Bell Telephone Doorknob

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I have been after this for a while now, so I finally bit the bullet and bought it. It arrived this morning. This Bell doorknob is solid brass. It will fit right into my collection nicely.

[RB]

That's nice!
You gonna use it on your front door?

[oldguy]

Or the door to your phone room.

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That's nice!
You gonna use it on your front door?

Or the door to your phone room.

In the display cabinet for now.

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I cleaned up the doorknob and did a mockup of how I would like to display it. I used a very small pick to get into the crevices to get the crud out and then used warm water and a tooth brush for the final clean. Look at the relief in the letters after the clean. Everything just pops.

[RotarDad]

Very nice piece, Doug!  Perhaps it's been discussed and I don't remember, but where was this used?  Looks like an expensive piece used somewhere important.

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Very nice piece, Doug!  Perhaps it's been discussed and I don't remember, but where was this used?  Looks like an expensive piece used somewhere important.

Thanks Paul,

I can't answer that question, The guy I got it from had no history. It was just flip for him.
It is heavy weights 14 ounces, in Gold prices @ $1200.00 an ounce it would be worth $16,800.00 in USD.
That would be $21690.00 CDN

[Ktownphoneco]

It's certainly an amazing piece of Bell Telephone history.       Nice find Doug, and good job cleaning it !   

Jeff

[Jim Stettler]

I have heard that Bell doorknobs were used in older exchanges.
I have heard there is a lot of different ones used.
I have seen 1 with an early Bell logo, It was at a show and wasn't for sale. The owner was the one who told me the above statements.


I have seen 1 offered on ebay within the last 2 years. I think it was different than this one.
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I think most of the remaining knobs are in the hands off doorknob collectors

Jim S.

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I took Jim S. hint and checked with doorknob collectors group.
They passed on some information.

There was a knob made for a Bell Building build in Montreal in 1929 it is different from mine.
The thought was that mine is possibly from a Bell building build in Toronto in 1926.

1-2  Montreal 1929
3-4  Mine possibly Toronto 1926
5  US Bell System

[Jim Stettler]

Glad you found some info.
The other doorknob reminds me of the one I saw.
Jim S.