Please click on the relevant picture below to view photographs of the actual telephones that we currently have for sale. All these telephones have been professionally restored, converted and serviced. For a brief history of 200 series telephones please click here.
Telephone: Black 232 Ref: 2139 | ||
Black 1/232 with No:26 Bell Set combined with drawer, braided cord and alphanumeric chrome type 10 dial -1934. Good condition only minor nibbles and surface scratches consistent with age and usage. | ||
SOLD: £315 (P&P: £15.00) | ||
Telephone: Black 200 Ref: 2159 | ||
Black ATM wall phone with braided cord. Good condition only very minor nibbles consistent with age and use. One of a pair rescued from being thrown in a skip after a business closure. | ||
SOLD: £250 (P&P: £12.00) | ||
Telephone: Black 232 Ref: 2181 | ||
Black 1/232 with No:26 Bell Set combined with drawer, braided cord and alphanumeric chrome type 10 dial -1946. Please note the cover to the bell set is a high quality reproduction as the original was too badly damaged to restore. Good condition only minor nibbles and surface scratches consistent with age and usage. | ||
SOLD: £280 (P&P: £15.00) | ||
Telephone: Ivory 232 Ref: 2201 | ||
Ivory 232 telephone -1952. Good condition. Has some slight crazing to the handset as shown in the photographs. Also the phone has some slight colour fade in places. These flaws are both consistant with age. The phone does not come with a bell set so will not ring on incoming calls. It does dial out and you can answer the telephone as normal when another phone in the house notifies you of an incoming call. Alternatively a seperate metal bellset 64D can be purchased from ourselves for £30. | ||
SOLD: £295 (P&P: £15.00) | ||
Telephone: Black 232 Ref: 2150 | ||
Black 232 pyramid telephone on a bell set 26 manufactured by ATM. With braided cord and chrome dial. Good condition. | ||
SOLD: £310 (P&P: £15.00) | ||
In 1929 the revolutionary and elegantly curved pyramid shaped Tele 162 table telephones were first introduced in the UK. Originally made by Siemens these telephones superseded the era of the 'candlestick' telephone. Although the GPO version still required a separate bell set.
In the early 1930's having a bell separate from the telephone was normal practice. It was usual for the "bell set" to be located in the hall, while the telephone itself might be anywhere convenient to the customer. It was also possible to mount the bakelite bell set underneath the telephone and this was then known as a "Combined Set" or by some as a "King Pyramid".
The Tele 232 was a development on from the Tele 162 and was introduced in 1934. It looked exactly the same but contained an improved ASTIC circuit that improved the sound quality of the telephone.
Later versions had a drawer in the base (for dialling numbers etc) and used a less damage prone cradle fork made of cellulose acetate rather than Bakelite. The later cradle style also overhangs the telephone body to provide a lip that made the telephone slightly easier to carry around.
These telephones were produced in black (standard), ivory (rare), red (very rare) and green (extremely rare).