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W&S Jones Brass Pocket Sextant
Lot: 243Sold for: $277$225W&S Jones Brass Pocket Sextant, Holborn, London, 19th century, 2 3/4-in. brass instrument marked W&S Jones Holborn London, with silvered scale, index arm with fine adjustment knob, sighting scope, more ...
Brass Pocket Sextant by Cary and a Boxwood Gunter's or Gunner's Rule
Lot: 244UnsoldBrass Pocket Sextant by Cary and a Boxwood Gunter's or Gunner's Rule, 19th century, 3-in. brass instrument marked Cary London, with silvered scale, index arm with fine adjustment knob, sighting more ...
H. Hunt Pocket Sextant and a Thomas Jones Boxed Miniature Sextant
Lot: 245UnsoldH. Hunt Pocket Sextant and a Thomas Jones Boxed Miniature Sextant, Europe, late 19th century, H. Hunt 2 1/4-in. dia. brass sextant with silvered scale and vernier, magnifier arm, and retractable more ...
J.D. Potter Anodized Brass Sextant
Lot: 246UnsoldJ.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 ...
L. Casella 7-inch Brass Sextant
Lot: 247Sold for: $554$450L. Casella 7-inch Brass Sextant, London, 19th century, pierced frame with silvered scale marked 0-160, engraved below L. Casella Makers to the Admiralty London, index arm with magnifier and vernier, more ...
Richard Patten & Son Brass Surveyor's Compass
Lot: 248Sold for: $923$750Richard Patten & Son Brass Surveyor's Compass, Baltimore, Maryland, 19th century, 5 1/2-in. silvered dial marked Richard Patten & Son Baltimore Md., cardinal points in block lettering, fleur-de-lis more ...
B. Pike & Son Brass Surveyor's Compass
Lot: 249Sold for: $369$300B. Pike & Son Brass Surveyor's Compass, 19th century, 518 Broadway, New York, 4 1/4-in. silvered dial with cardinal and intercardinal points, fleur-de-lis representing North, engraved as above, dual more ...
C. Plath 7-inch Sextant
Lot: 250UnsoldC. Plath 7-inch Sextant, Hamburg, Germany, with pierced frame, inset silvered brass scale calibrated 0-155, marked C. Plath Hamburg, index arm, adjustable magnifier, vernier scale marked 0-10, more ...
Surveyor's Theodolite by L. Casella with Burt's Patent Solar Attachment
Lot: 251UnsoldSurveyor's Theodolite by L. Casella with Burt's Patent Solar Attachment, London, no. 5191, brass and gunmetal finish, 2 1/4-in. silvered dial signed L. Casella, London, 5191, needle ring calibrated more ...
Charles C. Hutchinson 4-inch Refractor Telescope
Lot: 252Sold for: $1,230$1,000Charles C. Hutchinson 4-inch Refractor Telescope, Boston, late 19th century, 50-in. leather-wrapped main tube marked Charles C. Hutchinson Boston on the ocular collar with rack-and-pinion focusing, more ...
Harrison & Co. 4-inch Refractor Telescope
Lot: 253Sold for: $923$750Harrison & Co. 4-inch Refractor Telescope, Montreal, Canada, late 19th century, 57-in. brass main tube marked Harrison & Co Montreal on the ocular collar with rack-and-pinion focusing, 21-in. main more ...
E.S. Ritchie U.S.S. Constellation Ship's Binnacle
Lot: 254Sold for: $14,760$12,000E.S. Ritchie U.S.S. Constellation Ship's Binnacle, U.S. Navy Yard, California, c. 1868, octagonal brass tapered hood with five glass panels, finial ring plate engraved U.S. Navy Yard California, more ...
E.S. Ritchie & Sons Boxed Ship's Compass
Lot: 255Sold for: $984$800E.S. Ritchie & Sons Boxed Ship's Compass, retailed by T.S. & J.D. Negus, New York, 7-in. gimbaled wet card compass with bezel reading E.S. Ritchie 80474 Boston, and center marked with retailer, more ...
Robert Merrill Gimbaled Compass
Lot: 256Sold for: $431$350Robert Merrill Gimbaled Compass, New York, 19th century, 6 1/2-in. dry card compass with cardinal points, fleur-de-lis representing north, and marked Robert Merrill New York, with brass gimbal more ...
Two Boxed Artificial Horizons
Lot: 257Sold for: $677$550Two Boxed Artificial Horizons, London, first quarter 20th century, an anodized and glass tent-form example marked on one side Negretti & Zambra London and the other side Schnabl Y Ca Buenos Aires, more ...
Cased "Tycos" Barometer and Compass Set
Lot: 258Sold for: $431$350Cased "Tycos" Barometer and Compass Set, late 19th century, brass 2-in. dia. instruments with silvered barometer dial marked Compensated "Tycos" Short & Mason on dial with inner scale from 20-31, more ...
Thos. Walker & Son Taffrail Log and "Cherub" Ship's Log
Lot: 259Sold for: $246$200Thos. Walker & Son Taffrail Log and "Cherub" Ship's Log, Birmingham, England, late 19th century, 3-in. enameled dial instrument marked Walker's "Cherub" Mark III, with outer dial from 10-100 and two more ...
George M. Phelps Weight-driven Register
Lot: 260Sold for: $3,321$2,700George M. Phelps Weight-driven Register, for the American Telegraph Co., 19th century, pierced lacquered brass body with clockwork, weight-driven mechanism, stamped G.M Phelps Maker 570 and AM. TEL more ...
Edison Bipolar Electric Fan and Battery Box
Lot: 261Sold for: $3,198$2,600Edison Bipolar Electric Fan and Battery Box, Edison MFG. Co., Orange, New Jersey, c. 1898, cast iron tripod base and housing, fixed and rotating coils, four brass blades, original gilt pinstriping more ...
Thomas Wilfred's "Clavilux Junior,"
Lot: 262Sold for: $11,070$9,000Thomas Wilfred's "Clavilux Junior," Clavilux Laboratories, New York, May 1930, walnut veneered Art Deco cabinet housing the convex white screen, upper and lower colored bulbs in the upper section of more ...
Pierrot Serenading the Moon
Lot: 263UnsoldPierrot Serenading the Moon, Gustav Vichy, Paris, France, c. 1890, sitting on a raised gilt and velvet covered plinth, white-faced Pierrot dressed in black tights, sand-colored waistcoat with more ...
Fruit Seller Automaton
Lot: 264UnsoldFruit Seller Automaton, Gustav Vichy, Paris, France, c. 1870, a black magician dressed in a red silk waistcoat, gold ruffled shirt, and red velvet trousers stands holding a brass tray with an apple, more ...
Little Boy in Dunce's Cap Automaton
Lot: 265UnsoldLittle Boy in Dunce's Cap Automaton, Gustav Vichy, Paris, France, c. 1900, the brown-eyed child dunce sitting on a bench with his lunch basket, wearing his dunce cap, silk shirt, velvet vest, more ...
Magician Mechanical Picture
Lot: 266UnsoldMagician Mechanical Picture, c. 1900, the lithographed cardstock image of a magician on stage, when mechanically wound, he alternately lifts two black sheets of card while he covers and uncovers his more ...
"Mechanical Life Picture" Automaton of President Grover Cleveland
Lot: 267Sold for: $615$500"Mechanical Life Picture" Automaton of President Grover Cleveland, J. Ottmann Lithographing Co., New York, c. 1900, colored lithographed cardboard scene of Cleveland and his wife fishing along a more ...
Nicole Freres Six-tune Grand Format Overture Cylinder Musical Box
Lot: 268UnsoldNicole Freres Six-tune Grand Format Overture Cylinder Musical Box, Switzerland, c. 1860, serial number 36804, Gamme no. 1391, rosewood veneered and grain-painted case with decorative brass more ...
Piccolo Twelve-air Cylinder Musical Box
Lot: 269Sold for: $1,169$950Piccolo Twelve-air Cylinder Musical Box, Switzerland, c. 1890, no. 24095, 17-in. cylinder, dual comb, damascened zither, jeweled flywheel, start/stop and change/repeat levers, tune sheet attached to more ...
Ten-air Swiss Musical Box
Lot: 270Sold for: $492$400Ten-air Swiss Musical Box, c. 1890, the faux rosewood case with stringing and ebony trim, ten-air tune sheet under the lid marked Made in Switzerland and listing selections by Strauss, Genee, Tucker more ...
Interchangeable Cylinder Musical Box
Lot: 271Sold for: $3,998$3,250Interchangeable Cylinder Musical Box, retailed by Milikin & Lawley, London, six 11-in. cylinders, each playing six tunes, single comb, jeweled flywheel, full-length zither, components stamped 68, more ...
Polyphon 15-inch Disc Musical Box
Lot: 272Sold for: $3,075$2,500Polyphon 15-inch Disc Musical Box, no. 150, gilt cast decorated bedplate reading Polyphon with crosshatched center and beaded frame decoration, "tempo-regulator" switch, dual comb, star-wheel more ...