Some Sites of Interest for Phone Collectors
http://www.switchersquarterly.org/
To most people a telephone is an every-day appliance which is casually used with little thought to how it works, how it evolved to its current level of convenience or what is required behind the scenes to complete each call. To antique telephone collectors a telephone set is an object of aesthetic beauty.To a “Switcher,” a telephone is merely the gateway to the more fascinating behind-the-scenes world of telephone switching……a world of enormous complexity, whose marvels of electro-mechanical logic led ultimately to the development of modern electronic digital computers.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/guest-column-an-interview-with-antique-telephone-collector-gary-goff/
In this interview, Gary Goff talks about collecting antiques telephones, including wood, candlestick, and rotary desk models from Western Electric and other makers. Based in Orange County, California, Gary can be reached via his website.
http://www.telephonetribute.com/tel_collectors.html
The following photos were sent to me by collectors with various degrees of addiction to the hobby of telephone collecting. And, as you will see, it’s not just the telephone itself that is sought after by these hobbyists; telephone switching equipment, phone booths, signs, advertisements, toys, photos, technical manuals and books, tools of the trade and many other telephone related items can be found in these collectors’ homes.
