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Watkins Brass Gunter's/Gunner's Rule
Lot: 358UnsoldWatkins Brass Gunter's/Gunner's Rule, Charing Cross, London, 24-in. brass rule with engraved scales on both sides, beveled edge, housed in a fitted mahogany case. more ...
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H. Morin Cross Staff Head
Lot: 359Sold for: $74$60H. Morin Cross Staff Head, France, early 20th century, brass instrument with silvered compass dial and sighting slits, fitted walnut case with original label on interior lid reading in part H. Morin more ...
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Large Half-hull in the Manner of Archibald Carey Smith
Lot: 360Sold for: $861$700Large Half-hull in the Manner of Archibald Carey Smith, 19th century, white-washed laminated model with pattern or layout markings mounted to a green-painted board, together with a framed photo of more ...
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Seven Nautical Block Pulleys
Lot: 361Sold for: $277$225Seven Nautical Block Pulleys, 19th/20th century, a blue-painted double stropped block with an iron hook, large triple sheaved pulley with iron hook; two single sheaved block pulleys with gimbaled more ...
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17th and 19th Century Woodblock Prints of Eastern Asia
Lot: 362Unsold17th and 19th Century Woodblock Prints of Eastern Asia, a section from a 17th century land registry of the Wakayama area of Japan, and a 18th/19th century map showing East Asia including Japan, more ...
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Six Blueback Nautical Charts
Lot: 363Sold for: $246$200Six Blueback Nautical Charts, mid to late 19th century, one covering a portion of South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida, Port Royal and Charleston harbors; a labeled Henry Whipple & Son more ...
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Three Pocket Navigational Instruments
Lot: 364UnsoldThree Pocket Navigational Instruments, late 19th/early 20th century, a mahogany cased instrument with a 1 3/4-in. compass, bubble level, brass quadrant marked Deck Practical Chemist Cambridge with a more ...
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Two Boxed Gimbaled Ship's Compasses
Lot: 365Sold for: $369$300Two Boxed Gimbaled Ship's Compasses, Boston and Japan, a Kelvin and White 6-in. wet card compass housed in a mahogany box; and a 5 1/2-in. dry card compass marked Japan-Osaka-Seizoo-Nunotani in the more ...
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Charles Hutchinson "Friends Pelorus" Boxed Compass
Lot: 366Sold for: $246$200Charles Hutchinson "Friends Pelorus" Boxed Compass, 152 State Street, Boston, gimbaled 7-in. silvered compass card marked as above with cardinal and ordinal points marked in block letters, two more ...
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Collection of Nautical Items or Elements
Lot: 367Sold for: $308$250Collection of Nautical Items or Elements, a pair of brass Henschel Corporation powder room or shell room control bells, Amesbury, Massachusetts; two brass gimbaled oarlocks or crutches; a copper more ...
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Walnut Ballot Box or "Blackballing" Box
Lot: 368Sold for: $185$150Walnut Ballot Box or "Blackballing" Box, 19th century, turned handle applied to the serpentine box with single lower drawer holding white and black glazed clay marbles, with a 4-in. dia. hole on the more ...
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Spencer, Browning & Co. Red- and Blue-painted Cased Compass
Lot: 369UnsoldSpencer, Browning & Co. Red- and Blue-painted Cased Compass, Minories, London, 19th century, 3 3/4-in. dia. printed paper card with cardinal points in block letters, fleur-de-lis representing north, more ...
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Two Wooden Manual Ship's Directional Heading Indicators
Lot: 370Sold for: $492$400Two Wooden Manual Ship's Directional Heading Indicators, late 19th/early 20th century, both boxes with three decagonal wood dials with arabic numerals, one with a hinged front door with aperture more ...
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Pair of Perko Fresnel Post Lights
Lot: 371Sold for: $369$300Pair of Perko Fresnel Post Lights, 20th century, bronze housing with colorless glass Fresnel lenses, with handle mount on top, and marked Perko, electrified, ht. 18 in. more ...
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Richard Irvin & Sons Port and Starboard Lamps
Lot: 372Sold for: $584$475Richard Irvin & Sons Port and Starboard Lamps, North Shields, copper housing with manufacturer's tags and colorless glass Fresnel lenses, one marked Port, the other Starboard, ht. with handle more ...
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John Bliss & Co. Brass Taffrail Log
Lot: 373Sold for: $135$110John Bliss & Co. Brass Taffrail Log, New York, 19th century, the dial plate with three brass recording needles, marked with the maker's name and patents, together with a brass four-winged spinner. more ...
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French Brass Sector
Lot: 374Sold for: $117$95French Brass Sector, 18th/19th century, 6-in. folding rule with engraved scales on each side. more ...
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Sailing Ship's Masthead Trucks and Fids
Lot: 375Sold for: $123$100Sailing Ship's Masthead Trucks and Fids, 19th/20th century, four wood masthead trucks, two spherical and two disc-shaped (one lignum vitae) with interior pulleys, and four wooden splicing fids (one more ...
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Robert Merrill "Tell Tale" Compass
Lot: 376Sold for: $369$300Robert Merrill "Tell Tale" Compass, New York, c. 1850, brass case with 5-in. dry card marked in center Robert Merrill New York, and a fleur-de-lis representing north, overall dia. 6 1/4 in. more ...
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Paint-decorated Tin "Tell Tale" Compass by James Chapman
Lot: 377Sold for: $277$225Paint-decorated Tin "Tell Tale" Compass by James Chapman, St. Catherine's, London, 19th century, tin outer case with traces of floral decoration, white-painted interior, 3 1/2-in. paper compass card more ...
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Pair of Brass Nautical Post Lights
Lot: 378Sold for: $984$800Pair of Brass Nautical Post Lights, first half 20th century, one with clear, the other with red Fresnel lenses, both with hinged access doors, electrified, and mounted to wood brackets, ht. 34 in. more ...
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Boxed Japanese Fog Horn or Air Raid Siren
Lot: 379Sold for: $246$200Boxed Japanese Fog Horn or Air Raid Siren, Tokyo Siren Co., Japan, mid-20th century, aluminum casting with handle and steel horns, mounted to a wooden platform marked in Japanese and English reading more ...
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8 1/2-inch Unmarked Bronze Bell
Lot: 380Sold for: $215$1758 1/2-inch Unmarked Bronze Bell, with steel and bronze clapper, ht. 9 in. more ...
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Bronze and Cast Iron Signal Cannon
Lot: 381Sold for: $492$400Bronze and Cast Iron Signal Cannon, Boston, 19th century, 1-in. bore tube mounted to the cast iron base with spoked wheels marked Boston NB6, lg. 10 in. more ...
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Atlas School Supply 12-inch Celestial Table Globe
Lot: 382Sold for: $492$400Atlas School Supply 12-inch Celestial Table Globe, Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, Illinois, first quarter 20th century, twelve printed dark green gores with copper colored constellation labeled and more ...
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Weber Costello 16-inch Celestial Library Globe
Lot: 383Sold for: $1,169$950Weber Costello 16-inch Celestial Library Globe, Chicago Heights, Illinois, twelve printed dark green gores with stylized mythological figures, beasts, and instruments of science, full brass more ...
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Trippensee and an Oland Sales Co. Planetarium
Lot: 384Sold for: $1,599$1,300Trippensee and an Oland Sales Co. Planetarium, Saginaw, Michigan, and Olney, Illinois, Trippensee Planetarium Company, chain- and gear-driven Bakelite sun, Venus, earth, and moon on a movable arm more ...
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Two Books on Astrolabes and Scientific Instruments
Lot: 385Sold for: $31$25Two Books on Astrolabes and Scientific Instruments, Astrolabes of the World by Robert T. Gunther, Holland Press, 1976; The Instruments of Science, by Henri Michel, 1980, text in French. more ...
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Trippensee Planetarium
Lot: 386Sold for: $738$600Trippensee Planetarium, Saginaw, Michigan, chain and gear driven Bakelite Sun, Venus, Earth, and Moon on a moveable arm marked with the maker's name as above and inset compass, molded and brass more ...
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Gimbaled Mahogany Stick Barometer
Lot: 387Sold for: $615$500Gimbaled Mahogany Stick Barometer, Garner & Marney Ltd, London, simple stylized flat-top case with hinged door opening to reveal the silvered mercury barometer scale, and alcohol thermometer dial, more ...