INFORMATION ABOUT "DAVE-DOC"

I have been an Ebay Member since: Jul-24-99
Location: Australia
Because of undesirable experiences with e-mails/SPAM/ and other unfortunate consequences of this "information age", I have recently decided to make my trading information "Private". This may exclude me from listings, but if a seller or buyer needs some of my recent feedbacks, I will gladly e-mail them.
My hobby is collecting antique and collectible telephones - I also sell items that are surplus to my collection.

Telephone talk

Check on my web site to see additional information and pictures.

I spent 2 years writing this book on telephones and their restoration.  I started out writing it for my son, hoping to pass on to him some of my interest in telephones, how they work and their history over the last 140 years.

I wanted it to be easy to read, not only for collectors, but 'something for everyone!' Whether people like phones or not - these antique and collectibles will fascinate readers! My book covers 19th century phones to 21st century mobile & Internet communications, and a lot of the ara-PHONE-aliathat just happened because of the phone.

It takes a very different, and international look at Telephony from the 1860's to Internet telephony in the 2000's.  Starting with the invention and the inventors, and then in each chapter, telephones typical of each decade, plus switchboards/telephone exchanges typical of the decade and how calls are connected. Also in these chapters, is a section devoted to the repair and restoration of the telephones of each decade.

I hope to share my enjoyment of telephones with you all - enjoy a preview of my book at http://www.telephonetalk.com.au/

In addition to the obvious aspects of telephone history, my book also shows some of the unusual and very interesting telephone related collectibles.

Readers will see items such as toys, postcards, telephone hiders, silver plated items and some of the slightly risqu- inoffensive enough though to be allowed in an elementary school library.

In the early stages of looking for publishers, or " self publishing" organisations, it quickly became obvious that if I was going to be able to offer the book at a price that people could afford, then I would have to make all of my own publishing arrangements. So........ at this point, the book will only be available directly from my own stock.

The retail price is very reasonable  - there are so many tips and tricks in the book that can save buyers ten times the purchase cost in buying or repair guidance.

Table of Contents (260 pages with approximately 550 colour pictures)

Chapter 1. 1860-ish The invention and inventors	Chapter 2. 1870's Transmitters and Receivers
Chapter 3. 1880's The Triple/Two Box	Chapter 4. 1890 Large Magneto Wall Phones
Chapter 5. 1900's Small Wall Phones	Chapter 6. 1900's Early Table handsets
Chapter 7. 1910's Large Single Box Wall Phones	Chapter 8. 19020's Central Battery and the Pedestal
Chapter 9. 1930's Early Automatic Telephones	Chapter 10. 1940's           Bakelite
Chapter 11. 1950's Post War Developments	Chapter 12. 1960's           Plastics
Chapter 13. 1970's Retro or "Back-in Time"	Chapter 14. 1980's           Decorators
Chapter 15. 1990's Mobiles	Chapter 16. 2000's Internet Telephony
Chapter 17. 20th Century -  Para-PHONE-alia	Chapter 18. CAREFUL - Be aware of the Imitation
Chapter 19. French Polishing	Chapter 20. Faux Timber Painting
Chapter 21. Bakelite and Metal Polishing	Chapter 22. Plastic Restoration
Chapter 23. DIY Nickel Plating	Chapter 24. Make a Telephone
Bibliography     Glossary     Milestones	Circuit Symbols (early 1900's) - Attachments and Index

Collecting is my hobby, but I also like to be confident that I am making a reasonably safe financial investment.
Similarly, when I sell a telephone item, I set a reserve at a price at which I would be prepared to "buy it back" -
in this way, I am confident that at my reserve price, the worst that a buyer could do would be to get their money back on their investment