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Wood wall-mounted telephones were the first phones put into wide circulation following Alexander Graham Bell's invention in 1876. Typically tall and bulky, they needed several compartments to hold the batteries and magneto (a hand cranked generator to signal the operator). The earliest (and most valuable) wood phones were hand crafted of walnut. Later wood phones were mass-produced of oak, up through WW2.


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Antique Stromberg Carls On Oak Wall Crank Telephone Nr$165.00 Ends Thursday 1 bid 1 watcher
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Vintage Oak Wall Telephone Swedish American 1903 Super!$149.00 Ends in 7 hours 5 bids 12 watchers
Antique Oak North. Electric Crank Style Wall Telephone$147.73 Ends Wednesday 25 bids 16 watchers
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Antique Kellogg Oak Wall Phone Parts Huge Repair Lot Nr$102.50 Ends in 5 hours 9 bids 17 watchers
Antique Northern Electric N-317 Wood Wall Telephone$99.99 Ends Thursday 1 bid 16 watchers
Antique Crank Magneto Oak Wall Telephone Samson H-c$81.00 Ends Sunday 5 bids 22 watchers
Antique Vintage Oak Wood Wall Phone$76.00 Ends Saturday 12 bids 21 watchers
Antique Oak Candlestick Wall Telephone Western Electric$72.00 Ends Monday 24 bids 43 watchers
Antique Northern Electric Oak Wall Phone$56.55 Ends Wednesday 3 bids 18 watchers
1894 Patent Stromberg-carlson Wood Wall Telephone-works$51.00 Ends Wednesday 8 bids 21 watchers
Antique Oak Kellogg Wall Phone Box Case Shelf Brass Tag$41.00 Ends in 5 hours 7 bids 14 watchers
Antique Western Electric Oak Wall Phone Model 317$38.55 Ends in 20 hours 3 bids 12 watchers
Western Electric 293a Compact Wood Wall Telephone$33.00 Ends Sunday 2 bids 10 watchers
Vintage Wood Duck Phone Mtv Jersey Shore$29.00 Ends in 1 hour 5 bids 14 watchers
Very Old Oak Telephone Box$26.00 Ends in 7 hours 4 bids 3 watchers
Northern Electric Wooden Bell Box~model 295a$25.50 Ends Sunday 3 bids 6 watchers
Collectable Vintage Wooden Duck Telephone$24.99 Ends in 7 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Original Vintage Antique Oak Wall Mount Crank Telephone$22.72 Ends Sunday 4 bids 14 watchers
Antique Telephone Part Oak Wall Phone Wood Box Part$18.19 Ends Thursday 4 bids 4 watchers
Old Wood Telephone Apparatus $14.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 9 watchers
Pay Phone Wood Terminal Strip $12.50 Ends in 2 hours 2 bids 11 watchers
Vintage Desk Black Walnut Wood Telephone $9.99 Ends Saturday 1 bid 5 watchers
Vintage Wooden Executive Phone In A Chest$5.99 Ends Wednesday 2 bids 3 watchers
Chicago Style Wood Wall Telephone Transmitter Cup Arm$5.80 Ends Thursday 2 bids 3 watchers
Lot Of 2 Vintage Rotary Wood Deco Princess Phone$5.00 Ends Saturday 1 bid 6 watchers
Old Telephone Magneto Phone Parts Wood$3.26 Ends in 44 mins 2 bids
Oak Telephone Shelf Phone Wood$3.00 Ends in 2 hours 1 bid 2 watchers

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