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Here's an incomplete L.G. Tillotson Arched Camelback telegraph key that dates to the mid-1860's. 

The key is missing a terminal and an adjustment screw for the lever (and possibly part of the thread for that screw), and it is being offered for parts and/or restoration, with no other assurances stated or implied. 

Despite its flaws, this is an uncommon and very desirable key that would clearly be worth the time it might take to "get it right."

Please note: there may be other issues as well as those mentioned above, so make sure to review the photographs and consider them an integral part of the description. 

I'm one of ebay's best known, most highly regarded sellers of technical collectibles and technical antiques. I've been selling and shipping them for more than 25 years. When you purchase an item from me, you can rest assured that your purchase will arrive safely because it's been carefully packed (by me, not by some well-intentioned but nonetheless confounded, doe-eyed teenager working at the UPS store who wouldn't know a sextant from a steamship), Sure, you can probably get a lower price from Joe and Janet Barn-Find, but when your "bargain" arrives broken, and without any hint of how you might be able to put it back together, you'll realize that you really do get exactly what you pay for.