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About Antique Candlestick Telephones

Candlestick telephones, also known to collectors as 'upright desk stands', gained popularity in the 1890s as the telephone became a must-have business apparatus. Early non-dial brass candlesticks were typically nickel-plated, but by the 1920s most candlesticks were painted black. The rarest and most valuable varieties (depending on condition) are the Strowger dial and early potbelly-shaped (non-dial) candlesticks.


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An Interview With Antique Telephone Collector Gary Goff

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Ericofon.com

Ericofon.com

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Western Electric Nickel 20b Candlestick W/exposed Term$356.00 Ends Sunday 17 bids 27 watchers
Antique Dial Candlestick Telephone….nice Phone$305.00 Ends Sunday 15 bids 21 watchers
Antique Dial Candlestick Telephone….nice Phone$227.50 Ends Sunday 20 bids 20 watchers
1921 Western Electric Candlestick Telephone Original.$180.00 Ends in 22 hours 2 bids 16 watchers
Dial Western Electric 51al Candlestick W 534a Metal Box$163.50 Ends Sunday 15 bids 16 watchers
Connecticut Telephone Co. Multi-line Candlestick Phone$125.49 Ends Monday 2 bids 17 watchers
Western Electric Candlestick Telephone Phone And Subset$117.50 Ends Sunday 18 bids 44 watchers
Antique American Bell Candlestick Phone Western Elect.$102.50 Ends Monday 9 bids 35 watchers
Antique Candlestick Phone$56.00 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 10 watchers
Brass Ericsson London Candlestick Phone Telephone$51.90 Ends Tuesday 8 bids 17 watchers
Very Nice Vintage Candle Stick Telephone (rare)$50.99 Ends in 21 hours 4 bids 25 watchers
Antique Western Electric Candlestick Phone..rare.......$50.50 Ends Sunday 9 bids 24 watchers
Antique Western Electric Brass Candlestick Telephone$50.00 Ends in 23 hours 7 bids 28 watchers
Western Electric Candlestick Phone W/sub Base, 1904$49.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 4 watchers
Vtg 1908 Patent Kellogg Candlestick Telephone + Ringer$49.95 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 5 watchers
Vintage Candle Stick Telephone .. American Tel & Tel Co$45.56 Ends Sunday 6 bids 18 watchers
Old Kellogg Candlestick Telephone Phone$42.00 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 14 watchers
Candlestick Phone $41.02 Ends Tuesday 6 bids 19 watchers
Unique American Bell Brass Candlestick Telephone Rare$38.99 Ends Sunday 4 bids 32 watchers
Rare Antique Brass All Tel & Tel Candlestick Phone.....$32.00 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 40 watchers
Vintage Working Black Candlestick Dial Phone Telephone$28.00 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 10 watchers
Vtg Candlestick Brass Rotary Phone Telephone Works$27.31 Ends Sunday 9 bids 20 watchers
Western Electric Candlestick Phone Antique$26.05 Ends Saturday 4 bids 7 watchers
Antq Brass Candle Stick Phone American Bell Telephone $26.00 Ends Thursday 4 bids 13 watchers
Western Electric Brass Candlestick Telephone- 1900's$25.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 13 watchers
Kellogg 1900's Original Candlestick Telephone$25.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 9 watchers
Western Electric Brass Candlestick Telephone- 1900's$25.00 Ends Monday 1 bid 10 watchers
Brass Western Electric Candle Stick Telephone C1915$25.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 5 watchers
Stromberg-carlson Candlestick Telephone Parts Stem+ $16.50 Ends Monday 3 bids 4 watchers
Mint In Original Box Candlestick Phone Receiver Part Nr$15.50 Ends Sunday 4 bids 10 watchers
Old At&t Telephone Receiver For Candlestick Phone 1918$15.50 Ends Sunday 3 bids 19 watchers
The Candlestick Telephone Rotary Style. 1973$14.95 Ends in 20 hours 1 bid 7 watchers
Antique Western Electric Candlestick Telephone Nr$9.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 14 watchers
5 Candlestick Phone Reciever Disc Telephone Parts Old$0.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 2 watchers

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