Watson Bell Telephone Prototype Calls In $40,000 At Bruneau Sale

06 Aug 2018 / 0 Comment

Watson Bell Telephone Prototype Calls In $40,000 At Bruneau Sale

Published: August 6, 2018

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CRANSTON, R.I. — An historical telephone auction featuring items from two regional chapters of Telephone Pioneers of America Museum — one the William J. Denver chapter #20 museum in Providence, R.I., the other the Excelsior Chapter #98 in Buffalo, N.Y. — was conducted on August 4 by Bruneau & Co Auctioneers.
Items pertaining to Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, included an original model of Bell and Thomas A. Watson’s first prototype phone, accompanied by original patent paperwork dated 1881, which quadrupled its high presale estimate to bring $40,000, including premium.



   


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