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Lot 596

ANSWERING MACHINE.
Telemaster Answering Machine, c.1950, metal, front panel with volume dial, on/off switch, timer, and selector dial, front-mounted speaker, lid raises to reveal wire recorder and miniature record player, back panel with power cord, 1/4-inch jack (for microphone?), and a tube socket.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

US$500 - US$700

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ANSWERING MACHINE.

Telemaster Answering Machine, c.1950, metal, front panel with volume dial, on/off switch, timer, and selector dial, front-mounted speaker, lid raises to reveal wire recorder and miniature record player, back panel with power cord, 1/4-inch jack (for microphone?), and a tube socket.

This early answering machine, very similar to the Electronic Secretary, which was the first commercially successful answering machine, recorded incoming messages on a magnetic wire recorder and played the outgoing message from a miniature record.

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