Welcome

Hello, and thanks for visiting my telephone collection web site. What started out as a small section on my personal site years ago has somehow caught enough attention to welcome hundreds of telephone enthusiasts each month. I hope you enjoy what you find here.

When it comes to phones, I actually have two hobbies: collecting phones, and restoring them. (You can see examples of both by following the menu-based links you'll find at the top of every page.)

What's New?

In this section, I'll cover what's new on the site, for regular visitors.

• July 22, 2004
  Updated some of the FAQ information.

How It Started

I've always been fascinated by telephones since I first took one apart when I was a kid. Throughout my childhood I'd disassemble the darned things in an effort to figure them out. I'd put them back together (and most of the time they'd work). I also made it my personal mission to ensure we had good, clean phones in our house. Remember, this was back in the pre-divestiture days, so anytime we had a ratty handset cord or the least little thing wrong with a phone, or maybe we wanted a new color, I'd be off to the local Bell System Phone Center to exchange the rented equipment.

True appreciation of phones for their aesthetic value came later on, I suppose.

As you read the information that follows, bear in mind that the factual information is often second-hand. I can't always assure its 100% accuracy. If you have better information from a reliable source, please let me know.