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Holtzapffel Books Vol. I-V
Lot: 62Sold for: $148$120Holtzapffel Books Vol. I-V, London, 1850-94, set of five volumes of Holtzapffel's Turning & Mechanical Manipulations, by John Jacob and Charles Holtzapffel, in original cloth bindings. more ...
Holtzapffel & Company Lacquered Brass Odontagraph
Lot: 63Sold for: $185$150Holtzapffel & Company Lacquered Brass Odontagraph, London, c. 1880, inscribed in script on the face Scale of Centres inside the Pitch Circle/W.H. Fisher 63/ Professor Willis's Odontagraph, Made by more ...
Three Holtzapffel Measuring Instruments and a Fenn Instrument
Lot: 64Sold for: $677$550Three Holtzapffel Measuring Instruments and a Fenn Instrument, London, late 19th century, two brass and steel 6-in. "T" squares, one marked Holtzapffel & Co., the other Holtzapffel & Deyerlein, both more ...
Four Holtzapffel Measuring Instruments
Lot: 65Sold for: $615$500Four Holtzapffel Measuring Instruments, London, 19th century, a protractor calibrated 0-70-0 with tightening screws on rear, marked Holtzapffel & Deyerlein London; 4-in. caliper with brass slide more ...
Holtzapffel Books Vol. I-V
Lot: 66Sold for: $154$125Holtzapffel Books Vol. I-V, London, 1852-84, set of five volumes of Holtzapffel's Turning & Mechanical Manipulations, by John Jacob and Charles Holtzapffel, in original cloth bindings. more ...
Four Holtzapffel Measuring Instruments
Lot: 67Sold for: $523$425Four Holtzapffel Measuring Instruments, London, 19th century, a steel protractor calibrated 0-90-0 with damascened 6-in. brass arm marked Holtzapffel Co. London; steel caliper with brass central more ...
Holtzapffel & Company Iron Bench Anvil
Lot: 68Sold for: $554$450Holtzapffel & Company Iron Bench Anvil, London, mid-19th century, with a 4 1/2-in. horn and shoulder, polished face, body stamped Holtzapffel & Co. on one side, hardy tool with square shank, marked more ...
Holtzapffel Books Vol. I-V
Lot: 69Sold for: $277$225Holtzapffel Books Vol. I-V, London, 1864-94, set of five volumes of Holtzapffel's Turning & Mechanical Manipulations, by John Jacob and Charles Holtzapffel, rebound in leather and cloth. more ...
Charles Fasoldt's Patent Inverted Dial Regulator
Lot: 70Sold for: $315,000$260,000Charles Fasoldt's Patent Inverted Dial Regulator, Albany, for H. Eckert, Troy, New York, c. 1865, gilt-iron and glass case with full-length glass doors front and back, the front marked in gold leaf more ...
Charles Fasoldt Single-arm Gravity Escapement Regulator
Lot: 71Sold for: $67,650$55,000Charles Fasoldt Single-arm Gravity Escapement Regulator, Rome or Albany, New York, c. 1860, the ebonized iron and glass case surmounted by a walnut cornice, all resting on a molded transition and more ...
William Mayhew Miniature Alarm Lantern Clock
Lot: 72Sold for: $738$600William Mayhew Miniature Alarm Lantern Clock, Woodbridge, United Kingdom, c. 1785, brass dial signed on the boss in the arch Wm. Mayhew/Woodbridge, roman numeral chapter ring, matted center, cast more ...
Thomas Gardner Mahogany Table Clock
Lot: 73Sold for: $4,613$3,750Thomas Gardner Mahogany Table Clock, London, c. 1780, mahogany case with sarcophagus top, four brass finials and top-mounted carrying handle, fabric-backed pierced side sound frets, on brass ogee more ...
Howard & Davis No. 4 Wall Regulator
Lot: 74Sold for: $800$650Howard & Davis No. 4 Wall Regulator, Boston, c. 1850, stained birch case, 8-in. paper on zinc dial marked Howard & Davis, Boston, half-round moldings enclose the reverse-painted black and gold more ...
New England Cherry Tall Clock with Wooden Movement
Lot: 75UnsoldNew England Cherry Tall Clock with Wooden Movement, Connecticut, c. 1825, benchmade hood with fluted freestanding columns flanking the paint-decorated arabic numeral wooden dial with pewter cast and more ...
Flying Pendulum Ignatz and Two Carriage Clocks
Lot: 76Sold for: $246$200Flying Pendulum Ignatz and Two Carriage Clocks, New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1885, oak case on brass paw feet, printed paper roman numeral dial, one-day time-only movement with flying pendulum; and more ...
Eureka Clock Co. Balance Wheel Electric Timepiece
Lot: 77Sold for: $861$700Eureka Clock Co. Balance Wheel Electric Timepiece, London, no. 2927, c. 1910, with 4-in. enamel roman numeral dial marked Eureka Clock Co. Ltd., London, rear plate marked with number above and more ...
Spencer Browning & Company Spyglass
Lot: 78Sold for: $98$80Spencer Browning & Company Spyglass, London, late 19th century, 2-in. leather-wrapped, tapered spyglass with single draw marked as above, and threaded removable sunshade, lg. 24 in. more ...
Ernest C. Fasoldt Lacquered Brass Monocular Microscope
Lot: 79Sold for: $2,460$2,000Ernest C. Fasoldt Lacquered Brass Monocular Microscope, 55 and 57 Church Street, Albany, New York, c. 1890, with rack-and-pinion coarse focusing, Lister limb with micrometer fine focusing at rear, more ...
Two Brass-cased Barometers by Kendall and Thaxter
Lot: 80Sold for: $185$150Two Brass-cased Barometers by Kendall and Thaxter, New Hampshire and Boston, late 19th century, one with 4-in. paper dial signed E. Kendall/Maker. and Aneroid Barometer, two blued-steel hands and more ...
Timby's Ripple-front Mercury Stick Barometer
Lot: 81Sold for: $400$325Timby's Ripple-front Mercury Stick Barometer, John M. Merrick & Co., Worcester, Massachusetts, ripple-front mahogany case with paper barometer dial marked as above, exterior manual brass indicator more ...
Group of 19th Century Barometer Ephemera
Lot: 82Sold for: $277$225Group of 19th Century Barometer Ephemera, collection of Kendall family research assembled by Donald Wing including an original receipt from John Kendall & Co., a David Kendall Barometer and more ...
Edwin Kendall Mercury Stick Barometer
Lot: 83Sold for: $431$350Edwin Kendall Mercury Stick Barometer, New Lebanon, New Hampshire, flat-top case with hinged upper door opening to a silvered barometer dial with vernier and thermometer, marked as above, exposed more ...
Brass-cased Aneroid Barometer by E. Kendall and a Pocket Barometer by George Rossiter
Lot: 84Sold for: $277$225Brass-cased Aneroid Barometer by E. Kendall and a Pocket Barometer by George Rossiter, New Lebanon, New York, the first with 4-in. dia. paper dial marked Aneroid Barometer and E. Kendall./New more ...
Charles Wilder Mercury Stick Barometer
Lot: 85Sold for: $861$700Charles Wilder Mercury Stick Barometer, Peterboro, New Hampshire, dome-top mahogany case with hinged door opening to a silvered barometer dial with vernier and thermometer, marked as above, also more ...
Four 19th Century Stick Barometer Cases
Lot: 86Sold for: $923$750Four 19th Century Stick Barometer Cases, a mahogany-cased Hagger & Brother Baltimore barometer with bone scales and additional parts; an H.A. Clum Rochester with turned column case and exposed glass more ...
Brass and Steel Mandrel and a Cast Iron and Steel Bench Vise
Lot: 87Sold for: $677$550Brass and Steel Mandrel and a Cast Iron and Steel Bench Vise, 19th century, the 18-in. mandrel with five rosettes and spacers, faceplate with sliding dovetail attachment accepting the brass plate more ...
Collection of Chip-carving Tools
Lot: 88Sold for: $523$425Collection of Chip-carving Tools, various makers including Ezra F. Brown with rosewood handles and adjustable blades, E.C. Lyons, and E.C. Muller with boxwood handles, approximately 115 pieces. more ...
J.J. Elliott Monumental Carved Mahogany Quarter-chiming Hall Clock
Lot: 89Sold for: $86,100$70,000J.J. Elliott Monumental Carved Mahogany Quarter-chiming Hall Clock, c. 1900, case attributed to R.J. Horner & Co., W. 23rd Street, New York, from the estate of Colonel Park Shaw of Carefree, more ...
New England Cherry Tall Clock
Lot: 90Sold for: $1,169$950New England Cherry Tall Clock, Connecticut, 19th century, fret-top case above the free-standing fluted columns, roman numeral painted iron dial with moon's phase in arch, seconds, and calendar more ...
James Cross Mahogany Stained Tall Clock
Lot: 91Sold for: $677$550James Cross Mahogany Stained Tall Clock, Rochester, New Hampshire, c. 1825, arch-top case with free-standing columns flanking the painted roman numeral iron dial with red-, gilt-, and green-painted more ...