SFDave

San Francisco, USA

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About Me

I started collecting antique phones about ten years ago and then got interested in other types of antiques. One thing led to another an… Read more

I collect

telephones, railroadiana, porcelain signs, and advertising

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telephonearchive.com

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My Collections and Commentary

  1. Turn of the Century …20 months, 20 days agoI go this six foot long desk in Minneapolis from am artist who'd had it for thirty years. … Read more
  2. 1881 Boston Telephon…20 months, 23 days agoYou may have seen the reproductions of this great 1881 Telephone Despatch Company director … Read more
  3. U.S. Postage Stamp M…20 months, 23 days ago(Shipman Mfg. Co, Los Angeles.) This porcelain-front stamp dispenser is in near-mint cond … Read more
  4. Bell System Large Ro…20 months, 23 days agoThis two-sided porcelain flange sign was really dirty when I bought it and I didn't have h … Read more
  5. Vacationland 1930�…20 months, 23 days agoScreen print, c.1930s, publisher unknown. The headline (hard to read because the paper has … Read more
  6. Southern Pacific Ari…20 months, 23 days agoI got this really colorful SP poster as part of a deal to buy a wig-wag railroad signal (w … Read more
  7. New England Telephon…20 months, 23 days ago"When in Doubt, Telephone and Find Out" has got to be one of the greatest (and truest) mar … Read more
  8. Mountain States Tele…20 months, 23 days agoGot this at one of the TCI shows that Gary Goff and Hal Belden put on in California... I r … Read more
  9. Chicago Burlington a…20 months, 23 days agoThis is a gigantic and extremely heavy wrench. I got it at Winterrail 2006 in Stockton, CA … Read more
  10. Black AE 40 Monophon…20 months, 23 days agoThis was my first really nice phone... got it at a local art deco show. Brushed gold bands … Read more
  11. Western Electric 20T…20 months, 23 days agoThis nickel plated candlestick phone (model 20T, transmitter model 269W) has the original … Read more
  12. Clear Automatic Elec…20 months, 23 days agoThis is a beautiful modern reproduction by Ray Kotke (telephonecreations.com). Very few of … Read more
  13. Automatic Electric C…20 months, 23 days agoIt's hard to date pay phones very specifically because they kept fixing them and mixing an … Read more
  14. Maquetry Game Table20 months, 23 days agoI found this great wooden maquetry game table at the Alameda antiques market a few years a … Read more
  15. "Wig Wag" …20 months, 23 days agoMy prized possession that I no longer have. When this was fired up (off a 12 volt battery … Read more
  16. Federal Equipment Co…20 months, 23 days agoI bought this bank of brass post office boxes at an antique show. I was able to successful … Read more
  17. Johnson Trolley or B…20 months, 23 days ago(Johnson Farebox Co., Chicago, IL) I found this Johnson model D Farebox in Bisbee, Arizon … Read more
  18. Early 1900s Cook Co.…20 months, 24 days agoThis amazing old swivel chair has the original cast iron hardware and is fully adjustable … Read more
  19. Tabletop Writing Des…20 months, 25 days agoMahogany tabletop desk, Arts and Crafts era.
  20. Globe-Wernicke Lawye…20 months, 25 days agoCirca 1920s/30s, Globe-Wernicke Co., Cincinnati, OH. This walnut bookcase was Papa's, a … Read more
  21. San Francisco Record…20 months, 25 days ago1984, KJAZ Spring Record Swap at Ft. Mason, San Francisco.
  22. Atchison Topeka and …20 months, 25 days agoThis Poole Bros. (Chicago) advertising broadside, which has been trimmed from its original … Read more
  23. Western Electric Unb…20 months, 25 days agoThis is an incredibly sturdy box made for holding a very heavy early Western Electric set … Read more
  24. Hamilton Manufacturi…20 months, 26 days agoI bought this 20-drawer cabinet at the Alameda antique show. It is a wider cabinet than Ha … Read more
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