Telephones in the ’20s typically had a separate mouthpiece and receiver. The design was known as the candlestick design, and newer versions had a dial on the front, allowing a person to call numbers ...

About 1,000 telephones are to be auctioned from the personal collection of a man "fanatical" about the devices. Featuring designs spanning decades, the lots focus on iconic models from the 1930s ...

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