Two Cased Avery Beam Scales - Avery Patent Class C Bread Scale, to weigh 4lbs, with black and gilt decorated beam, brass and tin pans and three brass weights, and an Avery steel beam scale with brass pans and a set of brass bucket weights, in an oak case with yellow makers label to underside of lid £70 - 100
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A Collection of Mixed Scales, Weights and Balances, including a cased Yarn Assorting Balance by John Nesbitt, a gold scale in a japanned tin, cased set of chemists brass weights, two cased sets of beam scales, a large cast iron and brass postal balance, small steelyard balance, 'Scale for de Treys Alloy' etc, together with a Mahogany Cased Sikes' Hydrometer £100 - 200
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An Ornate 19th Century Brass Postal Scale, the pierced brass pans inset with Wedgwood plaques, the oval base with rope twist edge, with a set of weights £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Brass Candlestick Letter Scale, the base embossed with a locomotive, a ship and cornucopiae of harvested goods, weighs up to 4oz £60 - 90
MEDICAL ITEMS |
A 19th Century Brass Bound Mahogany Apothecary's Box, the hinged lid with crushed velvet lining, enclosing sixteen bottle compartments containing eleven clear glass stoppered bottles, above a compartmentalised drawer, with inset brass handles, height 22.5cm, width 26cm £150 - 200
DRAWING INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS |
A Collection of Drawing Instruments, including two mahogany cased drawing sets, rules, compasses, dividers, paint sets etc., in two boxes £100 - 150
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Two Brass Bound Beech Woodworking Braces - one by Turner & Co., Sheffield, the other unnamed, together with two mortice gauges, protractor etc £70 - 100
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A Collection of Woodworking and Other Related Books and Magazines, including Hobbies Weekly, Illustrated Carpenter & Builder, Woodworker etc., together with a Box of Chisels, in six boxes £50 - 100
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Twenty Wooden Handled Carving Tools, mainly Henry Taylor, together with a wooden mallet, carvers screw and carvers vice by Tiranti, London £50 - 80
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Three Steel Smoothing Planes, no makers names, two with handles, together with a Bailey Beech and Steel Smoothing Plane (4) £150 - 200
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A Gunmetal Smoothing Plane, with rosewood infill and handle, brass lever cap, Mathieson cap iron, Thos Ibbotson iron, length 25cm £70 - 100
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A Steel Smoothing Plane, with stepped front, beech infill, brass lever cap with hexagonal brass adjuster, Mathieson cap iron, length 20cm £70 - 100
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A Gunmetal Smoothing Plane, with walnut infill and handle, brass lever cap, Mathieson cap iron and iron, length 24cm; A Steel Smoothing Plane, with walnut infill and handle, brass lever cap, Marples iron, length 23cm (2) £150 - 200
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A Steel Jointer Plane, with beech infill and handle, brass lever cap, steel adjuster, Mathieson cap iron, Sorby iron, length 45cm £70 - 100
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Three Steel Panel Planes, no makers names, with beech and walnut infill, one with pierced brass lever cap, Ibbotson cap iron and Marples iron, length 32cm £150 - 200
STRINGED INSTRUMENTS |
A Shine Strat Style Guitar with maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, cream body with tortoiseshell style pickguard, one humbucker and two single coiled tremelos £70 - 100
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A Small Eight String Banjo, with ebonised resonator, 14.5cm head, geared machine head, ivorine tuners, in a leather case; A Similar Banjo (2) £70 - 100
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A 19th Century Violin, possibly French, no label, with a 353mm two piece back, boxwood tuning pegs, together with a bow, in a stained pine coffin case; An Early 19th Century Tyrolean Violin, no label, with a 356mm one piece back, with a bow, in a stained pine coffin case (2) £200 - 300
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A 19th Century German 3/4 Size Violin, labelled 'Excelsior, Copy of Antonius Stradivarious, Made in Germany For', with a 331mm two piece back, ebony tuning pegs, together with a bow, in a stained pine coffin case £100 - 150
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A 19th Century Violin, possibly French, labelled 'Anno 17.. Carlo Bergonzi fecit Cremona', with a 357mm one piece back, ebony tuning pegs, together with a bow, in a stained pine coffin case £400 - 600
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A 19th Century German Violoncello, no label, with a 745mm two piece back, double bass type geared machine head, ebony fingerboard £100 - 200
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A 19th Century French Violoncello, no label, with a 755mm two piece back, boxwood tuning pegs, snapped ebony fingerboard £300 - 500
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A 19th Century German Violoncello, no label, with a 742mm two piece back, ebony tuning pegs (a/f) £100 - 200
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A 19th Century German Violin, no label, with a 359mm two piece back, ebony tuning pegs, together with a bow, in a stained pine coffin case, together with Two Other German Violins, in coffin cases (3) £100 - 150
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A 19th Century French 3/4 Size Violin, with an unreadable label, the back stamped 'Breton Violin Copy', with a 36mm two piece back, ebony tuning pegs, with a bow, in a stained pine coffin case £70 - 100
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A 19th Century French Violin, no label, with a 348mm one piece back, boxwood tuning pegs, in a stained pine coffin case £100 - 200
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An 18th Century Violin Bow, possibly French, no makers name, with later ebony frog and nickel adjuster, weight 56 grams £100 - 200
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An Early 20th Century English 'Atalanta' Violin by Charles Tweedale, Weston, with a large label which includes a portrait photograph of the maker, inscribed 'Charles L. Tweedale, Weston Anno 1910 "Atalanta"', with a 359mm two piece back, ebony tuning pegs, together with a bow, in a leather case £700 - 1000
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A 19th Century German Violin, labelled 'Antonius & Hieronymus Fr. Amati, Cremonen.Andrea fil 1636', with a 358mm two piece back, ebony tuning pegs, together with two interesting bows, in a stained pine coffin case £200 - 300
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A Windsor 'Whirl Gem Junior' Five String Banjo, with 27cm velum head, chrome tenson brackets, rosewood resonator, mother of pearl inlaid fretboard, nickel tuners, in a leather case £70 - 100
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A 19th Century English Violoncello, no label, possibly school of Hill or Furber, with a 741mm two piece back, rosewood tuning pegs, in a fine walnut case £3000 - 5000
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A Very Interesting Double Bass, no label, possibly 18th century German, with 110cm two piece back, scratched purfling, geared machine head (some splitting) £2000 - 3000
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A 20th Century English Violin by William H. Luff, London, 1985, with makers paper label, 357mm one piece back, ebony tuning pegs, cased £3000 - 5000
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A 19th Century German Violin, no label, with 358mm one piece back, rosewood tuning pegs, in a stained pine coffin case £200 - 300
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A 20th Century English Violin by Wilkin, Hull, with hand written makers label, 356mm two piece back, rosewood tuning pegs £100 - 200
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An 18th Century Tyrolean Violin, labelled 'Mathias Hornsteiner, Geigenmacher in Mittenwald..', with a 356mm two piece back, rosewood tuning pegs, together with two bows, in a faux crocodile skin case £500 - 800
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A Taylor 512 - CE - L10 Electro-Acoustic Guitar, serial number 20050916101, with solid mahogany top, back and sides, mahogany neck and mother of pearl inlaid ebony fingerboard, abalone inlaid soundhole ring, gold plated tuners, fitted with the Taylor Expression system, in a plush lined Taylor case* With original receipt from Rudy's music shop New York 2005. £1000 - 1200
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A 19th Century Nickel Mounted Violin Bow, possibly French, with later fittings, weight 64 grams £100 - 200
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A 19th Century German Violin, labelled 'Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1721', with a 358mm two piece back, together with two bows, in a mahogany case (a/f) £100 - 200
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A 19th Century German Violin, no label, with a 365mm two piece back, ebony tuning pegs, with a bow, cased; A Similar Cased Violin with Bow (2) £100 - 200
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An 18th Century Tyrolean Violin, no label, with 357mm one piece back, ebony tuning pegs, together with two bows, cased £500 - 800
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A Neapolitan Twelve String Oval Backed Mandolin by Carlo Ricordo, Napoli, No.1000, with makers paper label, tortoiseshell inlay, geared machine head, with booklet, in a stitched leather case £70 - 100
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A Neapolitain Oval Backed Eight String Mandolin, no label, with inlaid sound hole and geared machine head, in a stitched leather case £40 - 60
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A Hofner Flamenco Guitar No.5068, with maple back and sides, spruce top, six strings, geared machine head with ivorine tuners; A Similar Unnamed Guitar (2) £80 - 120
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A Spanish Parlour Guitar by Antonio Carlos Garcia, Madrid, with walnut back and sides, spruce top and ebonised softwood neck, foliate pearl inlaid soundhole, cased £70 - 100
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A 19th Century German Violin, the circular label with a shield shaped trademark, with 358mm two piece back, rosewood tuning pegs, together with a bow £100 - 200
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Three Acoustic Guitars - Ibanez Model No.620, with sunburst cherry finish, Freshman 'Stargazer' Model No.FSABL, with blue finish and a cased Reliance cello bodied guitar by G. Houghton & Sons (a/f) £80 - 120
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A Hofner 'Committee' Jazz Guitar, serial number 2992, with curved spruce top, birds eye maple back and sides, maple neck, ebony fingerboard, mother of pearl inlay, ornate pearl tuners, tree headstock, single Hofner 'Super' pick-up £300 - 500
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A Zither Banjo by John Grey & Sons, London, with rosewood body, 20cm vellum head, twelve nickel tension brackets, mother of pearl inlaid ebony fretboard, geared machine head £40 - 60
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A 20th Century German Violin, labelled 'Anton Hertel 1929', with a 358mm two piece back, ebony tuning pegs, together with two bows, in a leathercloth case £100 - 200
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