Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 23rd February 2013 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing:
Friday 22 February 9.00 am to 6.00 p.m.
Morning of sale
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Auction Lots - Page 1

GENERAL INSTRUMENTS

1001
Mixed Instruments, including an ornate brass desk fan, Blackie's terrestrial globe (a/f), Carl Zeiss 'Jagdglas Vrgr 5' binoculars, in a stitched leather case, 'Bourdons Patent' brass pressure gauge, brass grading discs, lantern slides, mounted natural history specimens etc £100 - 200
1002
A Curta Type 1 Calculator by Contina Ltd, serial number 502545, with black enamelled cylindrical metal body, in original metal canister £200 - 300
1003
A Ship's Brass Binnacle Compass by G. Welford & Sons, London, Patt 0183, serial number 20386M, with gimballed compass, lift-off hood with side compartment for burner, mounted on a wooden base £100 - 150
1004
Mixed Instruments, comprising a grey enamelled dumpy level by Hall Bros, a brass gimbal marine compass, oak cased 'Imperator' clock by Henry Martens, a Vickers dumpy level in a leather case, camera parts etc £50 - 80
1005
A Set of 19th Century Tinplate and Brass Mechanical Peat Bellows, with ornately pierced wheel, wooden handle and base; A Set of 19th Century Mechanical Peat Bellows, in mahogany, brass and cast iron (incomplete) (2) £70 - 100
1006
Six Vintage Typewriters - Oliver Standard Visible No.3, Smiths Premier No.10, Empire in wooden case, Imperial in leather case, and two Corona portables £70 - 100
1007
A Victorian Free Standing 'Agenoria' Sewing Machine by Maxfield & Co., Birmingham, the black enamelled body with gilt decoration, porcelain handle, serpentine arm, on a wooden base, in a mahogany case £70 - 100
1008
A Willcox & Gibbs Automatic Silent Sewing Machine, with black enamelled finish, mahogany base, with accessories, in a wooden case £50 - 80
1009
Four Instruments - an oak cased Edison Gem phonograph (a/f), a black bakelite Type 312F telephone, Turners Patent homing pigeon clock, in a wooden case, and an Air Ministry 'Cone F24' camera lens, in a wooden case £100 - 150
1010
Mixed Instruments, including a mahogany cased drawing set, a rosewood flute by Hawkes & Son, in mahogany case, a brass clinometer in oak box, mahogany cased set of sample bottles etc £70 - 100
1011
A Brass Pocket Sundial, with silvered face, folding gilt metal gnomon and inset compass, 6.5cm by 5cm £50 - 80
1012
A Brass Pocket Compass, the cover inscribed 'John Walker, Ironfounder, York' with paper dial and another to the underside of the brass cover, blued steel pointer, ring turned brass case, diameter 8cm £100 - 150
1013
An Anemometer or Air Meter by J. Casartelli and Son, Manchester, serial number 995, with silvered dial and blued steel pointer, in an ebonised wooden case; A Steel Spirit Level by Wyler, in wooden case (2) £60 - 90
1014
Mixed Instruments, including a GEC 'Home Broadcaster' microphone, Roberts R606-MB portable radio, slide rules, Pathescope film reels, a boxed Ferranti radio meter etc £50 - 80
1015
Mixed Instruments, including a Roberts R200 portable radio, Regentlux 8 x 30 binoculars, cased drawing instruments, three brass telescopes, boxed Pax JR camera and two Kodak folding rollfilm cameras £70 - 100
1016
A Brass 'Bonneted Clanny' Miners Safety Lamp, fitted with and stamped 'Stokes's Shut Off', possibly by J. Davis & Son or Clifford Lamp Co., also stamped ''C106P', height including suspension ring 25cm £80 - 120
1017
An Early Brass Transit Theodolite by Troughton & Simms, London, with silvered scale, compass with silvered dial, two spirit levels, the scope with third spirit level, in a fitted mahogany case £100 - 200
1018
A Fullers Spiral Slide Rule Calculator, with walnut handle and brass fittings; An Eversheds Patent Test Meter, in mahogany case; A Black Bakelite Telephone (3) £70 - 100
1019
A Ship's Brass Binnacle Compass, No.21642E, Pat.0183, with gimballed compass, the lift-off hood with hinged side panel for burner £70 - 100
1020
Mixed Instruments, comprising a black bakelite Model 332L telephone, brass postal scales with weights, an ebonised French stereo-viewer, a wooden swanee whistle and a wooden massager £100 - 150
1021
A Watchman's Timing Clock - 'Day's Watchmans Tell Tale Clock' by Thames MFG Co., London, serial number 92328, in chrome, with stitched leather case, leather carrying strap, keys and instructions £100 - 150
1022
A Mahogany Cased Barograph by Leighton and Son, Lancaster, Pat.No.22556, with lacquered brass fittings, oil bottle, makers ivorine name plaque, glazed lift-off lid £200 - 300
1023
A Miniature Singer Single Thread Industrial Overlock Sewing Machine, with black enamelled finish, on a cast iron base, with manual £40 - 60
1024
A Mahogany Cased Barograph by Russell of Norwich, with seven section vacuum, working clockwork mechanism, oil bottle, graph drawer to base with graph paper, glazed lift off lid £200 - 300
1025
An Oak Cased Barograph by C W Dixey & Son, 3 New Bond Street, London, with eight section vacuum, working clockwork mechanism, ink bottle, the case with graph drawer to base, the lift off lid with bevelled glass panels £300 - 500
1026
An Early 19th Century English 2 1/2 Inch Terrestrial Pocket Globe, no makers name, inscribed 'A Correct Globe with the New Discoveries', with hand coloured engraved paper gores, together with the original fishskin case containing a hand coloured celestial map to the inside, inscribed 'A Correct Globe with New Constelations of Dr Halley & C', £2500 - 3000
1027
A Brass Miners Dial by Davis, Leeds, with silvered dial, steel pointer, two spirit levels, folding side vanes, brass cover, cased £70 - 100
1028
Two Brass Miners Safety Lamps - Richard Johnson Clapham Morris Ltd, Manchester, with a tinplate hood and an E Thomas & Williams Ltd 'Cambrian' lamp No.227043; An Unusual Brass Engineers Lamp, with burner (3) £70 - 100
1029
No Lot

MICROSCOPES

1030
A 19th Century Lacquered Brass Monocular Compound Microscope by Baker, 244 High Holborn, London, with rack & pinion focusing, circular stage, revolving sub-stage, mirror, on a Y-shaped base, with accessories and slides, in a mahogany case £150 - 250
1031
An Early 19th Century Brass Culpeper Type Monocular Compound Microscope by T. Harris & Son, 52 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, signed on the stage, with draw tube focusing, single eyepiece and objective, mirror, on a mahogany base (a/f) £150 - 250
1032
A Six Drawer Mahogany Specimen Chest, containing a collection of microscope slides, including natural history and biology, 36.5cm by 27cm; Sixteen Beech Woodworking Planes, comprising thirteen moulders and three smoothers and a Rabone rule (2) £60 - 90
1033
A Black Enamelled Monocular Compound Microscope by Bausch & Lomb, with rack and pinion coarse and fine focusing, triple objective swivel turret, square stage, condenser to sub-stage, plano/convex mirror, on a Y-shaped base, with accessories, in a walnut case; A Grey Enamelled Geological Microscope by Vickers Instruments, in a wooden case (2) £70 - 100
1034
A Black Enamelled Brass Monocular Compound 'Service' Microscope by W. Watson & Son, London, serial number 693760, with rack & pinion coarse and fine focusing, three objective swivel turret, square stage, condenser to sub-stage, plano/convex mirror, on a Y-shaped base, with two eyepieces and two objectives, in a mahogany case £50 - 80
1035
An Early 20th Century Lacquered Brass and Black Enamelled Monocular Compound Microscope by E. Leitz, Wetzlar, No.111898, with rack and pinion coarse and fine focusing, three objectives to swivel turret, mechanical stage (boxed), condenser to sub stage, plano/convex mirror, on a Y-shaped base, with four eyepieces and other accessories, in a mahogany case £200 - 300
1036
A 19th Century Lacquered Brass and Black Enamelled Monocular Compound Microscope by Carl Zeiss, Jena, No.40140, with rack and pinion coarse and fine focusing, three Apochromatic objectives on swivel turret, mechanical stage, condenser to sub stage, plano/convex mirror, on a Y-shaped base, with full set of five eyepieces, in a fitted mahogany case £200 - 300
1037
A Fine Early 19th Century Lacquered Brass Jones Most Improved Type Microscope by John Bleuler, Optician, London, with folding tripod foot supporting a tapered pillar, plano mirror, shaped stage with rack and pinion adjustment, tapered body tube, together with a near complete set of accessories and ivory framed slides, in a fitted mahogany case with printed makers label to underside of lid 'John Bleuler, Optician, Successor to the late Mr Whitford, No.27 Ludgate St., London', size of case 29cm by 21.5cm £2000 - 3000
1038
A Black Enamelled Monocular Compound Microscope by R. Winkel, Gottingen, No.22013, with rack & pinion coarse and fine focusing, two objectives to swivel turret, condenser to sub-stage, plano/convex mirror, on a Y-shaped base, with accessories, in a walnut case £60 - 90

TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS

1039
Six Pairs of Binoculars/Opera Glasses, including a pair of 'Jumelle Megascopique' glasses with tortoiseshell sleeves, cased Luxmor 8 x 25, cased Dr Wohler 'Octamar' 8 x 30, etc £70 - 100
1040
Three Cased Pairs of Binoculars - Leitz Trinovid 10 x 40B 110m/1000m, serial number 829130, Carl Zeiss Deltrintem 8 x 30 and Perfex 80 x 32 £50 - 80
1041
A 3inch Brass Table Telescope, with rack and pinion focusing, on a folding cast iron and brass tripod (a/f); A Brass Gun Sight (2) £50 - 80
1042
A 1 3/4inch Brass 3-Draw Telescope by Newton of Halifax, with stitched leather sleeve; A Similar Telescope by Elliott Bros, Strand, London, also marked 'A.T.Wallace, Bombay Artillery' (2) £70 - 100
1043
A 19th Century 1 1/2inch Brass 3-Draw Telescope by W. E. Elliott, Shadwell, London, also engraved 'J.E. Heenan', with rosewood sleeve £80 - 120
1044
A 2 1/4inch Brass 4-Draw Telescope by Broadhurst Clarkson & Co. Ltd, 63 Farringdon Road, London, with stitched leather sleeve, anti-flare hood and leather lens covers £50 - 80
1045
Mixed Instruments, including a pair of Barr & Stroud 15x binoculars in a stitched leather case, a pair of Swift 'Audubon' binoculars in leather case, Canon AE-I camera outfit with Hoya & Tamron lenses etc £70 - 100
1046
A 19th Century 3inch Lacquered Brass Refracting Table Telescope by Bateman, 104 Strand, London, with five eyepieces, scope and folding tripod, in a fitted mahogany case £400 - 600

SEXTANTS

1047
A 'Hezzanith' Triple Ring Sextant by Heath & Co, New Eltham, London, No.P427, with silvered vernier and dial, mirrors and filters, brass scope, bakelite handle, with accessories in a fitted mahogany case, together with a related book (2) £70 - 100

SCALES AND WEIGHTS

1048
A Large Mahogany Parcel Scale by DeGrave Short & Co., London, with brass pans and with a set of brass weights housed in a drawer in the centre of the base, length 25cm £50 - 80
1049
A 19th Century Mahogany Cased Brass Chondrometer or Corn Balance by J.S. Marratt, 63 King William St, London, the lacquered brass beam inscribed 'Lbs Per Bushel Imperial', with turned brass stand and bucket measure, label to underside of lid, length of case 31cm £100 - 150
1050
A Brass Tea Sample Beam Scale, with label to underside of lid 'H.G. Planner & Co., Tea Tasting Requisites, 16 Mincing Lane, London', in an oak case; A Similar Unnamed Scale (2) £50 - 80
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 23rd February 2013 Time: 10:30AM
Details: Viewing:
Friday 22 February 9.00 am to 6.00 p.m.
Morning of sale
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