Type 111, pat'd 1887, Good condition, very hard to find LARGE 4" bells That's what you call 'Major Gongage!"

Handi-Pad desk telephone attachment in original box

Lot #128 (Sale Order 128 of 150)

Excellent condition unique attachment

Saltillo Telephone Company PA $25 reward framed

Lot #129 (Sale Order 129 of 150)

Good condition and an excellent addition to your collection

Western Electric Type 271G 10 line telephone bell box

Lot #130 (Sale Order 130 of 150)

Excellent condition Ready to add your potbelly or your number 10 Phone!

Magna-Dialer telephone desk phone attachment

Lot #131 (Sale Order 131 of 150)

Magnetic feature to put on front of your 1937 metal 302 desk telephone

Large group of telephone attachment advertising boxes only

Lot #132 (Sale Order 132 of 150)

Good condition, Good assortment time to get some now!

Late 1880s Western Electric walnut Blake telephone

Lot #133 (Sale Order 133 of 150)

Excellent parts on this early telephone ready for restoration Just add an original Blake, some wiring, Add a nicely marked Hard Rubber long pole receiver, And there you have it! A really great Phone!

Western Electric Co. telephone extension bell ringer box

Lot #134 (Sale Order 134 of 150)

Early patents on side, very unusual WE extension bell box

1894 Western Electric OAK Type 68 unusual compact wall telephone

Lot #135 (Sale Order 135 of 150)

Has the American Bell Telephone Co. coil inside, Hard phone to find, very cool piece of telephony history to add to your collection

The Southern New England Telephone Company Phone Booth Directory

Lot #136 (Sale Order 136 of 150)

Excellent condition early 1920s phone booth cover directory from Southern New England Telephone Company

1880s Western Electric 2 Box Walnut Telephone w/7 Digit Transmitter

Lot #137 (Sale Order 137 of 150)

Museum Quality antique telephone, has Pony receiver, phone Is all original and beautiful! It has the N.E.T.T. Push button on the patent side used in New England.

Argonne AR 20 Telephone Pickup recording device

Lot #138 (Sale Order 138 of 150)

Interesting telephony item

Western Electric OAK Type 44 1893 top box

Lot #139 (Sale Order 139 of 150)

Excellent condition, hard to find Oak Type 44 for telephone restoration This is missing the very Common 3 bar Western Electric generator. An Easy find.

Primitive early 1880s Oak telephone table top candlestick ringer box

Lot #140 (Sale Order 140 of 150)

Hard to find item This is missing the large Gong that went with this. Has quite the Large coil set in the box. Unusual!

Western Electric OAK Vanity Switchboard VERY RARE!

Lot #141 (Sale Order 141 of 150)

Museum quality hard to find Oak Western Electric Vanity Switchboard This is an interesting Adaptation of a switchboard onto a Vanity Base. I bet that you won't find another of these!

The Telephone Patent Book 1876-1920 Reference Guide

Lot #142 (Sale Order 142 of 150)

By Ronald Christianson There are a lot of obscure Patents pertaining to Telephony in this book Highly Recommended!

The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company COBALT Blue Bell Paperweight

Lot #143 (Sale Order 143 of 150)

Local Long Distance COBALT BLUE BELL Paperweight

Wooden Terminal Top telephone receiver

Lot #144 (Sale Order 144 of 150)

Great for display Nicely made rendition of a longpole. Cool piece!

Western Electric OAK Wall Telephone with Gray Coin Collector

Lot #145 (Sale Order 145 of 150)

Museum Quality wall telephone with Gray Coin Collector, has keys and A Neat Bob Alexander mouthpiece attachment

1880s Western Electric unusual TALL extension bell box

Lot #146 (Sale Order 146 of 150)

Excellent condition extension bell ringer box

New York Telephone Co. "Open The Future" advertising item

Lot #147 (Sale Order 147 of 150)

Excellent 1920s/30s telephone advertising item Whether it is time to open a can, or if it's 'Beer Thirty" with this you are ready for any Contingency!

1880s American Bell COFFIN Era magneto box

Lot #148 (Sale Order 148 of 150)

This is a Post and company Burl Veneered top box made for the American Bell Telephone company. It has the Box, Some escutcheons, and the hard to get 2 bar Clover leaf Wheeled Generator. A great Piece if you have the switch hook, the 2 backbar ringer, and some early bells. Ready for Your restoration

WH Dunhain FERROTYPES FOR TELEPHONE in original box

Lot #149 (Sale Order 149 of 150)

Wooden transmitter pieces made by W.H. Dunhain If you have a clue what these were used for--You are ahead of the pack!

Western Electric OAK 6 Ft Tandem on the Stilts MUSEUM Quality

Lot #150 (Sale Order 150 of 150)

Museum quality antique telephone, has #5 arm, Pony receiver, Bell Long Pole receiver and 7 Digit transmitter. If your place tends to flood, this phone is good up to about a Foot. Would be a CENTERPIECE for any collection!