Auction Lots

Musical & Scientific Instruments, Cameras & Maritime On 24/06/2022

Musical & Scientific Instruments, Cameras & Maritime

24/06/2022

An interesting catalogue goes up for auction on the morning of the 24th June, spanning cameras, scientific & musical instruments, brass & wooden instruments, scientific items of interest & maritime/naval artefacts. Highlights include a Signal Series real photographic postcard of RMS Titanic with interesting pre-disaster message; together with another post-sinking real photographic postcard of RMS Titanic (lot 3171) and an early 20th century coin operated mutoscope (lot 3108).

Lot 3131

Early 20th century brass and black japanned gunsighting telescope inscribed 'G.S. Telescope X8 No.21...

Early 20th century brass and black japanned gunsighting telescope inscribed 'G.S. Telescope X8 No.2127 W.G. Pye & Co Cambridge 1918 No.18' with X graticule to lens L53cm; in wooden box marked 'Gunsighting Telescope'

16

SOLD £35

Lot 3132

Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd. York surveyor's dumpy level, Pat.No.242468, serial no.SO41372 with gre...

Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd. York surveyor's dumpy level, Pat.No.242468, serial no.SO41372 with grey painted brass body L27cm; in fitted wooden case with retaining bar

9063

SOLD £50

Lot 3133

Vickers Instruments England Cooke V22 surveyor's theodolite, No.V.221387, with green enamelled body ...

Vickers Instruments England Cooke V22 surveyor's theodolite, No.V.221387, with green enamelled body H32cm; in fitted wooden carrying box with retaining bar and repair label dated 3/8/77.

10022

SOLD £85

Lot 3134

Cooke Troughton & Simms Ltd. York surveyor's level Pat.No. 242468 serial no. SO35312 with grey paint...

Cooke Troughton & Simms Ltd. York surveyor's level Pat.No. 242468 serial no. SO35312 with grey painted brass body L20cm; in grey metal case with domed lift-off lid; and Carl Zeiss Jena Optical Level NI 025, serial no.487011 with mustard japanned metal body in grey metal case with domed lift-off lid (2)

9063

SOLD £70

Lot 3135

WW2 Air Ministry Bubble Sextant Mk. IXA 6B/218 No.561/44 in original box; and Air Ministry Lamp Sign...

WW2 Air Ministry Bubble Sextant Mk. IXA 6B/218 No.561/44 in original box; and Air Ministry Lamp Signalling Type "B" Ref.No. 5A/2334; in original box bearing labels dated Dec.1959 (2)

B2196

SOLD £35

Lot 3136

Air Ministry Periscopic Sextant Mk.2B, possibly by Kelvin & Hughes, Ref.No. 6B/2838 Serial No. 158KH...

Air Ministry Periscopic Sextant Mk.2B, possibly by Kelvin & Hughes, Ref.No. 6B/2838 Serial No. 158KH1/59, bearing Fenns (Farnborough) Ltd label; in black pyramid shaped stowage case with various labels

B42054

SOLD £30

Lot 3137

Mid-20th century H. Hughes & Son Ltd. London Marine Bubble Sextant, serial no.166, with black crackl...

Mid-20th century H. Hughes & Son Ltd. London Marine Bubble Sextant, serial no.166, with black crackled finish, in fitted wooden carrying case bearing label 7/7/50 and associated paperwork; both instrument and box inscribed to Captain Paul Adaolsteinsson (of Grimsby)

9029

SOLD £90

Lot 3138

Griffin & George set of laboratory scales in fully glazed hardwood cabinet with rise-and-fall front ...

Griffin & George set of laboratory scales in fully glazed hardwood cabinet with rise-and-fall front door L44.5cm H40cm; with beech box of brass weights by Philip Harris & Co Ltd

B44548

SOLD £20

Lot 3139

Set of laboratory balance scales by Reynolds & Branson of Leeds in fully glazed mahogany case with r...

Set of laboratory balance scales by Reynolds & Branson of Leeds in fully glazed mahogany case with rise-and-fall front door, black vitrolite base with brass feet and hand cranked action L40cm H51.5cm D30cm; and bakelite cased set of brass weights

10006

SOLD £30

Lot 3141

Victorian student's travelling brass monocular microscope H15cm; in fitted mahogany case with two ad...

Victorian student's travelling brass monocular microscope H15cm; in fitted mahogany case with two additional lenses and one slide

10030

SOLD £35

Lot 3142

Collection of scientific and technical instruments etc including boxed 'Force on a Conductor' appara...

Collection of scientific and technical instruments etc including boxed 'Force on a Conductor' apparatus; vintage GPO resistance box; current deflection meter; vintage X-ray generator tube; small glass electroscope; two demonstrator solenoids; two magdeburg spheres; travelling balance scales etc; some by Philip Harris Ltd

10025

SOLD £35

Lot 3143

Victorian lacquered brass monocular microscope on circular base with ball and socket adjustment and ...

Victorian lacquered brass monocular microscope on circular base with ball and socket adjustment and screw action rise-and-fall focusing H28cm; in fitted walnut case with additional lens and small quantity of glass slides

B18063

SOLD £50

Lot 3144

Victorian Sikes's Hydrometer in mahogany case with weights and thermometer; together with Sikes's bo...

Victorian Sikes's Hydrometer in mahogany case with weights and thermometer; together with Sikes's book of spirit tables and three-piece barrel measure in case; Tensometer Ltd. pair of Elongation and Reduction in Area gauges; cased; and set of early 20th Century portable balance scales by De Grave Short & Co, London in rectangular wood box with base drawer (5)

B45288

SOLD £75

Lot 3145

W & J George Ltd Nivoc dip circle in revolving double-glazed case with bevelled panels and adjustabl...

W & J George Ltd Nivoc dip circle in revolving double-glazed case with bevelled panels and adjustable feet H27cm; early 20th century Griffin & George Ltd. Induction Coil Spark Generator on mahogany base; and J. Heal Violet Ray High Frequency Generator; in wooden case with range of glass attachments (3)

B8790

SOLD £220

Lot 3146

Quantity of laboratory and physics glassware including 'Guinea and Feather' equipment; boxed Latent ...

Quantity of laboratory and physics glassware including 'Guinea and Feather' equipment; boxed Latent Heat apparatus; Maltese Cross tube; atmospheric air pressure indicator flask; electroscope discharge tubes etc

B8790

SOLD £75

Lot 3147

Zenith 'Ultra-500LA' binocular laboratory microscope with accessories and instructions in delivery b...

Zenith 'Ultra-500LA' binocular laboratory microscope with accessories and instructions in delivery box

10032

SOLD £80

Lot 3150

Mid 19th century brass monocular microscope by Andrew Ross, London No.180, with pitchfork base, rack...

Mid 19th century brass monocular microscope by Andrew Ross, London No.180, with pitchfork base, rack and pinion focusing, revolving bed and swivelling barrel, with accessories, housed in a mahogany case with recessed carry handle and lockable doors

B9275

SOLD £400

Lot 3151

Modern kit-built brass working Tellurion, de-luxe model with astrological signs and illuminated sun ...

Modern kit-built brass working Tellurion, de-luxe model with astrological signs and illuminated sun H33cm; with set of fifty-two construction periodicals

10006

SOLD £75

Lot 3154

19th century brass and black japanned monocular microscope by W. Watson & Sons Ltd. 313 High Holborn...

19th century brass and black japanned monocular microscope by W. Watson & Sons Ltd. 313 High Holborn, London serial no.24788 with rack and pinion focussing on tripod base H31cm; in fitted mahogany case retailed by A.H. Baird Scientific Instrument Makers Edinburgh; quantity of additional lenses and accessories; together with another similar uncased monocular microscope by W. Watson serial no.58379 (2)

B9275

SOLD £170