Capehart Communications Collection

Online Only Auction

Since 1982, one of the largest privately held Western Electric Telecom collections will be publicly auctioned. Retired Western Electric employee Don Capehart and wife, Rita Capehart, spent many years crisscrossing the United States hunting items from turn of the century early 20^th century. Such items include switchboards, phone booths, telephones, complete systems, test equipment, world war items, Vietnam, 1920 motion-picture sound system, huge display of smaller collectibles and more.

Don and Rita’s collection is so impressive, it has been featured many times with the local newspapers, Texas Country Reporter, and in 2011 American Pickers!

The decision to sell was a difficult one, but needed. Don and Rita wish to retire to their country home.  AMT Auction has been contracted to auction to the bare walls this collection. With its massive size, 1000’s of artifacts, this online only auction will be completed in series of auctions over several months on HiBid.com

Collectors from across the board will love this auction. We have items from vintage signage, manuals, teletypes, vacuum tubes, WWI, WWII, Western Union Telegraph Co., Vintage storage cabinets, Posters,  Computing, Western Electric Parts, Foreign Telecommunication, Vietnam Military Communications Booth, Huge Library’s, a 1000’s of Western Electric parts and service items