January 10th, 2008
The Best of Antiques
and Collecting
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People started collecting phones shortly after Alexander Graham Bell patented them in 1876. Key varieties include early wood wall phones, candlesticks, and rotary dial ‘desk sets’ made of bakelite, metal, and plastic (e.g. 202, 302, 500, Trimline and Princess). Key U.S. manufacturers include Western Electric, Automatic Electric, Kellogg, and Stromberg Carlson. Payphones and signs are also popular.
If you're into old phones, check out this 600-page repository of images and historical information. Includes an ext… [more]
Richard Rose's tribute to the Ericofon, a colorful, stylish concept phone introduced in Europe in the 1950's and th… [more]
St. Petersburg Times, FL -
Unique items include antique phones that are rewired for today's use, one of the Southeast's largest collections of Civil War weapons and memorabilia, ...
TCPalm, FL -
Her husband's antique telephone collection is placed throughout the downstairs, along with period photographs of the family, the home's original layout and ...
Sun.Star, Philippines -
Another surprise is that they have a working vintage telephone. Now that's what I call a real coffee table conversation piece in all its glory. ...
VillageSoup Belfast, USA -
Also trying to sit in a little antique telephone chair and stand combo to make a call is not too smart neither. This delicate piece of furniture was in our ...
Art Daily -
JKL5, a large scratchboard from 1948, features a highly abstracted vintage telephone over which a blackened screw-in light bulb hangs with seductively ...
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