Hundreds of vintage telephones were sold at Tennants on Saturday, 3rd March 2007 in their Spring Collectors Sale.  With a wide selection from many different eras, buyers were spoilt for choice by the elegant designs from the 1920’s, Art Deco inspired phones from the 1930’s through to Trim Phones from the 1980’s.  The rarest item in the collection was lot 392, an Ericsson Skeleton Telephone from the early 1900’s which sold for £500 (estimate £300-£500).  Lot 393 comprised of three novelty telephones including two Mickey Mouse phones and one Snoopy phone which sold for £150 (estimate £100-£150). Some of the many G.P.O. phones from the 1950’s proved popular with bidders and lot 411, a Red Bakelite telephone realized £300 (estimate £120-£180). The collection came from a private collector in Cumbria who had been collecting telephones for many years and was sold in 50 lots. 

Nick Lambert, Collectables Specialist at Tennants, said “This was an unusually large collection to come onto the market and provided a rare chance to purchase vintage telephones from many different eras.”

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Lot 392. An Ericsson Skeleton Telephone

Sold for £500