Author Topic: Great Candlestick Collection (Read 3311 times)

dencins · « **on:** October 28, 2012, 08:29:29 PM »

Here is an article about a great candlestick collection:

http://oldtelephones.com/uploads/robbreport-oldtelephones-2012.pdf

His web site is here:

http://oldtelephones.com/

Dennis Hallworth

Sargeguy · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2014, 07:45:39 AM »

Pete D'Acosta's collection will be auctioned on December 7, 2014 at Morphy's auction house

TelePlay · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2014, 08:29:12 AM »

Quote from: Sargeguy on September 19, 2014, 07:45:39 AM

Pete D'Acosta's collection will be auctioned on December 7, 2014 at Morphy's auction house

Really?

Seems a shame to break up such a great collection for no one will buy them all, or could probably afford to buy them all.

Should be an interesting auction.

unbeldi · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2014, 11:47:48 AM »

http://www.morphyauctions.com/auctions/view/12072014-12072014-FineDecorativeArts

wds · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2014, 01:18:15 PM »

If Pete is selling off all his phones, I have to assume the web site will disappear someday soon. That's a wonderful web site that i use to compare some of my candlesticks with. I guess I will have to go through the website and copy all those pictures........

poplar1 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2014, 01:38:16 PM »

He's not selling all of them. He's downsizing, but also decided to list all the WE because so many people collect those.

wds · « **Reply #6 on:** September 19, 2014, 01:45:04 PM »

I pulled his web site up, and he has already deleted all the phones except the ones he is auctioning. guess I'm a day late copying all those c/s pictures.

Russ Kirk · « **Reply #7 on:** September 19, 2014, 03:56:57 PM »

Quote from: wds on September 19, 2014, 01:45:04 PM

I pulled his web site up, and he has already deleted all the phones except the ones he is auctioning. guess I'm a day late copying all those c/s pictures.

What a shame that the other phones have been deleted and the photo documentation and reference is no longer availabe.

paul-f · « **Reply #8 on:** September 19, 2014, 05:46:51 PM »

Pete also provided a more detailed list of the lots given to the auctioneer that can be viewed temporarily here:

http://doc.telephonecollectors.info/auctions/PDAcosta/1.pdf

Also, rest assured that Pete did not delete the other photos. He apparently just removed the links - probably temporarily. I suspect his site will go back to normal after the auction. The direct links to the pages still work...

http://oldtelephones.com/telephones/top-50-rarest-candlesticks/
http://oldtelephones.com/telephones/best-of-the-rest/
http://oldtelephones.com/telephones/international-candlesticks/

Those who care to can quickly archive them on their hard drives, just in case...

wds · « **Reply #9 on:** September 19, 2014, 09:28:02 PM »

Great, thanks for the links.

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