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John Bleuler Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Mercury Stick Barometer
Lot: 388Sold for: $1,599$1,300John Bleuler Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Mercury Stick Barometer, London, late 18th century, pitch pediment case with central brass finial above the silvered dial reading J. Bleuler London with more ...
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Watkins Charing Cross Pocket Sextant and Two Other Instruments
Lot: 389Sold for: $105$85Watkins Charing Cross Pocket Sextant and Two Other Instruments, London, 19th/20th century, brass-cased sextant marked as above, with silvered scale, magnifier, and adjusting knob; an unmarked pocket more ...
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Heath & Co. Anodized Sextant
Lot: 390Sold for: $369$300Heath & Co. Anodized Sextant, no. 9267, the 7-in. pierced frame with silvered scale, and engraved Heath & Co. Ltd. Crayford London, index arm with vernier, and magnifier, horizon mirror, sun shades, more ...
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J.D. Potter Anodized Brass Sextant
Lot: 391Sold for: $492$400J.D. Potter Anodized Brass Sextant, London, mid-19th century, brass arc with silvered scale marked 0-160, pierced frame engraved Potter London, index arm with vernier, magnifier, and thumbscrew, more ...
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Japanese "Big Eye" Naval Binoculars
Lot: 392Sold for: $923$750Japanese "Big Eye" Naval Binoculars, Toko, no. 1482, green-painted finish with brass objective lens covers, mounting bracket with center lock down, brass eyepieces with ocular collar reading 15 X 4 more ...
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Three Drafting or Plotting Instruments
Lot: 393Sold for: $123$100Three Drafting or Plotting Instruments, 19th century, a brass protractor with extended arm with several imperial unit scales, and a vernier; a mahogany station pointer marked R.A. Tifield on both more ...
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19th Century Cased Brass and Steel Drafting Set
Lot: 394Sold for: $123$10019th Century Cased Brass and Steel Drafting Set, probably England, ebony-trimmed, veneered, hinged case with fitted interior, removable velvet-lined tray containing eleven instruments, box lg. 8 1/4 more ...
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Early Cased Quill Set and an Assembled Set of Early Sewing Needles
Lot: 395Sold for: $154$125Early Cased Quill Set and an Assembled Set of Early Sewing Needles, 18th/19th century, the lacquered pasteboard-cased nib set carries two quills and a small glass inkwell; the bamboo-cased needle more ...
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L.P. Casella & Co. Lacquered Brass Drainage Level
Lot: 396Sold for: $123$100L.P. Casella & Co. Lacquered Brass Drainage Level, London, c. 1860, the 7-in. scope marked L.P. Casella & Co. London, bubble level, 1/2-in. draw, resting on the lower bracket with an adjustable more ...
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J. Parkes & Son Lacquered Brass and Iron Monocular Microscope
Lot: 397Sold for: $308$250J. Parkes & Son Lacquered Brass and Iron Monocular Microscope, Birmingham, England, brass tube with rack-and-pinion coarse focusing, and internal fine focusing knobs, manual sliding stage over the more ...
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Two R.J. Beck Monocular Microscopes
Lot: 398Sold for: $1,046$850Two R.J. Beck Monocular Microscopes, London and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lacquered brass draw tube, and anodized sleeve, square stage, "U" foot base marked R&J Beck London 7285/ J.W. Queen & Co. more ...
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Pyramidal Mahogany Microscope Box
Lot: 399Sold for: $154$125Pyramidal Mahogany Microscope Box, English, with brass bail handle, ht. 16 in. more ...
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L. Payen Arithmometer
Lot: 400Sold for: $800$650L. Payen Arithmometer, Paris, no. 2976, with brass bedplate marked as above and Siege Social 16 Rue De la Tour des Dames, eight slides, crank, and sixteen-digit display, housed in an oak case with more ...
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Set of Nesting Nuremberg Weights
Lot: 401Sold for: $185$150Set of Nesting Nuremberg Weights, 18th century, all marked on upper edge. more ...
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Ramsden-style Electrostatic Generator
Lot: 402Sold for: $1,476$1,200Ramsden-style Electrostatic Generator, mid to late 19th century, possibly by E.S. Ritchie, Boston, the 13 1/2-in. glass disc mounted to two turned walnut columns with bone handle, dual brass and more ...
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Collection of Letterpress Wood Blocks
Lot: 403Sold for: $74$60Collection of Letterpress Wood Blocks, early 20th century, assorted size numerals and letters, over 200 blocks. more ...
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Wrought Iron and Mahogany Patent Model Plow
Lot: 404Sold for: $738$600Wrought Iron and Mahogany Patent Model Plow, 19th century, wrought iron shield-shaped plow attached to the rotating manual adjustable handle, and a hinged ox carriage, lg. 28 in. more ...
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Weber Professional No. 12 Tabletop Etching Press
Lot: 405Sold for: $461$375Weber Professional No. 12 Tabletop Etching Press, cast iron printmaker's press with 4 1/2-in. dia. roller, 12-in. wide bedplate, depth or pressure adjusting knobs, housed on a shop-built pine more ...
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Approximately 600 Stereoview Cards
Lot: 406Sold for: $492$400Approximately 600 Stereoview Cards, late 19th/early 20th century, various publishers, depicting landscape views including the White Mountains, cityscapes, portraits, and parlors, some hand-colored, more ...
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Complete Set of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards
Lot: 407Sold for: $1,968$1,600Complete Set of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards, Meadville, Pennsylvania, "Tour of the World" volumes I-XXIV, in blue cloth bound and gilt cases, and two original Telebinocular viewers, more ...
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Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards
Lot: 408Sold for: $677$550Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards, Meadville, Pennsylvania, Volumes I-XI of "Scenic America" and "American History," all bound in blue cloth and gilt cases, approx. 600 more ...
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Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards
Lot: 409Sold for: $554$450Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards, Meadville, Pennsylvania, volumes I-XI of "Primary," volumes I and II each of "Birds," "Flowers," and "Animals," and a set marked more ...
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Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards
Lot: 410Sold for: $3,998$3,250Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards, Meadville, Pennsylvania, volumes I-VIII of "World War," and volume I of "Egypt," "Mexico," Scandinavia," "England," "China," and "France," more ...
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Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards
Lot: 411Sold for: $4,305$3,500Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards, Meadville, Pennsylvania, volumes I of "Land, Air, Water Transportation," "Golf," "Cowboys," "Indians," "Selected Subjects," and "A Century more ...
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Kilgore International Didactic Dental Model
Lot: 412Sold for: $338$275Kilgore International Didactic Dental Model, Michigan, c. 1968, the anatomically correct model with removable sections of the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital bones, hinged jaw with more ...
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Oak-cased Circuit Breaker
Lot: 413Sold for: $215$175Oak-cased Circuit Breaker, Electric Gas Lighting Co., Boston, hinged lid with glass panel reading Circuits Cut Out/Circuits Operative/Made by the Elec. Gas Light'g Co. 195 Devonshire St. Boston/Pat. more ...
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Republic-47D Thunderbolt U-control Model Airplane by Ernest Berke
Lot: 414Sold for: $11,070$9,000Republic-47D Thunderbolt U-control Model Airplane by Ernest Berke, constructed 1956-65, Elmont, Long Island, 1/12th scale model powered by a single cylinder Hassad .720 displacement "glow" engine more ...
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Mills 10-cent "Bonus" High-top Slot Machine
Lot: 415Sold for: $1,353$1,100Mills 10-cent "Bonus" High-top Slot Machine, Mills Novelty Co. Chicago, Illinois, c. 1948, red and chrome body, lower jackpot viewing window, and side crank arm, ht. 26 in. more ...
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Wurlitzer "Bubbler" Jukebox Model 1015
Lot: 416Sold for: $3,998$3,250Wurlitzer "Bubbler" Jukebox Model 1015, c. 1946, Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, serial no. 1033669, walnut veneered dome-top case with the "bubble" or color changing posts, chrome accents, and more ...
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*Banjo Player Automaton by Gustav Vichy
Lot: 417Sold for: $5,843$4,750*Banjo Player Automaton by Gustav Vichy, Paris, France, c. 1900, the black musician with a striped band wheat straw skimmer hat atop of his head, black and burgundy striped silk ruffled shirt, black more ...