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Time to reduce this collection

Now that I'm in my 70s, I feel that it is time to make sure that I don't leave such a huge collection behind me - it wouldn't be fair to those around me, particularly when they don't quite share the passion and the history/knowledge.

So, I've decided that almost anything in the collection is available for sale. Some items in the collection are "one-off" and consequently they are very rare. Some things are better kept together as a set.

On the information pages "Most Recent" additions are marked as

*Date*	*Recent Changes (3/7/2024)*
31/7/2024	Summary of a great weekend at the Pimpama Rally
3/7/2024	Great news - After a long break due to and following on from Covid restrictions we will again display at Pimpama

14/11/2023	A rare opportunity to acquire a piece of Ericsson history
5/11/2023	A very special sale of a museum quality Telephone Collection
5/11/2023	Very early, rare Kellogg Candlestick telephone Item 2/19b
17/7/2021	*An exceptional 1940's Green bakelite dial telephone. Item 2/5b*
17/7/2021	*News - The Pimpama has sadly been cancelled once again*
25/4/2021	*A 1960's 800 type dial wall phone in a hard to find chocolate colour. Item 3/3*
25/4/2021	*Rare colour (Yellow Pages) TF200. See item 35b*
12/3/2021	*Very rare and in superb condition, PMG Peel Connor CB. See item 2/24*
23/2/2021	Very popular Pale Blue colour automatic wall telephone. See item 3/3
	An exceptional LM Ericsson Bakelite automatic telephone. See item 2/10
7/2/2021	*Rare A/B button Public Telephone.* See item 2/32
4/2/2021	*c1920's Excellent quality French "Dumpy" Type 24. In working condition.* see item 2/21b
	c1920 Auto Electric (Geelong) wall phone for sale, see item 2/
	A most rare c1920 Japanese pedestal (Candlestick) for sale, see item 2/24
	Popeye has sold, but I have many other rare "Novelty" phones for sale.
	For sale - An exceptional LM Ericsson Ivory Bakelite automatic telephone
	For sale - A very rare Ivory CB telephone in excellent condition
	Unusual Marbled Green dial phone for sale, see item 3/11b
	Very rare Oppenheimer Telegraph Poles as used on the Overland Telegraph
	Metal wall phone by British Ericsson for sale, see item 1/4
	Tasmanian Devil novelty phone - for sale see item 5/6
	Information added on one of the collections rarest phones - Berthon Ader
	Timber back panels for Ericsson Wall Phone restoration - For Sale,see item 6/9
	A warning for potential buyers from a US collectable phones trader

On occasions, I've been interviewed about my hobby by newspaper and magazine journalists, radio stations live and the ABC Collectors TV program.

Live Radio interview Radio NZ (5/1/2010) 16 minutes		http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights
Live Radio interview ABC Brisbane 612 (9/7/2010) 9 minutes		From the ABC radio web site: Called "Collection Chaos"

Please let me know of any broken Museum links.

Museums and telephone history	Location	Link
Slide shows of some of the communications museums that we visited in Oz, and on our Europe/UK trip	Aus/Europe/UK
British Telecom (online Museum)	UK
British Telecom (history - timeline)	UK
Christian Bruckner - Vienna Telephon Museum	Austria
Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Association	Lincoln, Nebraska
Gridley Telephone Museum	Illinois
John K. La Rue’s Museum of Telephony	Stockton, USA
Shoretel historic telephony (web) provides links to many other interesting web pages on a range of telephone subjects	USA
Prince Edward Island	Canada
Nortel Retiree's Museum	Montreal
The Postal & Telecomms Historical Society Queensland	Brisbane/Australia

She Who Must Be Obeyed

Please let me know of any broken Museum links.

Museums and telephone history

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