Frank Soden Collection- "100 years of the Telephone"
Frank Soden Collection- "100 years of the Telephone"
Yarra Valley Auctions pty ltd | LILYDALE, VI 3140
Date(s) :  12/28/2024 - 1/19/2025
Buyer Premium :  22% on collectables


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SUNDAY 19TH JANUARY LIVESTREAMING FROM 10AM
Yarra Valley Auctions are privileged to have been appointed auctioneers for this major Australian historical museum collection. The Frank Soden "100 Years of the Telephone 1876-1976" Online Auction Sunday 19th January - 10am AEDT Viewing the collection is by registered appointment times only at our head office 19 East Court Lilydale, Victoria , Australia, 3140. Appointment times available from Monday 13th January 2025 Call Gary Latham on 0413 575 494 or our office on (03) 9735 4084 Over 300 lots of Antique Telephones includes the William Jackson Thomas “Butter Stamp” Telephones c1878 one made by Mr Thomas and used to transmit the first voice signals between his house in Geelong and the Telegraph Office in Queenscliff on the 9th of January 1878. Large variety of Swedish Ericsson, Wallsets, Candlestick, French Berthon Ader Wooden Wall c1885, Early strowger automatic sets, Magneto “Skeletal” and biscuit barrel, Western Electric UK Magneto “Swing Arm”, Masters-Blake Magneto Wooden wall phone. *Call us now on 039735-4084 or 0413575494 *EXPERTS AT DISPERSING LARGE COLLECTIONS *WE SPECIALISE IN VARIETY AND OFFER THINGS WITH A HISTORY *ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE AT YVA
1 American Bell Co Candlestick AT Telephone
2 American Electric Candlestick AT Telephone
3 American Electric Candlestick CB Telephone
4 American Telephone Co Candlestick AT Telephone
5 Kellogg Candlestick AT Telephone
6 Automatic Electric Candlestick AT Telephone
7 Automatic Electric Candlestick AT Telephone
8 Automatic Electric Candlestick AT With Strowger
Dial
9 Dean Electric Candlestick CB Telephone
10 Deveau Candlestick CB 1899 Telephone
Cast iron base
11 Ericsson Candlestick AT Telephone
12 Ericsson Candlestick CB 1898 Telephone
13 G.E.C. Candlestick AT Telephone
14 G.E.C. Candlestick CB Telephone
15 Gracraft-Leich Candlestick CB Telephone
16 Kellogg Candlestick CB Telephone
17 Northern Electric 20-B Candlestick CB With Glass
Mouthpiece
18 Northern Electric Candlestick AT Telephone
19 Oil Can Style Candlestick CB Telephone
20 96 Oil Can Style Candlestick CB Telephone
No Receiver or mouth piece
21 Peel-Conner Candlestick AT Telephone
22 PMG Marked Candlestick CB Telephone
23 S.H. Couch Co Candlestick CB - No Receiver
24 Stromberg-Carlson Candlestick AT Telephone
25 Stromberg-Carlson Candlestick CB Telephone
26 Swedish American Candlestick CB Telephone
27 French Thomson-Houston Candlestick CB Telephone
28 Western Electric Candlestick CB With OT Receiver
29 French Wooden Candlestick CB 1920 Telephone
30 French Wooden Table Candlestick CB Telephone
Bakelite Box Casing Below
31 French Table Violin CB Telephone
32 Qty of Vintage Globes Some In Original Packaging
Includes: Osram, Siemens, Edison, Royal Ediswan etc.
33 Ericsson Table AT Grey Telephone
34 Qty of Assorted Globes
35 Ericsson Ericofon AT Ivory Telephone
36 Ericsson Ericofon AT Mushroom
37 Ericsson Ericofon AT Mushroom
38 9 Vintage Books of Electrical Engineering,
Telegraphy, Electrical Installations, Handbooks etc.
39 Ericsson Ericofon AT Wedgwood Blue
40 Ericsson Ericofon AT With Euro Plug
41 Ericsson Ericofon AT Mushroom Telephone
42 Automatic Electric Table 34A14 Black Telephone
43 Automatic Electric Table Monophone 34 AT Black
44 Automatic Electric Table Monophone AT Black
Portuguese
45 Automatic Electric Table Monophone AT Black
46 Automatic Electric Table Monophone Painted White
47 Automatic Electric Table Monophone CB Black
48 Ericsson Table AT Black Telephone
49 Ericsson Table AT Ivory Telephone
50 Kellogg Table AT Black Telephone
51 Leich Table AT Black Telephone
52 Leich Table AT Black Telephone
53 Northern Electric Table AT Black Telephone
54 Northern Electric Table CB Black Telephone
55 PMG 162 Series AT Black No Bell Set Telephone
56 PMG 162 Series AT Black Telephone
57 PMG 232 Series Black Telephone
58 PMG 232 Series AT Black Telephone
59 PMG 232 Series AT Black Telephone
60 PMG 232 Series AT Black Telephone With Drawer
61 PMG 232 Series AT Black S Telephone
62 PMG 232 Series AT Intercom Black Telephone
63 PMG 300 Series AT Black Telephone with Drawer
64 PMG 300 Series AT Black Telephone
65 PMG 300 Series AT Ivory Telephone with Drawer
66 PMG 300 Series AT Ivory Telephone
67 PMG 300 Series AT Deaf Aide Telephone
68 PMG 400 Series AT Black Telephone
69 PMG 400 Series AT Ivory Telephone
70 PMG 300 Series AT Ivory Case - Portable
71 PMG 400 Series MT Ivory Telephone
72 Siemens Neophone AT Black Telephone
73 Siemens Table AT Ivory Telephone
74 Western Electric 302 Table AT Black Telephone
75 Western Electric 302 Table AT Green Telephone
76 Western Electric 302 Table AT Ivory Telephone
77 Western Electric 302 Table AT Red Telephone
78 G.E.C. Table Pyramid AT Black Telephone
79 German Krone Table AV Telephone -Broken Cradle
80 PMG 300 Series AW Black Telephone
81 PMG 300 Series MVV Black Telephone
82 PMG 300 Series Black Telephone
83 PMG 400 Series MVV Black Telephone
84 Automatic Electric Steel Wall Monophone AT Black
85 Automatic Electric Wooden Wall Phone with Strowger
Dial
86 Berthon Ader Wooden Wall Telephone - 1885
87 Ericsson Steel Wall AW Small Telephone
88 French Wooden Wall Grammont
89 French Wooden Wall Set with Carbon Pencil
transmitter
90 Wooden Wall Intercom With 1 Receiver
91 Wooden Wall Intercom With 2 Receivers
92 Wooden Wall Intercom with Hunningscone Transmitter
93 Kellogg Grab-a-Phone Wooden Wall / ViW Telephone
94 Kellogg Metal Wall CB Black Telephone
95 Kellogg Wooden Wall AW Small Telephone
96 Kellogg Wooden Wall CP Small Telephone
97 Masters Battery Wooden Wall Intercom 1890
98 Northern Electric Wooden Wall AW Black Telephone
No Receiver
99 Northern Electric Wooden Wall Intercom
100 PMG Automatic Electric Wooden Wall Telephone AW
101 PMG Western Electric Wooden Wall telephone
missing transmitter and Receiver
102 PMG Wooden Wall Telephone 137 AW
103 PMG Wooden Wall Phone 137 AW
104 PMG Wooden Wall Phone 137 AW
105 PMG Wooden Wall Phone 137 AW
106 PMG Wooden Wall Telephone 137 AW - Missing Dial
107 PMG Wooden Wall Telephone 137 AW
108 PMG Wooden Wall Phone 137 CB
109 PMG Wooden Wall Telephone 237 AW
110 S.H. Couch Co Intercom Set
111 Wooden Sterling Telephone Wall Intercom
112 Stromberg-Carlson Hotel Wall Phone
113 Stromberg-Carlson Steel Wall Phone PMG 37 AW
114 Stromberg-Carlson Steel Wall Phone PMG 37 CB
115 Stromberg-Carlson Space Saver AT Black Phone
116 Western Electric 6 Line Wall Intercom
117 Western Electric Metal CB Wall Telephone
118 Western Electric Metal Wall House Phone CB
119 Western Electric UK Wooden Wall Phone Top Box 1900
120 Western Electric Wooden Wall Phone CB
121 Danish CB Table Set Telephone
122 Danish Ericsson Steel Table CB Telephone
123 Danish Ericsson Steel Table CB Telephone
124 Danish Ericsson Table Mag Telephone
125 Danish KWAS Steel Table AV Telephone
126 Danish MT Table Set Telephone
127 Danish Table Set Telephone MT
128 Ericsson Danish Table AT Black Phone
129 Ericsson Steel Table AT 1922 Telephone
130 Ericsson Steel Table MT 1900 Telephone
131 Ericsson Steel Table MT Telephone
132 Ericsson Steel Tab AT Turkish Telephone
133 Ericsson Metal Table MT Black Phone
134 G.E.C. Table MT 1900 Telephone
135 Western Electric UK Steel Table AT Telephone
136 Ericsson Steel Table Phone CB 1920 USA
137 Ericsson Steel Table Telephone 1920 USA
138 Ericsson Wooden Table Intercom
139 Federal Telephone Co Table CB
140 French Bakelite Table Phone AT
141 French Table AT Black Phone With Bell on Back
142 French Thomson-Houston Table AT Telephone
143 French CB Wooden Table Telephone
144 French Wooden Table Telephone MT 1910
Missing grip on Handset
145 Kellogg Grab-a-Phone Table AT
146 Kellogg Grab-a-phone Table CB Black
147 Kellogg Grab-a-Phone Table CR Black
148 Stromberg-Carlson Table Phone CB Black
149 Western Electric 102 Table AT Black Phone
150 Western Electric 102 Table AT Black Phone
151 Western Electric 102 Table AT Black Phone 1928
152 Western Electric 202 Table AT Black Phone
153 Ericsson Table Magneto Biscuit Barrel Telephone
timber with steel casing, stamped serial number 858630
154 Ericsson Magneto Skeletal 4 Point table Phone
155 Ericsson Magneto Skeletal 5 Point Table Phone
156 Western Electric UK Magneto Turret Desk Swing Arm
telephone in cedar timber case. 40cm h x 22cm w
157 Western Electric Wooden Table Intercom 1890
158 Historical Replica of the Bell/ Gallows Telephone
reproduced by Telecom Workshops Melbourne.
159 Canadian independent Wooden Wall Phone1920
160 E.T.L. Wooden Wall Handset Phone
161 Ericsson English Wooden Wall Phone MV
162 Ericsson Wooden Wall Handset 1928
163 Northern Electric Wood Wall Phone Picture Frame MW
164 PMG Wooden Wall Telephone 35 MW
165 PMG Wooden Wall 35 MW Phone
166 PMG Wooden Wall 35 MW Telephone
167 PMG Wooden Wall Phone 35 MW
168 PMG Wooden Wall Phone127 Tucked MW
169 PMG Wooden Wall Phone 235 MW
170 PMG Wooden Wall Phone British Ericsson 235 MW
171 Stromberg-Carlson Wall Phone MW with Cathedral Top
Picture frame 1900
172 Stromberg-Carlson Wooden Wall Phone PMG 33 MW
173 Stromberg-Carlson Wooden Wall Phone PMG 33 MW
174 Stromberg-Carlson Wooden Wall Phone PMG 33 MW
175 Swedish National Wooden Wall Phone Telegrafverkets
176 Western Electric Wooden Wall Phone 1317- c1918
177 Western Electric Wooden Wall Phone- Local Battery
178 Stromberg-Carlson Wooden Wall Phone CB
179 Western Electric UK Wooden Wall Phone CB -1910
180 Western Electric Wooden Wall Phone AW Turkish
181 Western Electric CB Wooden Wall Phone - B.I.H.C.
1907
182 Western Electric Wood Wall Case - Missing Most
parts
183 Western Electric Wooden Wall Phone CB Extension
184 Western Electric Wooden Wall Phone CB fiddleback
185 G.E.C. Wooden Wall CB Pantograph Arm Transmitter
telephone
186 Western Electric Wooden Wall MW Farmers Phone 1905
187 Chicago Tele Supply Co Wooden Wall Twin Box with
glass window
188 PMG Western Electric Deville Wooden Wall Phone MW
189 Western Electric UK Wooden Wall Delville
Transmitter Twin Box 1895
190 Canadian Bell Wooden Wall- 3 Box Reproduction
191 Western Electric UK Wooden Wall Delville
Transmitter Triple box 80cm long
192 Western Electric Wooden Wall Telephone 1885
3 Box Blake transformer
193 Western Electric Wooden Wall Twin Box Phone
194 Stromberg-Carlson Wooden Wall Long Distance Phone
195 Ericsson Steel Wall Phone - Horizontal Handset MW
196 Ericsson Steel Wall Phone MW with Receiver and
Transmitter
197 Ericsson Style Wooden Wall MW Phone - No Handset
198 Ericsson Wooden Wall 6 Line Switchboard Phone
199 Ericsson Wooden Wall Telephone
with Full Size Spearpoint Handset Fitted to a perspex display board
200 Ericsson Wooden Wall Telephone
complete with Full Size Handset & Receiver
201 Ericsson Wooden Wall Telephone
Full Size Pulpit and Fitted to perspex stand
202 Ericsson Wooden Wall Handset 3 Mag Slate Top
Fitted to perspex stand
203 Ericsson Wooden Wall Telephone- Horizontal Handset
Fitted to perspex stand
204 Ericsson Wooden Wall Phone -Norway Full
Size Handset
205 Ericsson Wooden Wall Phone - Pulpit 3 Magneto
Fitted to perspex stand
206 Ericsson Wooden Wall Phone- Pulpit
with Battery Box
207 Ericsson Wooden Wall Phone- Pulpit
Miniature Without battery box Fitted to perspex stand
208 Ericsson Wooden Wall Phone - Handset 3 Magneto
Miniature 1892 Fitted to perspex stand
209 Ericsson Wooden Wall Phone - Handset Mag Miniature
Fitted to perspex stand
210 Ericsson Wooden Wall Phone -Handset Mag Miniature
211 Ericsson Wooden Wall Phone Battery Intercom
Fitted to perspex stand
212 Ericsson Extension Switch
213 Ericsson Extension Switch
214 Ericsson Extension Switch
215 Ericsson Extension Switch
216 Ericsson Field Phone
217 Ericsson Wooden Wall 5 Line Switchboard
218 Early Butter Stamp Telephone Receiver
William Jackson Thomas design - Circa 1870s made from Tasmanian Huon pine. 16cm tall 7.5cm wide
219 William Jackson Thomas Butter Stamp Telephone -
Circa 1870's made from Australian cedar, damaged has a chip to the front of device. 19cm tall x 7cm wide
220 Early William Jackson Thomas Telephone circa 1878
This model was made by Mr Thomas and one of the first models used to transmit voice signals between his house in Geelong and the Telegraph Office in Queenscliff on the 9th January 1878. Made from Australian cedar 22cm long 12cm wide
221 Western Electric Scissor Arm Candlestick Telephone
222 Western Electric Scissor Arm Candlestick Telephone
223 Western Electric Scissor Candlestick Arm
224 Ericsson Wooden Bell Box
225 Ericsson Wooden Bell Box
226 Ericsson Wooden Bell Box
227 Ericsson Wooden Bell Box
228 9 assorted Extension Bells, some incomplete
229 Western Electric Bakelite Bell Box
230 Kellogg Wooden Mag Box
231 PMG Bell Box
232 PMG Bell Box
233 PMG Bell Box
234 PMG Bell Box
235 PMG Bell Box
236 PMG Bell Box
237 PMG Bell Box
238 GPO White Plastic Bell Box
239 PMG Bell Box - Small WE style
240 PMG Bell Box - Small AE type
241 Stromberg-Carlson Bell Box
242 PMG Wooden Magneto bell Box
243 Stromberg-Carlson PMG Metal Bell Box
244 Stromberg-Carlson Magneto Box
245 PMG Extension Switch
246 PMG Extension Switch
247 PMG Extension Switch
248 PMG Wooden Wall Drop Indicator
249 Wooden Table Dictograph c1920
250 Danish Ericsson 4 Line Switchboard
251 Courtesy Coin Box
252 Index Pad for Candlestick
253 Original antique Glass Mouthpiece
"Whispering mouthpiece" embossed writing around glass
254 Ericsson Terminal Block for Skeletal Phone
255 3 French Handsets includes Kristiania
256 Kellogg Grab-a-Phone Handset for Wall Phone
257 Ericsson Shelf with broken Milk Glass Insert
258 Hide-A-Phone Dolly Cover early 1900's
259 Hide-A-Phone World Globe Circa 1920s
260 Telephone Sign - Bell System Blue-White Enamel
"Public Telephone"
261 Blue & White Enamel Double Sided
"Telephone" Sign curved top spine 13 cm height 44 cm wide 5 cm depth
262 4 Vintage Public Telephone Sign
1. Enamel "Public telephone within" -18cm x 46cm 2. Enamel Public telephone- 13cm x 61cm 3. Tin “Telephone Bell System” sign - 9cm x 50cm 4. Tin “Public Telephone” - 15cm x 46cm
263 L.M.Ericsson Postal Morse Telegraph Register
Circa 1885
264 Telegraph Cross Bar Switch Panel 1916
265 Assorted Telegraph Equipment
1.Telegraph works Sulverton London - 10cm h x 18cm w x 12cm deep 2. Larger Box - 12cm h x 25cm w x 14cm deep 3. Siemens Brothers & co. round instrument - 8cm diameter 4. "The telegraph Condenser Co Ltd Acton London Instrument - 7cm w x 5cm h x 8cm deep
266 Telegraph Key
267 3 Telegraph Sounders
268 Telegraph Key sender - Macadie
269 PMG 232 Series Aw Black Phone
270 Connecticut Telephone Co Metal Wall Intercom
271 Wooden Buzzer Box
272 Line Amplifier
273 Large Calculagraph
274 Small Calculagraph
275 PMG Round Leather Bag for Dial Transporting
276 Phonopore Wooden Wall Incomplete
277 Phonopore Wooden Wall Incomplete
278 PM BX 2+4
279 Early William Jackson Thomas Butter Stamp phone
Telephone - Circa 1870's made from Australian cedar 19cm tall 7cm wide
280 Qty of assorted Reference antique books
281 PMBX 2+4 With Handset
282 12 assorted reference books
283 Enamel Public Telephone Sign Bell System
18cm diameter
284 PMBX 1+3
285 Pyramid Switchboard
286 Pyramid Switchboard
287 Pyramid Switchboard
288 Pyramid Switchboard
289 Australian Enamel "Post Office Sign" by Metters
"Trunk Line Calls & Telegrams" 30cm h x 36cm w
290 Qty of Technical journals & handbooks
291 Switchboard Small Wooden 9 Line
292 PMG RAX Test Set
293 PMG Test Set
294 Wheatstone Bridge Test Set & external dial
295 PMG Wooden Magneto Box
296 Step Exchange Portable Test Set
297 Trunk Timer - Table Top Type
298 Operators Headset
299 Stromberg-Carlson CB Steel Wall Phone
300 Vintage Telephone Number Index Unit
301 Assorted Telephone Mouthpieces
Originals & Some Reproduced Items
302 Assorted Exchange and Telephone Cords
303 Large Wooden Alarm Bell
304 PMG Extension Switch
305 Vintage Volt & Amp Meters
Made in Australia 19cm diameter
306 Exchange Frequency Whistles (2)
Display box not included
307 Pyramid Switchboard
308 Early Resistance coil — "Hedgehog" Type
309 PMG 300 Series Table MT Deaf Aide Phone
310 Glass Battery & Zinc Rod
311 ATM Desk Top Switchboard
312 PMG Desk Top Interswitch - Black Bakelite
313 2 Commemorative Plates Incl- Telecom Australia -
#865 and The Telephone "One hundred years of service “
314 Dry Cell Battery - Western Electric Brand
315 Kellogg Table AT Red Bar Black Telephone
316 Kellogg Table CB Red Bar Black Telephone
317 8 Vintage Reference Handbooks etc.
318 Reproduction Blake Transmitter & Wooden Door made
by Georg Ek Awarded to Frank Soden for advancing Historic Telephony World Wide 1988