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'CELLPHONE CITY' MODEL unique, original NZ art piece/collectors item A fascinating cartoon style work of art with a WOW factor! Picture this engaging model on your premises as a real people puller Has to be seen to be believed! Inspection welcomed 4 years in the making, now for sale made by Hamilton artist 2018-2023 measures 1280w x 1280d x 1350h mm comes in three pieces:

  • the city itself - backlit on an 1155 x 1155 mm Adlux acrylic skylight dome
  • illuminated pedestal 'night sky' base
  • safety glass, powder-coated steel-framed display cabinet ( Acrylic top sheet)

City buildings composition: (All of the electronic devices are catalogued by make & model, features, year of manufacture (where evident) and individual photographs.

  • 109 cellphones (1997-2005 era). These phones are now rare
  • 6 cordless phones, 3 smart phones
  • 181 remotes
  • 2 hand-held PC devices
  • 4 calculators
  • 1 clock, 1 radio alarm clock, 7 stopwatches, 1 pager.

Cellphones – Philips, Kyocera, Motorola, Nokia, ZTE, Sanyo, Sony Ericsson, Intki, Sagem, Panasonic, Blackberry, Alcatel, Thomson, Samsung, Huawei, Mobiwire, BLU, Alcatel, Uniden, TCT, NEC.

Remotes – NEC, Sommet, Flamesat, Laser, JVC, Panasonic, Philips, Sony, Anko, Octagon, DSE, Akai, GNW, Creative, GVA, Cobolt, Senzu, Goldair, AWA, Liteon, Tevion, Samsung, Konka, Sanyo, Fujitsu, Dell, Amaerican HiFi, Soniq, Vivitar, Teac, Sharp, Free To Air, Magnavox, Zaap TV, Techview, Mizuda, Huayu, Transonic, Yamaha, Hyundai, Chunghop, Kenwood, Dynamic, Digitor, Toshiba, Aiwa, S&V, Visione, PYE, Onkyo, National, Leadtek, Epson (Seiko Epson Corp), Videonics, Thomson, HP, Pioneer, and other unknown brands. Pager – Apollo.

Other items:

  • Vehicles: over 1,200 hand-made, hand-painted balsa wood cars, vans, trucks, buses
  • General: electric motor winding, set of Emac cooling fins, heater drum fan, smoke/heat detector, fluorescent light cover, model trees, crushed glass Cost of materials in this model: $7,200 Time spent in construction: over 1,000 hours

Details

Condition:
Used

Shipping & pick-up options

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Pick-up available from Hamilton, WaikatoFree

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Questions & Answers (1)

  • have you got the receipts for the 7,500 you spent on materials ??? daz1968 (89) • 4:06 pm, Thu, 5 Mar No, but I can give you a detailed breakdown of costs if required. rwilliam2 (207) • Thursday, 5 March 2026

Cellphone city art model

Closes: Sun 8th Mar, 7:17pm
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Pick up available, Hamilton, Waikato

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