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Circa 1900, Rare and Miscellaneous Items

Item	Click on the pictures for Better Images	Description	Price
1/2	Click on image	Spearpoint Ericsson wall telephone (aka Deluxe) Very original, genuine PMG Commonwealth Ericsson AB520. Manufactured 1902. Marked PMG on the timberwork. These telephones were early telephones imported from Sweden and used on the Australian network by the PMG in the early 1900's. French polish restored inside and out. a very nice deep Mahogany timber See the additional pictures	Very Rare phone $975
1/3	Click on image	Nice original, Jydsk. Manufactured in early 1900s. Battery box and bell motor cover have been repainted and have new graphics logo. Repainted bell motor cover. French polish restored. This one has a very nice deep Oak timber. Good original Nickel plating Advertised for a friend so please contact Mark, on 07-3256 7991, or 0418272281	$575
1/4	Click on the pictures	How to/not to Carry a Skeleton / Eiffel Tower LM Ericsson, Skeleton/Eiffel Tower telephones. Type AC 120/130 Very desirable telephones, in exceptional condition	Left - LM Ericsson later version AC130 (UK manufactured). Also called the no16. Completely un-restored but in very good condition and with a very good handset. $1325 Earlier version Right - Rare 5 terminal LM Ericsson Skeleton, AC110. $ Fitted with a dial. Obviously a later conversion but appears done by an expert.
1/4a	Click on the picture	Rare LME Ericsson Commemorative; In 1976 Ericsson reproduced their popular model AC110 skeletal in 1976 under commission from the Swiss PTT celebrates100th anniversary of both the first telephone patent 1876 and founding of LM Ericsson Company in April 1876. The Ericsson AC110, designed in 1892 was the first commercially available desk telephone with a 1 pce handset and became the mainstay of the company for nearly 38 years with over one million made. Only 5000 of this telephone were produced and are extremely accurate except for two easily noted mistakes in design. The “mistakes” were either by intention to prevent being mistaken for original or the result of a flipped image of an original used in the design layout. 1. The ringer motor is located on the opposite side of the telephone. 2. In addition the handset cord enters the side of the ebonite deck where the line terminal cord should enter as opposed to being connected to exterior terminals on the side of the deck	$765 The Commemorative model is probably the rarest of all LME Skeleton models, with only 5000 made. One of the pictures shows this phone next to an original Ericsson AC110, designed in 1892 and of which millions were made.
1/5	Click on the picture	Telephone Manufacturing Company Made in the UK, 1920 (see the lable) and installed at the Sydney office of Jackson and O'Sullivan publishers.	The timberwork looks nice enough. The press buttons are marked with designations such as "stationery" etc. $
1/6		This is a most unusual "Partner" phone with two generator handles and that would have been located in the centre of a partner desk and shared by two employees. Unusual shaped "tapered" handgrip on the elegant styled handset. Sweden may well have been the origin of the partner phone when LM Ericsson in the 1890's designed and manufactured the twin handled magneto phones in the Skeleton and Tunnan styles	Very good original condition. Some small white paint spots on the back of the Black body of the phone. Slight paint wear on the tapered handgrip $Sold More pictures
1/7	*This telephone has sold*	Automatic Electric telephones from 1910-20's These telephones are very rare, but I have a more than I need so I will negotiate to sell to an interested collector.	Email for more pictures
1/8	Click on the picture	This particular Automatic Electric is not the first version but it is a genuine Australian PMG version. Working model with a later transmitter insert for more efficiency. These phones would have been bought by the PMG from the US manufacturer in conjunction with the Strowger exchange installations	A rare PMG telephone $450
1/9		A much rarer French version of the Candlestick telephone made by LM Ericsson. In exceptional original condition, with original Nickel plating and the second “Mother-in-Law” receiver.	A rare item $750 Email for more pictures
1/10		From the early 1900s, another upright version of the unique French manufactured telephone. Colloquially named the Violon (Violin), it has been recently restored and is in excellent condition	Exceptional rare Telephone $825 Email for more pictures
1/12		First 200 Years of Communications Australia 1788-1988 Telecom Australia Commemorative Plate Limited Edition	Produced in 1988 for Telecom Major Customers Never sold to the Public $85
1/13		A 1950's series of 10 "postcards" depicting a risqué office story with the telephone in picture. Some may see this as voyeurism, but I think this (complete) postcard set is just another interesting by-product of the impact of the telephone in our society. Scanned postcards and printed on photo paper - each monochrome print is 13 x 7cm The risqué aspect of "the telephone" and collecting telephone history are also briefly mentioned in my book and my Internet Pages The attached picture is a very low resolution, but the printed copies are of the same quality as the originals.	From the 1950's a Risqué Telephone story *Difficult to find the whole story* $12.50
1/information		LM Ericsson, “Skeleton” telephone. Lifting/Carrying DO's/DON'Ts This one has sold but I do have quite a number in my collection and will occasionally have one available for sale. 1892 - Magneto set "Eiffel-Tower" with handset This is one of the true classics of telephony: popularly known as the "Eiffel Tower" in America, "Coffee Grinder" in Australia and "Skeleton" in the UK and Australia.. It was manufactured in Stockholm, Sweden by L. M. Ericsson, in the period 1892 – 1929 and numbered the AC110, AC120, or AC140 for slight component variations.	Email for availability, and more pictures This model has been used almost all over the world and nearly a million were made. Its big popularity resulted in the fact that in Denmark alone there were two factories that made imitations and it was extensively copied worldwide. Almost all Scandinavian telephone companies used the "Eiffel-Tower" telephone. The beautiful design of the set and relative availability are good reasons why it is a highly regarded collector's item today.