Antique Hardy Bros Perfect 2 1/2" Brass Face Wide Drum Fishing Reel

Hardy Brothers Makers (Hardy's) Alnwick Pat. "Perfect Reel" 2 1/2" Brass Face Wide Drum Reel Extremly Rare

Extremely rare Hardy Brass Faced Perfect Wide Drum in the smallest size made 2 1/2" diameter. Brass face with all three Hardy logos, original white handle, brass bridged rim tension regulator, straight 67mm foot, four cusps to spool, and early 1896 check mechanism. A few line grooves to one pillar. Turns without any lumps or bumps, no play or drum rock.  A super-fine rare reel, circa 1900.

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WWI Navy Wireless Radio Crystal receiver CN-113A World War One Antique Rare

 

WWI Navy Wireless Radio Crystal receiver CN-113A

Wireless Improvement Company

 One-of-a-kind antique radio used by the navy for tracking submarines this unit covered a frequency range of 33kHz to 1 MHz and included a built-in crystal detector.

 The condition of this CN-113 is very good throughout, with normal signs of wear but no evidence of abuse or neglect. The wiring is straight and original, coils are clean, and still tightly wound around the forms. The cabinet finish is original, and the brass tag is original and still legible. Buzzer assembly and crystal detector are original. All of the knobs and switches are original and in excellent condition. The panel is likewise in very good condition, with no filled holes, no repairs, no cracks. Although some of the screws that hold the front panel to the box are missing, none of the screws holding the components together are missing. 

 All of the electrical connections appear to be secure, and the condenser plates are clean, with no corrosion or oxidation. All of the tap switch contacts appear to be connected to the coils, and no contacts are missing. All of the panel screws are original, and none of them are missing. All of the binding post nuts are original, and none of them are missing. 

 Measures 17" x 8" x 6" weighing in at 10 pounds

 I put a picture of one in use during the great war to show how it would have been used

 A fantastic rare WWI piece! VALUE: SOLD FOR US $3,240.00 in 2021

Antique 19th Century (late 1800s) Early Bell Telephone, Gray Pay Station Cast Iron Wall Payphone Telephone

 

Description from the seller: I have tried every way I can think of, including an “optical” search and I cannot find another example of this Cast Iron figural Bell, Pay Telephone on the internet. I was able to find an example in the book “100 Years of Bell Telephone” and we have added two photographs at the bottom showing the Bell-Shaped Pay Phone attached to a wall phone. What we are selling is the cast iron, Gray Telephone Pay Station, which is part of the Bell Wall Telephone. This phone retails its original blue and with silver letters "N.E.T. & T. Co." This stands for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. they were in business from 1878 to 1879, before they were bought by Bell Telephone Company. The name was revised later by Bell Telephone but is not the original company. This rare and important Pay Telephone is marked, “Gray Telephone Pay Station Company Hartford Ct. U.S.A. Pat. Fe. 4th, 1876. Other Patent Pending.” Where the arm attaches to the bell there is marked “Patent Feb. 23 Aug 30, 1892” and at the bottom of the adjustable arm is patent dates Feb. 28, 1892. The 3 ½” diameter Bell Telephone chrome mouthpiece is complete with a 1 ¾” diameter thermoplastic mouthpiece. The chrome is marked “Property of the American Bell Telephone Company” and was patented, “Aug. 2, 81, Dec. 6, 81, Feb 
24, 85, July 9, 89, Nov. 17, 91 and Nov. 1, 92.”
This very rare Cast Iron Pay Telephone is in original, unrestored condition. There is a chip to the edge of the mouthpiece, but that’s it. The iron bell measures 9” by 7 ¾” by 4” thick and the arm & mouthpiece are 11 ½” long. Value: SOLD at auction for $12,100.00 in 2021