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Circa 1900, Rare and Miscellaneous Items

Item	Click on the pictures for Better Images	Description	Price
1/1	Click on image	Very original, Commonwealth Ericsson AB520. Manufactured 1910. These telephones were early telephones imported from Sweden and used on the Australian network by the PMG in the early 1900's - "Sanitary" handset . Battery box has the original "faux timber" paintwork 100 years old. For that reason I have not fitted a new LM Ericsson graphic/Ericsson logo to the battery cover; I will fit one if the buyer wants it. Repainted bell motor cover. French polish restored. This one has a very nice deep Mahogany timber.	$Sold another available Excellent finished appearance, both inside and out
1/2	Click on the pictures	How to/not to Carry a Skeleton / Eiffel Tower LM Ericsson, Skeleton/Eiffel Tower telephones. Very desirable telephones, in exceptional condition Type AC 120/130 Selling this original condition Skeleton for a friend	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. $1375 Earlier version Right - Rare 5 terminal LM Ericsson Skeleton, AC110. Magneto, with armature weighted cut-out (see pic no 6). Unusual Hygienic handset in exceptional condition (see pic no 7). Genuine ex-PMG AC120 in unrestored condition. Very restorable - no broken bits at all and particularly on the deck which is often broken. Complete with a hard to get round wall terminal block. Has a repairable chip out of the back edge $1100
1/3	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. Excellent handset. The press buttons are marked with designations such as "stationery" etc. $385
1/4		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 $685 More pictures
1/5		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
1/6	Click on the picture	From the early 1900’s – a French version of the Candlestick telephone timber top in good condition, with marble base. Made by Grammont, the Type 10. With Mother-in-Law receiver. A very good original for collection and ideal for that smaller display spot	Original $850
1/7	Click on the picture	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 $925 Email for more pictures
1/8		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
1/10	*Risque* *The Secretary*	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.